Blizzard tackles World of Warcraft ‘cheats’

Thousands of World of Warcraft accounts have been shut down by Blizzard as it moves to stop people using “bots” to play the game Blizzard announced it had banned a “large number” of accounts in a message posted to the game’s online forums.

The accounts had been discovered using programs, called “bots”, that automate gameplay, said Blizzard.

This violated the game’s terms of use and gave bot users an unfair advantage, it added.

“Cheating of any form will not be tolerated,” said the message.

Blizzard did not reveal how many accounts had been shut down. However, a widely-shared screengrab of a conversation between a player and a customer service rep suggested that about 100,000 accounts had been closed.

The ban will be in force for six months, said Blizzard.

The action is likely to hit many people who play World of Warcraft simply to get in-game gold that they can later sell to other players. These players often use bots to automate the repetitive steps needed to complete quests or other actions that generate gold.

However, gaming news site Kotaku said the large number of banned accounts was likely to have caught more casual players who use third-party programs to automate the work characters in the game must do to refine raw materials or produce desirable crafted items.

This, it said, probably explained the short duration of the ban. In the past, Blizzard had permanently banned people it had caught using bots and other helper programs.

A WoW community manager seemed to confirm this conclusion in a tweet sent hours after the bans were enforced saying “botting” involved the automation of any action, not just movement.

“If a program is pressing keys for you, you’ve violated the ToU [terms of use],” he said.

Multi Purpose

WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day.

Everything you see here, from the documentation to the code itself, was created by and for the community. WordPress is an Open Source project, which means there are hundreds of people all over the world working on it. (More than most commercial platforms.) It also means you are free to use it for anything from your recipe site to a Fortune 500 web site without paying anyone a license fee and a number of other important freedoms.

Responsive Themes

WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day.

Everything you see here, from the documentation to the code itself, was created by and for the community. WordPress is an Open Source project, which means there are hundreds of people all over the world working on it. (More than most commercial platforms.) It also means you are free to use it for anything from your recipe site to a Fortune 500 web site without paying anyone a license fee and a number of other important freedoms.

Premium Themes

WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day.

Everything you see here, from the documentation to the code itself, was created by and for the community. WordPress is an Open Source project, which means there are hundreds of people all over the world working on it. (More than most commercial platforms.) It also means you are free to use it for anything from your recipe site to a Fortune 500 web site without paying anyone a license fee and a number of other important freedoms.

Justified Gallery

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi commodo vehicula turpis ut semper. Fusce quis faucibus nibh, eget sagittis ipsum. Vestibulum in rutrum massa. Sed pulvinar sit amet mauris at malesuada. Vivamus eget gravida lacus.

Reddit launches bullying crackdown

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi commodo vehicula turpis ut semper. Fusce quis faucibus nibh, eget sagittis ipsum. Vestibulum in rutrum massa. Sed pulvinar sit amet mauris at malesuada. Vivamus eget gravida lacus.

091007a3034

Premium Theme

Morbi mi nibh, ullamcorper et mauris at, congue sollicitudin nunc. Maecenas nibh massa, rutrum vel egestas vel, imperdiet non eros. Sed aliquet eget odio blandit viverra. Vestibulum iaculis, lectus a rutrum congue, metus risus sollicitudin libero, vitae varius massa sem in quam. Cras justo tellus, interdum vel mi ut, semper dignissim nisi. Vivamus sagittis nisi quis lacus egestas consequat. Etiam hendrerit leo et ante tempor tincidunt. Maecenas nec mattis augue. Vivamus fringilla leo quis enim fermentum, ac viverra elit ornare. Mauris ultricies sem nec porttitor porttitor.

WordPress Power!

Vivamus eget risus ac tortor ultricies suscipit. Nunc ornare nisl elit, ut ultricies augue interdum in. Maecenas leo dolor, ornare in consequat id, dapibus at sem. Integer mollis accumsan elit, et lobortis arcu tempor eu. Praesent erat mauris, volutpat tempor mattis eu, dapibus ut nibh. Aenean congue dolor sapien. Nunc interdum nisl sed vulputate euismod. Nullam ante ligula, lacinia sed ornare nec, dapibus id nunc. Nunc quis augue nec tellus placerat pellentesque.

Premium Support

Donec commodo pellentesque velit. Maecenas tristique, odio nec pretium eleifend, nisl velit condimentum dui, id sagittis tellus neque non sapien. Vestibulum placerat nunc libero, aliquet volutpat nulla vestibulum non. Pellentesque iaculis tempus nisl, nec tincidunt nunc elementum nec. Ut euismod, est dignissim auctor tristique, nunc ipsum ultrices magna, eu sagittis quam erat id ligula. Nullam diam dui, pellentesque sed erat vitae, sollicitudin fringilla nibh. Praesent molestie euismod elit, ac luctus sem aliquet vitae.

(more…)

Facebook ‘on European’

Donec commodo pellentesque velit. Maecenas tristique, odio nec pretium eleifend, nisl velit condimentum dui, id sagittis tellus neque non sapien. Vestibulum placerat nunc libero, aliquet volutpat nulla vestibulum non. Pellentesque iaculis tempus nisl, nec tincidunt nunc elementum nec. Ut euismod, est dignissim auctor tristique, nunc ipsum ultrices magna, eu sagittis quam erat id ligula. Nullam diam dui, pellentesque sed erat vitae, sollicitudin fringilla nibh. Praesent molestie euismod elit, ac luctus sem aliquet vitae.

72927319D7Maecenas molestie accumsan dui id porta. Sed sodales est sit amet eros gravida eleifend. Suspendisse molestie vulputate sapien, a porttitor elit mattis id. Donec a luctus tellus. Nunc vitae turpis sit amet augue suscipit faucibus. Donec id viverra massa. Maecenas at neque leo.

Suspendisse tempus mauris ac tortor rhoncus egestas. Sed tristique purus justo, non lacinia sem eleifend vitae. Phasellus a est quam. Cras cursus feugiat urna non sollicitudin. Aliquam condimentum sed leo id adipiscing. Quisque tempus vulputate tincidunt. Nunc vehicula tincidunt orci et iaculis. Aliquam facilisis laoreet justo, vitae consequat nisi tristique sit amet. Pellentesque suscipit condimentum quam in faucibus. In convallis viverra libero in suscipit. Aenean tempus turpis turpis, quis ultrices tortor pellentesque quis.

Nam velit purus, consequat eu nunc lobortis, cursus molestie felis. Sed sed hendrerit purus. Vestibulum quis nulla diam. Donec ullamcorper cursus mi. Morbi eu euismod dolor. Mauris fermentum neque in dui dapibus, eget dignissim neque lacinia. In pharetra commodo nisl, eget imperdiet nulla varius nec. Suspendisse vel arcu elit. Nullam nec nunc et sapien fringilla fermentum vitae non nunc. Cras pretium imperdiet ipsum, eu aliquam leo elementum id. Maecenas nec vestibulum lacus. Curabitur nec dignissim odio, aliquam vestibulum mi. Proin lacinia, orci quis tempus consequat, neque quam lacinia sem, vel bibendum felis ipsum eget sem. Nam tempor aliquam augue in scelerisque. Vivamus sed auctor felis.

Fusce vel libero ante. Pellentesque sit amet ligula eu purus semper rhoncus et posuere ipsum. Quisque consectetur felis sed ornare euismod. Nulla vel dictum dui. Pellentesque at molestie dolor, id laoreet turpis. Cras eleifend nibh semper gravida mattis. Integer a risus in mauris vestibulum convallis.

© 2024 FreshNews — Powered by WordPress

Theme by Themeofwp.com