Botter Banstick (i.e. Don't Multi-Bot!)

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I'm wondering how many of the "innocent" people posting on the epic ban thread used a powerlevel service in the past, or bought their account. Sure, they never, ever botted, but look at the guy Vrak pwned - sounds like he got powerleveled, and got banned for it.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed months ago how brazen people were getting talking freely in the forums and in the game how they bought accounts, used powerlevelers, afked for honor, because nobody ever got banned for it.

Oops.

One of the things I've learned from browsing the Customer Service forums for a few weeks now, is that many people have absolutely no clue as to just how much information Blizzard logs. This isn't a criticism, BTW-- I was surprised as well when I realized just how much information they could access. Sent a /whisper to someone? It's been logged. Talked in guild chat? It's been logged. The 500 enchants you performed on a level 1 bracer to get skill ups? Logged. Logged in to WoW from work? Your IP shows up in the log. Logged in from New York at 10am and from Beijing at 10:15am? They can see it.

Therefore, people will go to the forums and make up all kinds of stories, or just claim that they were caught by some automated process that mistakenly flagged them. They don't understand that Blizzard can see everything they've done, and thus when a blue poster explains their actions right down to the last detail, they're caught. Some of them realize they're hosed and just leave, but others will continue to try to lie their way through.

There was a recent thread where a mother was furious that her son had been stripped of gold and his entire enchanting skill because he had been reported for scamming, when he claimed that he had simply DCed and that the mats had disappeared as a result. Blue reply: Uh, lady? Your kid took the mats, transferred them to an alt, and sold them on the AH. BTW... he never had enchanting skill, he was mining/engineering.

There was another thread where a player complained that his nephew had found his wallet, logged into the account website, and used his credit card to transfer his main character from a PvE to a PvP server, and he was upset that Blizzard had not allowed him to reverse the action. Blue reply: Uh, dude? You and your guild mates chatted about moving for weeks, the transfer was made from an IP outside of your home, we have logs of you discussing how cool your new server was, and you also put in a ticket to swap some heroic badge gear. Two weeks later you "just noticed" that your "nephew" transferred your character?

The CS forum is great for this stuff, there is usually at least one thread that goes this way. Quality stuff.

Yup - the CS Blues seem to enjoy their jobs a LOT.

Could you imagine, reading the QQ posts, tabbing to another screen,and seeing irrefutable proof that person is lying? DREAM JOB. Plus, it looks to me like they have a policy, that if you get annoying/rude enough, they WILL make your issue public and post details.

I'm reading enough to see when they make sly commentary, too, nothing they could get pinned down on, but indicates they know the poster is lying, and they're giving them enough rope to hang themselves. It's VERY entertaining.

I used to wonder why the Blues in general could'nt be more like the CS Blues, now I see why. General is the cesspool, any kind of interaction like the CS Blues have is impossible. General is the cool off line CS uses, to park those who need to vent or just cause trouble. I swear, I laugh at how half of General are just twits who lie in wait to make fun of people's armory profile, or tell people to post on their mains. Ugh.

In the epic ban thread, there was a very humorous series of posts by a woman who was asking about her brother's account. He could NEVER bot, he knows nothing about computers, and she "locked" his computer down, how dare they ban him! Comes back today, yeah, his account is banned for good, it was a legit banning, and she needs to examine her playstyle too. Oh, reaaaally. eMy guess, afk botting and/or fishing bots. Not all bans were for Glider,i suspect.

Now if you want some real fun, go browse the Glider forums, and MMowned, the home of the WoW hackers and exploiters. Take a long hot shower afterwards. My, SUCH nerd cheater rage!