Blizzard Wins $6M in World of Warcraft Bot Case

another guy going bankrupt because of WOW, blizzard are horrible nazi hitlers

Good. I like this outcome. Call me a purist or a nutcase, but I think even macros shouldn't be allowed. Mouse and keyboard, actually clicking buttons is where it's at.

Pretty sad that botting software made any money at all. Shows how bad WoW's leveling process is.

I dunno, even though botting is total fail.... I still think this is 'kinda' unfair. I mean you pay the $15 a month or w/e and you maybe only get 1/10th that play time in, due to sleeping and other things. So technically all botting is doing is sitting in and playing when you aren't their to play and use the time you paid for. Now don't get my wrong I don't use a bot cause I think it's pointless spending money on such a thing, but really, you payed for that active account time; therefore you should be able to utilize that time.

I used to agree with everyone who said "Fuck botters" etc. etc.

Then I went to start on my third level 70. Not fun. The grind is tedious and after you've already killed 30 boars twice before, you dont want to have to kill 30 more for the same stupid ass guy to save his stupid ass wife AGAIN.

IMO the fact that there are so many copies of bots sold shows that the WoW leveling system sucks and is boring as hell. You shouldn't have to spend 7 DAYS of time in front of a computer just to be able to not get ganked at every corner and actually start being able to interact with your friends who are 70.

I don't support the botters but the legal justification for this is shit. A win for WoW, a loss for consumers.

Hey guys! Here's another 6 mil, someone take this stuff out and find a place to put it, willya? I'm tired of looking at this stuff. *wipes ass with a hundy*

I played WoW for a very long time. From the early friends and family alphas to the defeat of Kil'Jaeden. I stopped playing in July.

I never used a bot, but always believed (maybe wished) that some actions in game were automated by a bot of some sort. I can name a handful of things from to fishing to traveling that should have consumed less time.

I often believe that the less you play the more it's worth to Blizzards pocket. A persons requires sleep, while a bot does not; therefore, more bandwidth and content is needed. Bandwidth would be needed for your 365/24/7 playtime, which a human could not achieve and content to fulfill people's wants for better items after they botted for it.

The fact is that WoW is a game made to consume nothing but time for inconsequential colored rewards (OK and lore for those people). I would like to see wow continue with 25 man raids, dump the 10 idea and lessen the time constraints required to be "geared" players.

Don't know if I like this move.

Blizz is great, but they're SOOOO fucking strapped with WoW doing horrible and all.
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So the company has revenue of ~$2.8 million and gets a $6 million payment. Where the hell is that 3.2 million dollar plus delta expected to come from? Stock options?

This is fucking awful.

I don't know if I understand this ruling. The guys that made glide never agreed to the license or terms of service, right? I mean, that's the end user's agreement. They just made a product that happens to play WoW while you're away. It's the end-user who violated the license, no?

I mean, did they sign onto a license when they bought some kind of devkit for WoW add-ons? I didn't think such a thing existed.

English law confuses me.

Awesome. F gliders.

Although I do get immense satisfaction out of reading the Glider forums whenever another bot wipe goes down.

the dude should have just moved to canada and opened his company, case close the courts would have told blizz and there EULA to take a hike

This is partly why people start up companies in place of selling software as a private individual.

If you are going to make and sell something then it's better for the company to be sued . You as an private individual and employee of the company (even tho you are majority owner) are safe from financial liability if the company goes under.

Blizzard will not receive much. I bet this company gets liquidated to pay the debt and they see less than 200k for it.

Fuck botters in WoW, thats all i have to say.