Quote Originally Posted by Tanl View Post
I'm just shaking my head right now.
I'm not surprised.

Max "Remdag" Oakson (Daybreak Games)
Jul 13, 9:13 PM PDT

The Terms of Service does not differentiate between program or software and server type.
Actually it kinda does. This is a statement which contradicts the TOS. I'd find the relevant passage, but I'm being lazy-ish.
e.g. Even their Appeal your ban page I linked earlier states:
No one is banned for using non-hack programs (like Fraps, overlays, etc.),
Is this not differentiating programs/software type, and by name?

Now lets clarify a little. ISBoxer is not what I consider a hack program, it is a functional procedural scripted process which runs on the Inner Space platform. Inner Space as a run time platform, like JAVA or Windows, can potentially be used in such a way is that what is running on the platform might be a hack program. Differentiating between something running on a runtime platform being a hack program vs something that is not, is the tricky bit.
So it gets a little grey, in that it depends on what you are using it for. But then if they are going to ban you for using a platform that might be used for hacking, then Windows is out completely (along with every other OS out there), seeing as it provides such functions as ReadProcessMemory, and WriteProcessMemory. Now whether you do use them, vs, they could be used are two different things. Sadly some of these morons don't see it like that, despite the fact that the argument is valid.

So, I guess that means ISBoxer is against the ToS now.
Only for some people apparently. Not everyone has been suspended/banned.

I would have preferred a straight answer
wouldn't we all, but it has never been a topic any developer/publisher has been willing to really get into straight answers in this area. Some of them do actually publish lists of approved "helper" software, but this is very rare, and despite the fact I cannot remember recent endorsements by others besides CCP (for EVEMon, not ISBoxer), it does happen on the odd occasion.

My main concern at this point of the matter is this: IF ISBoxer is really OK to use as I was using it, and was not the 3rd party program they detected me using, I need to nuke my OS ASAP and get rid of whatever has infected it. I use paid versions of Bitdefender and MBAM, and both scan clean, so I don't know what to think - that's why I wanted the straight answer about ISBoxer. If ISBoxer is now a violation of their ToS, why is it so hard to come out and say so straight up? If ISBoxer is NOT a violation of their ToS, then either ISBoxer is now triggering false positives in their detection routine, or my computer is infected with an unknown application whose behavior is triggering DBG's hacking detection routines.
Its more likely it was a player report or a GM observation, otherwise there would be a few more other regulars complaining.

Trying to figure out my next move, since I don't want to ignore this situation and get banned in the future.
Wait it out, and either go back to boxing, or don't. Personally, I'd weigh up whether I really wanted to play that particular game, or whether another more liberal one would do. So I'd try again at a later time, and if it re-occurred, I'd move on.