Quote Originally Posted by Apatheist View Post
That seems like poor reasoning to me. If he's set up a simple macro to take a step every now and then to avoid having to re-queue, logically there must have been a queue for him to want to avoid prior to his behavior. Also, I'd have to assume the number of people doing this is a tiny, tiny percentage. The queues are there because a lot of people play WoW.

Calling this boting seems like a bit of a stretch to me.
This seems like poor reasoning to me. If he's set up any system that allows him to take action in-game without user-input, then by definition he is botting. There is no ambiguity here. Using software to defeat painful mechanics instead of providing feedback to Blizzard about said mechanics also prevents those feedback systems from working, which inconveniences other players doubly: first, by adding players to the queues that may end up unresponsive or, worse, join BGs and then remain AFK, which directly impacts the success of their team; second, by screwing with the queues by causing them to drop legitimate, active players in favor of the tireless bots (first come, first served).

Now, you can argue how many people do this as a percentage but the Law of Unintended Consequences is important to consider as it means the collateral damage from these activities is far greater than their raw participation rates imply.