[quote='zanthor',index.php?page=Thread&postID=18675 9#post186759]
I challenge anyone to produce firsthand knowledge of a player being banned for a UI mod that is written 100% inside blizzard's LUA code.

I personally wrote a mod that crashed the server 12 times in 4 days, it was totally accidental but when trying to get it to the devs so they would KNOW what was crashing the server I had to use contacts that work with Apple to get it in through the Blizzard liaison since the GM's consistently told me it was impossible for a UI mod to crash the server.[/quote]

There was an addon that allowed cross-faction speech. I'm not sure that anyone got banned before they "suggested" that the author remove the addon (and he/she did), but it certainly was against the ToS. I've posted an in-game /script that allows an ability to be looped using a timer -- I won't repost it yet again, but it exists and is very clearly a violation of the rules.

People have admitted to account sharing and (sometimes) don't get banned for it. Doesn't make it any more right. Delays are, very clearly, against the rules -- whether or not it will actually get you banned is up to blizzard but it's certainly not shameful for us to be good representatives of the rules or at least, the best representatives of the rules as we know how to be.

If you're comfortable using an addon (which utilizes the in-game APIs) that contains delays, then you can -- just like you can use a Logitech G15 or Nostromo N52 -- and it's up to your discretion to utilize the portions of the device/addon that contain delays. However, IF anyone were to get banned for using their judgement, then don't anyone say they weren't forewarned or were misinformed. As a community, people have the right to know that the official word on the street is "[url='http://dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/GM_Conversations#Regarding_Delays_.26_Timers_in_ou t-of-game_Macros']Delays are bad[/url]" and the general assumption is that "in-game API is (generally) good". People can make their own decisions or follow up with Blizzard as they please, since it is their right to do so and to deal with the consequences (or lack thereof).