Banned WoW player offers $1,000 for reactivation

@koehler83
It is very sad, i have absolutely zero sympathy for him. He broke the agreement that he agreed to,multiple times, because archaeology is boring. He knew the risks, and he botted anyway, if anyone helps this guy i hope they get fired and humiliated.

@JohnD212

It would be interesting to see the raw data on botting, especially mining and herbalism. I suspect bots are largely responsible for fueling the economy and maintaining some semblance of stability.

@Apakal The data on mining and herbing won't show the degree to which bots push real players away from gathering. WoW's economy is pretty reactive, voids don't last long if an item is in demand.

I'm glad this guy got banned, it almost makes me want to renew my subscription.

@Furdinand

This is true. I'm only speculating and my thoughts are biased because I hate gathering in all ways, shapes, and forms and couldn't be paid to do it.

@Apakal

A few friends of mine ran gathering bots. The amount of stuff they ended up with was staggering.

One friend in particular was going through some tough financial times and decided to sell gold to pay the rent. He made all of his gold by vendoring the bars you get from mining. In about a month he had sold something like 300-400k gold, if that gives you an idea of how much raw material a bot can produce.

The problem is that the bots are really sophisticated these days, and Blizzard does a terrible job keeping up with them. This friend of mine made enough money to pay for a couple months rent almost entirely unattended. Long gone are the days where I would macro Magery in UO by having EZ Macro record and play back my mouse movements and keystrokes.

@Apakal

Not his game though, in a world where you play with, against or simply be around other players that you affect, you don't have the right to do whatever you want.

@FrostPaw

I know. I was merely commenting on his offer, not the actual circumstances of his ban. If he wants to offer a grand to attempt to get his account back, that's his choice.

Do I think he should get his account back? Not so much. Do I really care either way? Not so much.

Hmmm...Apakal, that name looks familiar. Was this the same Apakal that was arguing with me over the virtues of gold buying in WoW a couple weeks or so back? If so...I see you're least consistant in your cheating apologetics.

@Utakata

Yup. Granted, gold buying and botting are slightly different, one way or the other it doesn't bother me. You can't gain much more from botting than you can from buying gold outright, at least not in WoW. In the end its still largely a non-issue. When it doesn't affect the game balance, I really don't care.

@Puremallace
True there....just saying maybe its time for a fresh start for this guy. If not RIFT then maybe ROM since it is F2P