Curse

Krill · May 27, 2010, 09:29 PM // 21:29

5 districts in HA today, I bet lower end GvG picks up too because both formats were being completely shit on by overnight all-stars.

Amaurosis · May 27, 2010, 09:36 PM // 21:36

It's entertaining that some have gone as far as to claim this game's economy as being solely dependant on botting and that botting was "the only thing keeping this game alive". Their desperate attempts to hide their frustration and tears behind nothing but mockeries of this game is laughable.

Valcion · May 27, 2010, 09:46 PM // 21:46

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Originally Posted by Amaurosis

It's entertaining that some have gone as far as to claim this game's economy as being solely dependant on botting and that botting was "the only thing keeping this game alive". Their desperate attempts to hide their frustration and tears behind nothing but mockeries of this game is laughable.

True for GW at least, especially since we can easily imitate stats found on greens by modding gold or even blue items.

D2 on the other hand, I'd agree botting is a necessary evil considering the abysmally low drop rate on high runes. Well, not so much botting as mh'ing, but either way it was against the rules.

LoKi Foxfire · May 27, 2010, 09:51 PM // 21:51

To OP:

Don't let the door hit you on the way out

talon994 · May 27, 2010, 09:58 PM // 21:58

I agree with OP. Neglecting the problems of the game and introducing costumes as a substitute and a diversion. Among costumes, other stupid shit. To everyone who did bot and ended up making money, Im happy for you. Really, to make a couple thousand off of pixels and have carebears rage at you. Priceless.

kupp · May 27, 2010, 10:03 PM // 22:03

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Originally Posted by Mort Mythoryk

Dear Gurus,

Today, over 3700 accounts were banned due to botting and use of third-party programs. Let's take a moment and really break down how and why nearly half of the populous of this dying online community spontaneously combusted.

Arena-Net has offered us so many lovely content additions in the recent history, such as costumes, NPCs to talk trade useless crap for other useless crap, ways to change our character from a down-syndrome having asian infant, and finally the War in Kryta quest chain. These additions have molded the community from a dying game, to a dying game that the players realize won't get better. I understand GW2 is on the rise, but that's been the case for 2 years without any love for the original, and will continue to be the case for months to come. With this being said, what do the players with 3-5 years under their belt have to do? Repeat missions, vanqs, dungeons? Needlessly grind out speed clears (which Anet failed at attempting to shut down)? Or maybe participating in nerdy e-peen battles on a nightly basis with the same morons every night in HA? THIS my friends, is precisely why people bot. It makes the game fun again. Personally, I've achieved GWAMM, r8, g3 on my own, no bot help. I moved to PvP because there was nothing else left to do in PvE. When PvP becomes redundant, you simply move on (botting). An evolutionary process mediated by A-net themselves.

For those of you who didn't bot, you simply didn't know where to get it. Honestly, when something becomes meta (obviously botting was), this community of ours nestles into it wholeheartedly. So basically, my point is this: Anet killed this game by not updating it enough. Without enough content updates, or micro-transactions, or anything that normal, successful MMOs employ to keep their game active, this game died out. 15 minute zaishen wait times in HA, empty districts in PvE zones, etc... BEFORE the ban-o-mania. Just imagine what the future months will behold.

I would just like to note with this post, that the people that botted, didn't necessarily bot because they wanted a maxed title, or money, or fame, or glad, etc.. etc... Personally... I just didn't know what else to do... Second GWAMM? ok.. bot account wide titles (treasure, luxon.) Bot eotn titles. Who cares? I've done them already... If a game wants to combat botting, don't let the players get bored of said game. Honestly, running rupty and watching people rage was more fun than playing the game for what it is. If Anet sticks to this concept of an MMO.... even if it is more like WoW (.... zzzzz), who is going to play it? You think I'm gonna buy GW2 after filling my HoM legitimately, getting gwamm, r8, g3 legit? After 5000+ hours of gameplay? I can't imagine so. Because truthfully, with the effort put into GW1 in the last few years, why would I expect anything more from GW2 once they design it? A re-skinned, re-written WoW isn't going to do anyone any good, especially when the Arena Net team won't be adding new content updates every couple of months like WoW does... As BAD as WoW is... it's better than GW... because the designers actually give a damn. =/ sad news for Guild Wars today.

Generally... good luck GW community. - What's left of it, that is.

Blantly skipping 9 pages of obvious controversial chatter, please explain me how the hell cheating is an evolution. In any way, at all, using a valid reason.

I get the boredom and everything else, GW isn't a p2p game and that reflects on the lack of a constant stream of content. But when you finish a game, you think botting is in any way the answer to that? Botting that to a lot of people consists in leaving the game running while they're off to do something else (evolution of a game is playing it, by not actually playing? what?).

Here's the bottom line plenty of people already stamped it on your forehead - if you're bored with a game, move on or find other ways to amuse yourself in it. Botting isn't one of them. It's unfair towards everyone else that has joy in it in so many ways, and in the end isn't really a valid way to give this game a breath of fresh air.

You got banned? Tough luck, go cry somewhere else because you'll find no simpathy here. Hacking in a game isn't valid any way you look at it.

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You think I'm gonna buy GW2 after filling my HoM legitimately, getting gwamm, r8, g3 legit? After 5000+ hours of gameplay? I can't imagine so. Because truthfully, with the effort put into GW1 in the last few years, why would I expect anything more from GW2 once they design it? A re-skinned, re-written WoW isn't going to do anyone any good, especially when the Arena Net team won't be adding new content updates every couple of months like WoW does... As BAD as WoW is... it's better than GW... because the designers actually give a damn. =/ sad news for Guild Wars today.

Generally... good luck GW community. - What's left of it, that is.

And honestly this part is downright insulting to the frontal lobe humans so beautifully evolved.

5000+ hours of gameplay now wasted and that's entirely on you to blame, no way around it. No viable justification to that. Whatever you think of GW2 wich you already showed you have no damn idea of what you're talking about, is entirely on you and if you're butthurt now because you saw your account terminated, too bad. That's your problem. I say this is a good day for GW, a more fair ground in PvP and PvE everywhere has no downsides. If seeing 3700 people of this community go is the price, I wouldn't really mind. And since those 3700 are only botters, good ridance. Don't come back.

Venla · May 27, 2010, 10:03 PM // 22:03

I was never tempted to bot for the same reason I was never tempted to send a robot to watch a movie for me at the theatre.

Venla · May 27, 2010, 10:05 PM // 22:05

I don't farm

You don't have to either, you know.

fireflyry · May 27, 2010, 10:14 PM // 22:14

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Originally Posted by Venla

I was never tempted to bot for the same reason I was never tempted to send a robot to watch a movie for me at the theatre.

I actually have just such a bot for use when my partner wants to go watch a Ben Affleck film.

Gli · May 27, 2010, 10:17 PM // 22:17

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Originally Posted by fireflyry

I actually have just such a bot for use when my partner wants to go watch a Ben Affleck film.

Source code please.

fireflyry · May 27, 2010, 10:23 PM // 22:23

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Originally Posted by Gli

Source code please.

www.botsforuselessandunattentivegamers.com

ManlyMan · May 27, 2010, 10:24 PM // 22:24

I'm more surprised that the OP thinks there's people who sympathize with botters who got caught and banned.

Anyways, bye bye cya! Don't come back ! I hear diablo 3 is coming out soon !

fortior · May 27, 2010, 10:45 PM // 22:45

kamadan is still spamadan so I say no

kanuks · May 27, 2010, 10:54 PM // 22:54

Translation of that pathetic wall of text :

"I got banned. I have no life outside guild wars. I fail at life."

Ghost Dog · May 27, 2010, 10:58 PM // 22:58

These scare tactics are sure to work on the guys that can see how many people are in their servers at any given time.

lol

Sirius Bsns · May 27, 2010, 11:15 PM // 23:15

A picture says a 1,000 words... or in this case 3,700+! LOLOL

Rocky Raccoon · May 27, 2010, 11:20 PM // 23:20

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Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk

You find movies as boring as farming?

You need to comprehend a little better. You did not get the point.

nightcreeper · May 27, 2010, 11:25 PM // 23:25

Dude got just 1 question: "did you were at a private spot when dhuum showed off and reaped you for good?"

Martin Alvito · May 27, 2010, 11:38 PM // 23:38

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Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk

Eliminating grind. Taking GW... back to its roots?

Your error is believing that you are entitled to things you did not invest the work to earn.

ANet's failings don't justify your own.

cormac ap dunn · May 27, 2010, 11:44 PM // 23:44

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Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk

Farming is boring, and thus got assigned to a bot, done overnight and such. Meanwhile, playing the game as usual, but with an enhanced source of gold income.

Eliminating grind. Taking GW... back to its roots?

Farming is an optional thing, botting was never an installed option, so you= greedy=foolish and lazy for using said bots. GG, way to show your insight with this statement."Lazy player wtb way to make cash without any actual gameplay, PM me" didn't know that the roots of guildwars was going away so a program could play for you because in game shiny shinies are what makes a game worth doing..., guess i've been doing it wrong for 5 years