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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Silkroad Online says no to botters]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/silkroad-online-says-no-to-botters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/silkroad-online-says-no-to-botters/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/silkroad-online-says-no-to-botters/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/at-a-glance/" rel="tag">At a glance</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/historical/" rel="tag">Historical</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/silkroad-online/" rel="tag">Silkroad Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/free-to-play/" rel="tag">Free-to-play</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.joymax.com/silkroad/"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/09/srobots.jpg"  alt="" /></a><br /></div>
No botters!  Bad botters!  Down!  Ban!  You're banned!<br /><br />Well, that's not exactly how bannings go, but <em><a href="http://www.joymax.com/silkroad/">Silkroad Online</a></em> is starting to crack down on their botting problem.  The game has recently changed their anti-botting rules, converting over to a three strike policy.  The first instance of your account being suspected, you get a 7 day ban.  The next time your account gets flagged, it's a 14 day ban.  And, if your account gets flagged a third and final time for the use of illegal programs, you can kiss your account goodbye.<br /><br />It's a pretty strict system, doubly so for a free-to-play game.  Usually we see larger MMO developers, like <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/square-enix">Square-Enix</a> and <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/ccp">CCP</a>, moving towards initiatives like these.  However, it's clear that <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/joymax">Joymax</a> is interested in cleaning up their game, a move that many will undoubtedly enjoy.<br /><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/silkroad-online-says-no-to-botters/">Silkroad Online says no to botters</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.joymax.com/silkroad/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/silkroad-online-says-no-to-botters/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19176753/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/silkroad-online-says-no-to-botters/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>ban</category><category>botters</category><category>botting</category><category>clean-campaign</category><category>joymax</category><category>silk-road</category><category>silk-road-online</category><category>silkroad-online</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
