Unethical Gameplay?

[Jabberie]

I'm sorry to burst the bubble but manual GM checks do not include a whisper by default so relying on that would be not a smart move.

[WOWBOX40]

I'm sorry to burst the bubble but manual GM checks do not include a whisper by default so relying on that would be not a smart move.

He can do as many manual checks he wants. It will just be me sitting/laying casually pressing the keyboard with my own fingers "semi away from the monitors". Worst case scenario he will move a toon or do something else, which i will pick up on around every 20 min or so. If they want to ban me for that, then so be it. That will be my hint to move on with my life.

[JohnGabriel]

Most modern gaming keyboards have auto-fire.

It seems a fine line between sitting on the couch away from the monitor watching a movie while spamming one key over and over, and sitting on the couch away from the monitor watching a movie while auto-fire does it.

[WOWBOX40]

Most modern gaming keyboards have auto-fire.

It seems a fine line between sitting on the couch away from the monitor watching a movie while spamming one key over and over, and sitting on the couch away from the monitor watching a movie while auto-fire does it.

i dont want to use a keyboard, small numpad device or wireless ps2 controller so i can hold down a button and let it spam a macro. Thats a sure way to get banned. Blizzard is tracking the millisecs between each click, so if you are pressing and holding and creating presses with same intervalls... not humanly possible...banhammer time.

[Chumbucket]

A ban or even suspension is pretty heavy handed for "unethical" behavior.

[MiRai]

Blizzard is tracking the millisecs between each click

I'm going to ask that you cite a source for this statement. Many players seem to believe that Warden is this amazing piece of anti-cheat software that tracks your every move and catches everyone doing anything wrong, but I think they're greatly overestimating the capability of it.

[WOWBOX40]

I'm going to ask that you cite a source for this statement. Many players seem to believe that Warden is this amazing piece of anti-cheat software that tracks your every move and catches everyone doing anything wrong, but I think they're greatly overestimating the capability of it.

My source is people i know, who got banned for "3rd party software": they used to place a pen fixed to a fan rotating from side to side, the pen then pressed the spacebar, which was mapped to a macro. Other people used a ps2 controller with bluetooth, tapeing down a button. There are also other ways to make it work like this. Some also used devices like this to prevent going afk during the launch of a new expantion.

When a GM comes to investigate if you are botting or whatnot, they most likely have the ability to track it. Its similar to the combatlog, but includes jumping etc. If its non human behavior it is a "robot".

If it wasnt able to be detected, every person would have just bought a "autofire" keyboard, taped down a key and called it the day. It isnt realistic to have someone press a button over a periode of time nonstop with same intervalls between actions.

But no i dont have any official sources sadly.
Im sure there are others out there who know more.

I do remember a bluepost though, regarding that such a keyboard could lead to a ban. It was years ago. Maybe we can find it somewhere.

[ebony]

they used to place a pen fixed to a fan rotating from side to side, the pen then pressed the spacebar, which was mapped to a macro. Other people used a ps2 controller with bluetooth, tapeing down a button. There are also other ways to make it work like this. Some also used devices like this to prevent going afk during the launch of a new expantion.

is it a robot??

[Ritley]

My source is people i know, who got banned for "3rd party software": they used to place a pen fixed to a fan rotating from side to side, the pen then pressed the spacebar, which was mapped to a macro. Other people used a ps2 controller with bluetooth, tapeing down a button. There are also other ways to make it work like this. Some also used devices like this to prevent going afk during the launch of a new expantion.

When a GM comes to investigate if you are botting or whatnot, they most likely have the ability to track it. Its similar to the combatlog, but includes jumping etc. If its non human behavior it is a "robot".

If it wasnt able to be detected, every person would have just bought a "autofire" keyboard, taped down a key and called it the day. It isnt realistic to have someone press a button over a periode of time nonstop with same intervalls between actions.

But no i dont have any official sources sadly.
Im sure there are others out there who know more.

I do remember a bluepost though, regarding that such a keyboard could lead to a ban. It was years ago. Maybe we can find it somewhere.

So you have no idea what actually happened. Got it.

[WOWBOX40]

The 4 spesific people i know, 2 irl nearby and 2 from wow, could have lied ofc. I cant garantee that what they told is the whole truth. I will try to dig a bit online later for the bluepost.

But i belive pressing and holding down a button to spam ingame spells etc is automation. They have stated before that 1 keypress and holding it down = max "1 action" allowed.