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Profile · Posted 2008-05-21, 08:08 AM

Wowinsider.com said:

We've gotten more tips on this than any other topic in recent memory: apparently many users of the popular WoW botting program Glider have been hit with the ban hammer, including some of our very own readers. You may recall Glider as the company with whom Blizzard is currently embroiled in a lawsuit (does the word "embroil" have any use other than lawsuits?). The Glider forums are abuzz with comments and complaints, to which I can only reply "QQ." Botting is clearly against the EULA, the spirit of the game, and the best interests of the other players. Yes, I would be sad if I got banned, but honestly, anyone who was botting had it coming.

There are various objections to be made to this stance. Most of the people who wrote in claim to have been botting in order to bypass the tedious leveling process. I agree that it can be boring to level 1–70 multiple times, even with the new, faster 20–60 process. However, that doesn't make it OK to cheat. Others claim that with fewer bots in the system, the supply of primals will be reduced and therefore the price will go up; I'm not much of a WoW economist, so I'll leave that to others. But to this blogger, banning botters can only be interpreted as a good thing: some cheaters got what they deserved. Whether you agree or disagree, please feel free to sound off in the comments. And if you are a botter yourself, and haven't gotten banned yet, I'd advise you to stop -- they're clearly getting serious about this.

http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/05/20...-glider-users/

Personally, I had two "real life" buddies of mine that I went to high school with etc that got the ban stick, pretty funny really as they are both repeat offenders. I'm iffy on this subject, really nobody should cheat, ever. I mean I have pirated music in the past along with other things, but this is a totally different thing. I'm happy the botters are gone, I do not care about the WoW economy, shit will fix itself, it's just a game. And having a level playing field is the best fucking thing in the world, I hate being behind as it is, and having Blizzard ban a bunch of cheaters is good. Even though my friends got their accounts banned with their top-of-the line gear accounts, and multiple accounts (with billing information being the same being banned) I still don't really feel sympathetic at all.

Oh well, I figured i'd post this up for all to read, apparently the number of banned is around 350,000 but I can't seem to find a confirmed number, it's up there though.