***Notice of Account Closure*** Account Name: XXX Offense: Unapproved Third Party Software A third party program is any file or program that is not a part of the World of Warcraft software, but is used to gain an advantage in the game, such as increasing your movement speed or teleporting from one place to another beyond what is allowed by game design. It also includes any programs that obtain information from the game that is not normally available to the regular player or that transmit or modify any of the game files. Normally, this classification does not include UI modifications, except those UIs that require an external application to function. Any external applications that are used in conjunction with World of Warcraft can cause quite a few unwanted side effects. Some of the major possible results of the use of third party programs can be instability of the game to the point that a player "crashes" from the game quite often. External programs can also be used to transmit viruses, spyware, and other unwanted programs into a player's computer. Third party programs can also be used to obtain information from the player's computer, such as account, password, and personal information. If a player is found to have used such a program, he/she may: * Be temporarily suspended from the game * Have further action taken, up to and including account closure, based on the intent of the program Access to the World of Warcraft account XXX, and any World of Warcraft account associated with the payment information you have provided, has been permanently disabled. The account has been identified as having used unauthorized game modifications and thus is in violation of the World of Warcraft Terms of Use. The recurring subscription on the account has been disabled to prevent further charges. Please review the World of Warcraft Terms of Use at Blizzard Entertainment: World of Warcraft Terms of Use, which you accepted when you installed World of Warcraft and established the account(s). Section 2, Paragraph C details the limitations of game play modifications and use of any third-party or “packet sniffing” software. In addition, Section 3, Paragraph C, parts iii and iv restrict the use of any hack, scripting or macroing software which obtains information from World of Warcraft to gain a competitive advantage over other players. Furthermore, any activities not intended by game design which affect the economy, the client, player characters or the world itself have a tremendous negative impact on the potential enjoyment for all players. The effects of these activities take many forms including a bloated game economy, server instability, and allowing unauthorized access to accounts, computers, and player data. As a result, the account(s) will no longer be accessible and will not be reopened under any circumstances. Any disputes or questions concerning this account action can only be addressed by the World of Warcraft Account Administration department. To learn more about how Account Administration is able to assist you, please visit us at Blizzard Support. Thank you for your understanding in this matter and respecting our position and all statutes within the World of Warcraft Terms of Use. Regards, XXX Account Administration Blizzard Entertainment www.WorldOfWarcraft.com ---------- BOOM HEAD SHOT 1)Were you using Honorbuddy, Gatherbuddy or both on the account? HB 2)If so, when was the last time?: At the time of account closure 3)What profile were you using?: PVP 4)What combat class were you using? if None Just put Default then the Classname: ShamWoW 5)What plugins are you using?: AutoEquip and BugTracker 6)How many hours per day did you bot for?: Ahh.. 10-12 hours? 7)How many auctions per day did you have?: 0 8)Did you Use Any Other Bots, Hacks, or Mods? Nope 9)Was your account involved in gold selling? Nope 10)EU or US realm? US
1. Honorbuddy 2. At the time of the closure 3. BG profile (was waiting in queue while I was playing my other character) 4. Paladin using Convalesce 5. None 6. On this account... just waiting in queue for 45 minutes today. 7. 10-20 the last few days 8. Nope 9. Nope 10. US
i found this interesting: Some of the major possible results of the use of third party programs can be instability of the game to the point that a player "crashes" from the game quite often. think people start popping up on their radar if they crash too often? I find myself crashing 5-6 times a day with hb
Was it specific battleground or random? Also, this might be irrelevant but everytime before I start PVP profile - I completely delete Mesh folder to avoid acting like an obvious bot in case if Eye of the Storm pops out. This got me reported afk twice someday. Very dangerous. :X
it was on random. i had been watching it while i was playing my other account (2 different computers), never got reported afk :/
yeah, wow crashed, i went to relog, it said "this account is closed and no longer playable" or something to that extent. about 5 minutes later i received the email above.
It's legit.. It seemed to happen to atleast a few people at about the same time (including myself). Luckily just suspended my RAF account but not my main.
Sorry for your loss dude... :/ This is why I only have a battle chest account, vanilla+tbc. That one bots somewhat frequently, no more than perhaps 4-6 hours a day, day on and off. So if I lose, I will lose at most ?6.90 Plenty of gold to be made cheaply and safely in TBC.
My Wow has also been crashing the past 2-3 days. I have yet to be banned, but I have not been running HB much other than yesterday and today.
In the context of the ban email the sentence on crashing is related more to the negative impact a 3rd party application has on the user's experience. We can assume that they can track disconnects but the email doesn't convey that, imo. I will admit however that I haven't seen an email like this one before.
i would, but i have 2 other accounts that have been botted on, and the last thing i want is for them to start snooping around those lol
yeah, youre probably right. just seemed interesting that that was mentioned, when it had indeed been happening to me quite often! hellllllz no ;D always just close outta that thing
