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Blizzard Files Suit Against Alleged Bot Creator | World of Warcraft | MMORPG.com
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Blizzard Files Suit Against Alleged Bot Creator | World of Warcraft | MMORPG.com
Blizzard has filed a new lawsuit in California that alleges that James "Apoc" Enright, creator of HonorBuddy, StormBuddy and DemonBuddy, has cost the gaming giant millions of dollars in lost revenue as a result of bot sales and use in World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm and Diablo III. The suit seeks an order to stop all sales and distribution of the bot programs and financial compensation that could total tens of millions of dollars if successful.
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hbuddy has destroyed wow pvp. player controls their character a little, moving it where they want but the bot does all of the moves and responses for them in pvp. it does moves inhumanly fast and responds to things before they are even visible on the screen.
bliz has no choice but to confront this issue. It has been killing a huge chunk of their game for 3 years now, and only getting worse. Legit players have been quitting but the botters have stayed so the ratio of cheaters you face in WoW nowadays is redonk.
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If no longer worth actually playing they should just quit and not spoil the fun for others.
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Had blizzard cared enough to do this 5 years ago.. it wouldn't be as big as issue it is now and likely these guys would never have been able to make a business out of it.
If they win, can I sue Chevrolet for making a tool used to run over my dog? Auto manufacturers would really be in court a lot from all the drunk driving accidents.
Of course they won't actually sue the players who are the real problem, after all they are profiting from those players that are actually botting. Hmm, sounds to me like Blizzard causes it's own problem. I don't support botting, but they need to attack the proper people, and ban those subscriptions including their IP addresses.
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Your example is completely off-base. Torrent software and botting software are nowhere close to the same thing. Torrent software has many legitimate, perfectly legal uses. In fact, many companies these days use their own proprietary versions of said software to deliver content to their customers. Botting software on the other hand, has no legitimate use. It's designed specifically to allow people to cheat, and is a direct violation of the ToS agreed to upon starting the game. Not only does it cost Blizzard money, but it ruins the play experience for many others by giving those willing to break the rules an unfair advantage over those who show integrity and abide by them.
I honestly can't believe I had to explain that to somebody. I really hope you're just trolling.
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No legitimate use?... botting is a core function of some games like perfect world's Jade Dynasty. So they not always used to cause a problems for other people.
I don't support or use bots... but i don't see them as cheats either. They just something people use for endless automated gameplay which i prefer to play myself if im interested in the game. That doesn't meant i don't think them annoying either but i've never quit a game over others using them.
Well Sweet child o' Mine people do work for a living and depend on those CORPS to be in profit to pay them.DERP! The INDIVIDUAL is claiming he is all that under his alias and gave them a great Bullseye to make an example of DERP! Adequate protection against bots means taking away the API from people releasing helpful mods and being able to use those on College apps and Job Apps DERP!
1 It sounds 100% like they are blaming bots for lowered sub numbers.When you bring this up AFTER the fact when bots were in game from the first week,it looks like sour grapes or scapegoating.I see any decent lawyer making Blizzard look foolish.
Now if they had of gone after this company say in year 1 i could buy into it but not several years later.
2 They have to prove that this business was targeting Blizzard,what someone else does with a program is not their responsibility.The only one who wins those lawsuits are government and in this case ONLY if this business cannot afford a good lawyer to combat Blizzard's multi million dollar lawyers.
Also if they do some research from 2-3 years ago ,there was an interview with Blizzard staff that said they KNEW of botting but were not seeking out every botter,instead were looking to fry the bigger guy.That right their shows their own negligence in not wanting or trying to clean up botting and only aiming at a few people.Basically it is like a government investigation allowing a criminal to roam free to catch his boss then that criminal kills a few people,it is called negligence.
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And "no" I don't download software illegally, always pay for it. I figure if I get paid for my job that others should get paid for theirs. It's a difficult concept for those who don't have tissue between their skulls but it could be learned.
I hope Blizzard annihilates this group.
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