Botting, why has nothing been done to him

#0 - June 21, 2010, 3:09 a.m.
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On several occasions I have seen the same mage botting through BG's. he will have 5 mages all the same name, armor and all following each other(and no its not mirror image)... I told a gm about it a while ago but he is still continuing,,, why? I thought that was against the ToS
#8 - June 21, 2010, 4:03 a.m.
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Q u o t e:
the problem is the person in controll of the mages is usually paying attention, on my rogue I could sap one and b4 I could switch to another they are all on me

I think that can be said of any one character that tries to go against a group of 4 or 5 people. Even if they aren't all the same person as long as they practice some kind of teamwork at all they will know that you have sapped one of their members.

I often run battlegrounds with a group of my friends and we are all communicating live. If something happens to me they will know it and you will see targets shift fairly quick. :)

Pyrodius, I understand that such things can be challenging but keep in mind that though they may have some advantages they also have several very large disadvantages. Work with the others in your group and scatter them to the four winds. Once you have the technique and resources to do so, you won't have any more trouble.
#17 - June 21, 2010, 4:42 a.m.
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I'm not certain if we are just not explaining this so it is understood or something else is going on. O.o

Hopefully this is clear:

One person controlling multiple characters is not generally considered botting it is not considered to a violation of our Terms of Use. Going up against 5 characters controlled by the same person is as unfair as going up against 5 characters controlled by 5 different people.

Botting is generally considered to be someone using a third party program to automate game play while they are not at the computer.

* Botting vs. Playing Multiple Accounts Simultaneously (Multiboxing)
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3168405460&pageNo=1&sid=1#9
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9879768787&sid=1&pageNo=1#13