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Ferrydust  Title: Iron Chef Jennifer
Posts: 938
Registered: 2002-9-4 20:32:54
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This makes me really mad |
http://www.arenajunkies.com/topic/200866-banned-for-afking-a-bg/
Guy says he was caught afking in BG's and got a 3 hour suspension. ARE YOU JOKING ME?
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Didnt read the thread but..
Was he botting or just afk?
Cant really blame Blizzard. 3 hour ban still allows them to keep the sub going.
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Ferrydust Title: Iron Chef Jennifer
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Registered: 2002-9-4 20:32:54
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Date Posted:
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This makes me really mad |
He said afking but I am pretty sure he meant botting. IE not at the keyboard but using some program to keep him from getting flagged afk.
And I CAN blame Blizzard. It used to be a perma ban wayyy back in the day so you never saw any bots. Now that it is a slap on the wrist bots are everywhere in BG's. Blizzard would still keep it's subs because people would be afraid to bot... but not now.
( And by now I mean the past few years )
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I, on the other hand, prefer a command-line system 'cause i'm so hardcore
/north /north *You encounter an [Avatar of the god Set]!*
/cast sheild *sheild spell unavailable*
/csat shield *csat: unknown command*
*[Avatar of Set] beheads [Peasant]*
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Ugh_Lancelot Title: Ooo...bouncy!
Posts: 766
Registered: 2002-6-17 14:37:05
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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This makes me really mad |
What's more sad than bots in BGs is when PVP-specific boards are 50/50 for/against botting in BGs. There's a point where, IMO, you realize something's awfully wrong with the system itself, not just with the people AFK'ing.
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Ferrydust Title: Iron Chef Jennifer
Posts: 938
Registered: 2002-9-4 20:32:54
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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This makes me really mad |
Ugh_Lancelot posted:
What's more sad than bots in BGs is when PVP-specific boards are 50/50 for/against botting in BGs. There's a point where, IMO, you realize something's awfully wrong with the system itself, not just with the people AFK'ing.
It's because people are lazy imo. They want something for nothing no matter how much it affects their teams chances of winning. Yes. They are just bad people. If people don't like doing BG's then they shouldn't do them. That doesn't give them a free pass to waste everyone elses time as they bot.
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I, on the other hand, prefer a command-line system 'cause i'm so hardcore
/north /north *You encounter an [Avatar of the god Set]!*
/cast sheild *sheild spell unavailable*
/csat shield *csat: unknown command*
*[Avatar of Set] beheads [Peasant]*
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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This makes me really mad |
Ferrydust posted:
http://www.arenajunkies.com/topic/200866-banned-for-afking-a-bg/
Guy says he was caught afking in BG's and got a 3 hour suspension. ARE YOU JOKING ME?
Sounds like Blizz is going in the absolutely wrong direction.
One of the primary reasons I cancelled was my increasing frustration with Blizzard's refusal to slap serious suspensions (I mean like a month or more), or outright cancellation of chronic botters/afkers. I'd have been happy if they just banned them from pvp, and let them pve. But 3 hours? That's a joke and an insult. Seemed to me Blizz just wanted their money, they don't give a flying frak about the quality of play for people who actually show up to pvp.
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Date Posted:
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Ferrydust posted:
Ugh_Lancelot posted:
What's more sad than bots in BGs is when PVP-specific boards are 50/50 for/against botting in BGs. There's a point where, IMO, you realize something's awfully wrong with the system itself, not just with the people AFK'ing.
It's because people are lazy imo. They want something for nothing no matter how much it affects their teams chances of winning. Yes. They are just bad people. If people don't like doing BG's then they shouldn't do them. That doesn't give them a free pass to waste everyone elses time as they bot.
I disagree. It doesn't make them bad people, just normal for taking the path of least resistance in a video game. I submit that the players playing by the rules like it matters in real life are doing it wrong as the system currently stands. Overall, though, it is the developers faults for making a flawed system and refusing to do anything to it.
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Date Posted:
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The inevitable consequence of rewarding losing and putting forward no effort.
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Date Posted:
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Ferrydust posted:
He said afking but I am pretty sure he meant botting. IE not at the keyboard but using some program to keep him from getting flagged afk.
And I CAN blame Blizzard. It used to be a perma ban wayyy back in the day so you never saw any bots. Now that it is a slap on the wrist bots are everywhere in BG's. Blizzard would still keep it's subs because people would be afraid to bot... but not now.
( And by now I mean the past few years )
Yeah I know what you mean. Look at it from the opposite way though. Its great for Blizzard because all those people who want to bot but were afraid to loose accounts if they got caught, will now reup again because the penalties arent so severe. Win win for Blizz.
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Demorak  Posts: 300
Registered: 2009-1-16 11:20:55
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Date Posted:
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Broken_Kayfabe posted:
The inevitable consequence of rewarding losing and putting forward no effort.
Read: Bad Design 101
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