Can someone explain why I got an infraction for this?

#1 - Sept. 21, 2012, 9:35 a.m.
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I made a post asking for clarification on what Anet considered botting. I simply asked;

*I’m just trying to get this clarified. I dont want to be reporting folks for botting if that isn’t Anets official policy. Can anyone quote an official definition of what they consider botting? The ToS is very vaque to be honest.

I ask this because I got into an argument with a fellow that going AFK with the “1” button held down at a dynamic event location was botting. They of course disagreed and said they were just doing what the game mechanics allowed them to do.

So we have all seen them. They sit at events like bridges where there is a choke point, have an ability on autoattack, go AFK and just spam away while the event restarts, over and over. And I mean some of these folks are AFK for literally the whole day.

Is this botting or not? It would be nice to get an official response on this.

Appreciate it.*

And I’m not sure why this post violated any CoC or ToS exactly? It wasn’t rude, or anything. I didn’t violate any Code of conduct rules… Could a moderator explain to me why exactly this wasn’t an appropriate post?

#2 - Sept. 21, 2012, 9:50 a.m.
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Hi Oddzball.

As far as I can see, you got no infraction whatsoever for that particular message. In any case, if the day comes when you think an action by the mod team should be checked, do not hesitate to send an email with the details for [email protected] .

We will proceed now to lock this thread.
Thanks.