longgegame
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Or they did get rid of the mole![]()
The old banwaves are regular...2 times a year maybe and plus this 2times too close...so I think these is a renegade...lol

Or they did get rid of the mole![]()
In case you haven't , this makes for very interesting reading and tome might provide some answers for the recent bans
https://www.thebuddyforum.com/storm...ectual-property-press-release-stormbuddy.html
If Blizzard have acquired this I imagine they have obtained a lot of information as to how the bot works
very interesting indeed
This is very interesting indeed. If they had the source code from Stormbuddy, they may have figured out how to detect the other bots. I have no idea if the same method was used to automate HOTS, but it gave them insight into how they wrote the code in the first place. To me, that is dangerous information for Blizzard to have.
I just wanted to comment on this banning.
I am not being super critical but saying what's in the front or back of most minds here.
I will start with.....Did we ACTUALLY figure it out this time?
I am not 100% sure how to frame this because well we all know the risk involved but there is somewhat a fine line between knowing the risk and taking that but also knowing that when we do have to swallow our medicine that when we are back up again it's a more stable solution and we are able to move forward for what would be an extended period of time before we are swallowing medicine again.
What concerns me is that we are flying a smidge blind here. The bot was brought back online and it kind of appears the initial problem was not actually fixed and we suffered a 2nd banwave based possibly on the same detection.
I know that a fix will not be a permanent solution, it never is, but being hit by the same detection is not good. We need the bot locked down and brought back up when the detection is located and fixed. I think most of us is patient enough to wait for this. Being rushed and then providing a substandard product is not good. In the old botting days we would be down for weeks if necessary. I think we need keep the balance between product quality and time more in check. If delayed then constant communication with us will be required keeping us updated. Maybe assigning communication to one mod to always making a post daily and letting us know it's coming.
I would ask the HB team to hold off until you KNOW FOR SURE why and then repair and then reopen.
I came to HB in the very early days even prior to my join date listed here because I lost my first user account. I don't like posting comments unless I feel someone is just being stupid and I take it personal. I spend most of my time reading.
Anyways I say this to say HB we got your back but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ensure a quality release for us even if we have to wait longer.
Im sorry but there have been so many detections now with HB in the past few years it seems like every time now the response is we found out what was causing it this time we are totally sure now. Go give blizzard some more money...... then a while later bam another wave oh we have it figured out this time for sure! we are totally serious you can trust us this time.
Virtual I am not concerned with detections where there is significant time between. I am concerned when we bring things back online possibly a bit too early and actually don't fix the previous issues. From what I have seen in the past they have actually plugged holes and any ban past that was a significant amount of time after basically saying Blizz found another hole.
I think most of us, especially those who have been around long enough, know that this is a cat and mouse game and we are the mice. We will never ever be 100% safe and from time to time we will get caught holding the cheese but we always rebound and get back on our feet. Being banned multiple times within a month and more than likely with exact same detection is not good.
All I am saying is PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GET THIS ONE RIGHT.
When i try to start the bot i got the message "this release is blocked from usage" what it means?
I am. I play Wow like it's a "real" mmorpg. Aka it's about more than ilvl phat Lewts and wtfpwning a level 19 over and over.
That means I get emotionally invested as well as my time which is more valuable than most people under 30 can begin to comprehend.
This doesn't even touch on the social relationships you develop which in wow is rare and special in itself lol.
Anyhow my point is - I went many YEARS without a single ban. Once I got that one, the next account lasted about a year and everyone thereafter has been months in the best case scenario. A) I'm not rich and B) I'm tired of wasting my time.
Depending on your definition of "extended time" between bannings, I'm either on board with most or all of your post.
Problem now is time between bannings is due to detections over and over. Not reports, not careless botting. It's a certainty that you WILL lose it. That's not for me. Before if you were careful and not grrrdy you were good. If you were careless and greedy you were likely playing for profit and cared much much less.
I'm with virtual though. Boy who cried wolf syndrome for sure. I feel like I'll wait and see how many get banned which has a few possible outcomes.
A) everyone gets banned when it comes up.
B) blizzard waits and bans everyone on a delay so people are confused as to whether it's fixed or not.
C) it really gets fixed and my hesitation to try costs me months of potential safe botting time.
Meh, not a good situation for the customers as usual.
What needs to happen is the sharing of said info with other developers. Peers need to check and recheck each others findings and come to a consensus that it's found and that it's fixed.
Buddy team isn't alone here. Soap has tentatively said he potentially found the cause and was each time wrong. Either that or both teams "fixes" are amateur and the guys at blizzard roflstomp thru em.
Who knows really.
so our accounts actually flagged and will be banned in next wave, and you blocked honorbuddy sowe cant bot to reurn money for the accounts we paid, well played got rekt by bossland even more than by blizard