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Nexus Realized · Aug 15, 2010, 10:09 AM // 10:09

Hello Gwguru I took a break from Guildwars for about 4-5 months. When I came back I'm greeted with a message about how 3700+ accounts were banned due to botting etc...at first I thought nothing of it.

So a few hrs later I find myself in JQ on my Mesmer for double whine & smack talk weekend. So I set my bar up, basically a few rupts some enchant removal and a heal. Everything is going good, winning some losing some. Then alas the first of the whines come pouring in, "You're a botter", "Stupid Cheater" "I reported you for hacking" "Turn it off" The usual I can't finish a spell so this dude must be hacking kinda thing, Its like Deja Vu from Counter Strike days 10 years ago everyone is suspect. Then it moves from local to PM's "Enjoy your ban" bla bla bla.

I'd normally just ignore it, however the message at log in has me kinda paranoid. I invested a lot of time in GW and I'd hate to see it all gone to waste on silly accusations. Anyways just wondering if anyone has gone through a similar situation while running any kind of interupt build.

Scorpion Boy · Aug 15, 2010, 10:23 AM // 10:23

Don't worry, they won't ban you for no reason.

*Darcy* · Aug 15, 2010, 10:26 AM // 10:26

ArenaNet would only use reports to check on your character's behavior. It is not an automatic one report and you are banned. They are well aware that many players make reports as revenge for losing.

HellScreamS · Aug 15, 2010, 11:50 AM // 11:50

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Originally Posted by Scorpion Boy

Don't worry, they won't ban you for no reason.

wait, what?

whenever I was whining that I got banned and I wanted to appeal to further institutions to clear that out, all I got in return was some quote from their EULA, saying they reserve the right to ban anybody without any given clause. So?

@ OP, don't worry, just because those whiners are gonna threaten you with that, you're not gonna get banned. People get reported everyday because of haters, and they're still around.

aspi · Aug 15, 2010, 12:15 PM // 12:15

Your best revenge is go back and own them some more

Just Sai · Aug 15, 2010, 12:17 PM // 12:17

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Originally Posted by aspi

Your best revenge is go back and own them some more

great answer

in short, if your not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear

BLOODGOAT · Aug 15, 2010, 01:31 PM // 13:31

I pretend to be a bot these days, I wish I could remember how many times I've heard people say they're reporting me.

It's so entertaining.

Benderama · Aug 15, 2010, 02:57 PM // 14:57

it'll be fine for you ^^! unless loads of the team report you, then they'll all get dishonourable points, while you'll be fine. i got kinda shocked when me and my friend did 55 and 600 monks in AB for lulz (and did quite well

) and some dude report me for leeching when we were clearly playing the game?

although there was another thread where me and other paranoid people posted about randomly running in circles every few minutes to show we're not bots XD.
still effective for scaring people away from botting i guess?

Smith23 · Aug 15, 2010, 03:01 PM // 15:01

Just because you knew what you where doing and winning doesn't mean you'll get banned. Those players where just bitching because they where losing so they tried to scare you off. Good chance they where trying to manipulate the match in some way before you came along.

krokos · Aug 15, 2010, 03:42 PM // 15:42

Mesmers are a bit OP in pvp; mesmer is a class, what makes your enemy VERY angry...you would be angry if other mes interrupts your every spell or attack xd To make them more angry, write "lol" , "rotfl" or "owned" after you pwned your enemy. Then they are crazy and /report you xD

Scorpion Boy · Aug 15, 2010, 04:35 PM // 16:35

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Originally Posted by HellScreamS

wait, what?

whenever I was whining that I got banned and I wanted to appeal to further institutions to clear that out, all I got in return was some quote from their EULA, saying they reserve the right to ban anybody without any given clause. So?

@ OP, don't worry, just because those whiners are gonna threaten you with that, you're not gonna get banned. People get reported everyday because of haters, and they're still around.

I knew someone would come with such a reaction. They probably had a good reason to ban you, so?

Sirius Bsns · Aug 15, 2010, 05:05 PM // 17:05

Just as long as you're not superhumanly good at interrupting 1/4 cast spells, or landing 100% of your interrupts on recharge. It's just inhuman to, honestly.

Spiritz · Aug 15, 2010, 05:40 PM // 17:40

ive read most of this and almost laughed at the stupidity of some players .
How many of us pm a bot to tell it we`re reporting it ?
Does it care ? Will it reply ?
Worse is the idiots in pve ( not all are in pvp ) who see ur 55 monk then assume you are a bot - say it in local and even after you have spoken to them saying ur real and after lengthy chat they still think ur a bot.
Never known bots to chat with you - usually they run a set path , get stuck in places and so on , dont know many of us human players who fail to walk out an outpost without hitting a post and trying to get past when they cant.

RedDog91 · Aug 15, 2010, 05:57 PM // 17:57

I like when people complain that you're a bot...
Cuz, let's be honest, who would sit at their computer and watch a bot? Isn't the point of having bot is so it does stuff while you're gone?

If they complain you're a bot, then they deserve to lose for thinking a bot would read the text....and respond.

Black Metal · Aug 15, 2010, 06:21 PM // 18:21

wow such paranoia

AmbientMelody · Aug 15, 2010, 06:53 PM // 18:53

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Originally Posted by Spiritz

ive read most of this and almost laughed at the stupidity of some players .
How many of us pm a bot to tell it we`re reporting it ?
Does it care ? Will it reply ?
Worse is the idiots in pve ( not all are in pvp ) who see ur 55 monk then assume you are a bot - say it in local and even after you have spoken to them saying ur real and after lengthy chat they still think ur a bot.
Never known bots to chat with you - usually they run a set path , get stuck in places and so on , dont know many of us human players who fail to walk out an outpost without hitting a post and trying to get past when they cant.

Last time I checked bots were sometimes 'herded' ... there is usually a 'chieftain', preferably a player attempting to be afk, checking the district bots are pumping out from for 'undesirable elements' that could interrupt the business or worse, mass-report precious bots. I had quite a decent fun once and actually got to chat with the 'chieftain' as well. He was quite angry and delighted at the same time that players are finally able to link event a and event b after round five years (event a - too many real players pop up in a certain bot-infested district and don't enter the zone, event b - 'chieftain' plus all of the bots he was 'herding' move onto another district, usually empty one ... like Russian or Spanish).

ShadowsRequiem · Aug 15, 2010, 07:16 PM // 19:16

typical bad players - they need a good excuse for losing cause obviously the only way they could lose is because the other guy is cheating, right?

You won't get banned cause of that.

Sirius Bsns · Aug 15, 2010, 07:50 PM // 19:50

Botters can chat with you, but typically not the bot script itself [not in a coherently or reactionary manner anyway]. I've reported some SF elementalist botters in Random Arenas before, and at one point he actually responded after repeated accusations with, "lol", and continued botting. Botters bear no shame, nor care of how they impact the game. All they care about is reaching their goals without any input or effort. I watched that SF botter ele reach rank 5 Gladiator before he suddenly stopped showing up [banned, I would hope...].

In summary though, botters can talk to you if they choose to, but it does kind of defeat the purpose of botting if the botter is at his keyboard chatting away.

MisterB · Aug 15, 2010, 08:13 PM // 20:13

Tell anyone who harasses you in this fashion that you are reporting them for malicious abuse of the report function. That should prove amusing. Don't forget to mention your screenshots of them threatening, harassing, and declaring their intention to file a false report because they lost. Fight fire with fire.

Quote:

1. While playing Guild Wars, you must respect the rights of others and their rights to play and enjoy the game. To this end, you may not defraud, harass, threaten, or cause distress and/or unwanted attention to other players. You will not report players maliciously, or cause them to be investigated without reason.

http://www.guildwars.com/support/leg...sofconduct.php

Sword Hammer Axe · Aug 15, 2010, 08:17 PM // 20:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nexus Realized

Hello Gwguru I took a break from Guildwars for about 4-5 months. When I came back I'm greeted with a message about how 3700+ accounts were banned due to botting etc...at first I thought nothing of it.

So a few hrs later I find myself in JQ on my Mesmer for double whine & smack talk weekend. So I set my bar up, basically a few rupts some enchant removal and a heal. Everything is going good, winning some losing some. Then alas the first of the whines come pouring in, "You're a botter", "Stupid Cheater" "I reported you for hacking" "Turn it off" The usual I can't finish a spell so this dude must be hacking kinda thing, Its like Deja Vu from Counter Strike days 10 years ago everyone is suspect. Then it moves from local to PM's "Enjoy your ban" bla bla bla.

I'd normally just ignore it, however the message at log in has me kinda paranoid. I invested a lot of time in GW and I'd hate to see it all gone to waste on silly accusations. Anyways just wondering if anyone has gone through a similar situation while running any kind of interupt build.

DW. If they would just ban people because of accusations, I would have been banned a long time ago. A-net knows that there're a lot of people who thinks the worst of others in GW, simply because they put them in an unfavorable position, such as a Mesmer shutting them down lol.

They look more into it ^^ Mesmerise all you want