Banned for using a programmable keyboard

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Banned for using a programmable keyboard

Postby Lyion » Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:31 am

http://infernix.net/wowban/

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Postby Tacks » Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:06 pm

Good, he should be banned. It's their rules and they always said it's against policy to use macros like that.

99.9% of the kids who use these just go afk in Alterac Valley and leech honor so if it hurts the .1% of the players who might use it legitimately who cares. This is one of the easiest MMO's out there for casual play and if you need to CHEAT to level up weapon skills then you should be banned.
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Postby The Kizzy » Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:03 pm

I'm confused............

They banned him for setting up his keyboard to do menial tasks, so he wouldn't have to sit there.

I don't understand how he could not think this was illegal.
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Postby Tikker » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:13 pm

haha

serves him right


"i was watching movies on the tv while my keyboard played for me"


and he didn't understand that's botting?
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Postby Tacks » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:37 pm

The Kizzy wrote:I'm confused............

They banned him for setting up his keyboard to do menial tasks, so he wouldn't have to sit there.

I don't understand how he could not think this was illegal.


menial is a debateable word. Where do you draw the line. Any kind of botting like that is illegal.
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Postby brinstar » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:42 am

i don't understand..

switch weapon, cast hex, cast renew = 3 buttons + minimal mouse movement

macro = 1 button




...if you're going to be sitting there anyway, what's so difficult about pushing three buttons that would necessitate binding them all to one single button? that's like building a machine that opens your beer when you can damn well open the beer just fine by yourself
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Postby Tacks » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:51 am

Because with programmable keyboards you don't actually have to press the macro button. The keyboards have a set in feature that auto presses the key over and over again.
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Postby Ginzburgh » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:26 am

Now to the advantage gained. What exactly did I gain? All I did is train my weapon skills.


Eh....
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Postby Menlaan » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:41 am

How did they detect that the programmable keyboard was doing it. Was it just because they noticed that he was doing the exact same things with the exact same timing for an extended period of time?

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Postby Tacks » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:52 am

most likely. And they don't do anything unless you get petitioned by someone else. In other words it was obvious to other players that this guy was botting.
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Postby Ginzburgh » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:52 am

Yep, the ban was justified.
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Postby Sithos » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:26 am

He kept rambling on about Linux etc etc,how he is an engineer etc etc and yet he basically ignored the fact that the problem wasn't with any of that. The problem was his keyboard and using it to skill up without actually having to be present.Glad he got banned. Hope he cries some more
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Postby Ginzburgh » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:13 pm

Aside from his friends there is probably no one that agrees with his point of view.

Sucks for him that he spent all that time on a charector only to be banned because of his own stupidity.
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Postby Dylan » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:37 pm

What a tard.

How much those keyboards cost and where do you find em?
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Postby DESX » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:34 am

Just get a good keystroker and hotkey program and just leave it on all night .. dont need to go through all that trouble. :dunno:
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