accounts being banned for using bots - Guild Wars Forums

djgriggs · Aug 05, 2005, 05:06 PM // 17:06

Now I have heard of this more than once but what exactly are bots. I mean I know that it is more than likely a program but what exactly is it doing for these accounts that are getting band ?

Squizzard45 · Aug 05, 2005, 06:40 PM // 18:40

Bots are pretty much a script or code designed to do simple tasks over and over again without the user having to do anything.
For example, farming bots will go to a chest say, somewhere in the desert, zone out, zone back in....lather, rinse, and repeat.

Botting is against the EULA, and extremely pathetic. Arenanet, as most game-developing companies, have a zero-tolerance for such acts. Hence, the banning of botting accounts.

jo3l · Aug 05, 2005, 06:50 PM // 18:50

i agree with it 100%; it spoils the games for everybody else...

my friend had a web-game and they put so many blockers and walls against bots that people couldnt use the game as everything they did prompted a warning or alert... pointless.

do we really want guild wars to end up like this? think before you use anything not officially endorsed...

Aug 05, 2005, 05:06 PM // 17:06	#1
djgriggs Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jul 2005 Profession: Me/	accounts being banned for using bots Now I have heard of this more than once but what exactly are bots. I mean I know that it is more than likely a program but what exactly is it doing for these accounts that are getting band ?

Aug 05, 2005, 06:40 PM // 18:40	#2
Squizzard45 Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: CA Guild: [Cb] Profession: Mo/R	Bots are pretty much a script or code designed to do simple tasks over and over again without the user having to do anything. For example, farming bots will go to a chest say, somewhere in the desert, zone out, zone back in....lather, rinse, and repeat. Botting is against the EULA, and extremely pathetic. Arenanet, as most game-developing companies, have a zero-tolerance for such acts. Hence, the banning of botting accounts.

Aug 05, 2005, 06:50 PM // 18:50	#3
jo3l Academy Page Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wirral, UK Guild: Venatus Una [Vu] Profession: Me/N	i agree with it 100%; it spoils the games for everybody else... my friend had a web-game and they put so many blockers and walls against bots that people couldnt use the game as everything they did prompted a warning or alert... pointless. do we really want guild wars to end up like this? think before you use anything not officially endorsed...