LOTS of Ban Threads this week

[gathertime]

Can this still be blamed on "you're a noob and dont know what you're doing?"... Im not going to argue that Im an expert, but I dont remember seeing this many reports coming across the wire... Ever... Any insight from the top brass?

 

[Gatherit]

You will NEVER see devs or admins respond to ban threads.

 

[Botanist]

Yeah you will "Thread closed" is the normal reaction.

 

[gathertime]

I wasn't implying there is a banwave... I just used the word that all the rest are throwing around... Sorry for the confusion. All I was saying is it appears that the ban traffic has picked up quite a bit. Again, wasn't at all trying to accuse HB of anything. It has been a great run with a great program and I am thankful for the amount of time I was able to bot effectively. =-)

Was just noting the amount of Account Ban traffic of late. =)

 

[Gatherit]

I didn't mean for that to sound mean. It's just the truth, they never respond to these threads.

 

[irfancemara]

this ^^

 

[vita]

im eating popcorns watching all this

 

[Maria]

Still running gather only !! 10 hours a day !! My bot toon mails to a level one on the same account. Then deposits everything to a guild bank. That is withdrawn and sold on other leveled characters.. Don't sell on low level characters lvl 1 toons flooding AH is boobish.. Over 2 years same account.. Farming 10 hours a day. 1% supervised.. No ban.

BG botting is just stupid !! You get banned bg botting you asked for it. Bot in a player vs player setting foolish..

 

[gathertime]

Maria,

I agree with you 100%... The only reason I did was that I have done it for well over a year on god knows how many toons safely. That being said, you are 100% correct about how detectable it is. As far as your method for selling goes, I love it an consider it stolen. I will just transfer one of my 10 other toons to a new account and start a main account again. My gold account wasnt touched as I never bot on it.

One question... How do you transfer large amounts of gold to your main toon when buying stuff from your mule/botting accounts? Is your main toon in the same guild with access to the bank?

 

[Maria]

Yes, I have multiple toons in the guild bank. Each a seller of there own items. One toon sells herbs. One toon sells ore. Gold is deposited into guild bank. When I want to buy something I have my main account pull the gold and spend it. Really don't spend much. My sellers are also on main account. Only a bot and lvl one mule to receive the mailed items from bot to deposit into g-bank on bot account.

 

[gathertime]

This is the latest response from Customer Support:
Greetings,

Thank you for your continued correspondence regarding the closure of your World of Warcraft account. We have performed an additional review of all pertinent information pertaining to this closure and have confirmed our findings. The account was found to have used prohibited third-party software and will remain closed permanently.

This action has been taken in accordance to our Terms of Use (Blizzard Entertainment:World of Warcraft Terms of Use) and our game policies (http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20309), which all players acknowledge and agree to prior to participation. When an account violates these policies, the situation is reviewed and appropriate action is taken.

Please understand, any activities not intended by game design which affect the economy, the client, player characters, or the world itself have a tremendous negative impact on the potential enjoyment for all players. The effects of these activities take many forms including a bloated game economy, server instability, and allowing unauthorized access to accounts, computers, and player data.

We hope this has cleared up any concerns you may have and expect no further communication on this matter. Thank you for your time.

Regards,

Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment
www.blizzard.com/support

That is the response I got when I tried to appeal my bann. They specifically mentioned third party software for the first time in any of my prior bans (two). Interesting.