War With Bots [Massive Bot Ban]

peex · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 771 **Location:**

Airbeat wrote:

Overcome wrote:

Am i the only one that lol'd?

No. lol

KylieMinogue · **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:07 am

oh please, that will only last a month, like last time they banned bots, didn't last long.

Master_Mind · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 1591 **Location:** Norway

KylieMinogue wrote:

oh please, that will only last a month, like last time they banned bots, didn't last long.

NOp... It will only last 2 days until JM and stuff has cooled down, then all hell brakes loose again -.-

Nihuja · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 264 **Location:**

kub4n1t wrote:

do you guys even know how much gms work? maintaining a game like silkroad takes a lot... my friend in my server is epin seller, he knows gm, he told me they are very busy, they cant do all in once... and ppl, this is the same shit as before ^^ bots banned, 1 week later all comes back.. like always

dont make me laugh, if they are over runned with work and cant be competent , then they should hire employers, and dont tell me they dont have money for that.

edtdaja · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 10 **Location:** Sweden

Thx this will help!

inky · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 4025 **Location:**

kub4n1t wrote:

do you guys even know how much gms work? maintaining a game like silkroad takes a lot... my friend in my server is epin seller, he knows gm, he told me they are very busy, they cant do all in once... and ppl, this is the same shit as before ^^ bots banned, 1 week later all comes back.. like always

For a company that makes a lot of money from forcing people to buy Premium Tickets, their employees obviously lack the essential skills and do not deserve to work as a GM. Here's a good solution that nearly all MMORPGs and some Online FPS games do to prevent bots from coming back: USE PUNKBUSTER OR GAMEGUARD. Simple as that really. Besides, I don't think it takes that much effort to utilize a program that detects 3rd-party programs around potion sellers. If the Rev6 team could create and operate a program that automatically lists people's items/guilds/job names and records unique spawns almost instantly, I'm pretty sure Joymax could get rid or greatly reduce the number of cheaters in the game if they want to.

italian_hero · **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:55 pm

bullshit. Joymax promise 1 year ago the war to bots. The bots running under Joymax servers. Joymax DONT ban the bots. Stop support this fraud Company.

William-CL · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 7363 **Location:** N/A

Overcome wrote:

ColourBlind · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 1389 **Location:** JRPGs

Blackdragon6 wrote:

Overcome wrote:

Aww

AnarChaos · **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:12 pm

Here is my ideas about the issue:

1) Joymax should give evey bot player and Goldbots PK Status for a week before banning them. So we can kill'em all, earn exp, sp and items which fall off from them. Wouldn't be nice to kill them and get all SOX stuff from them?

2) Deliver the SOS items which bot players in their account to the legit people as a gift or by letting them have by killing the monsters.

3) There should be a reporting function in action window works this way: Click on the user who is botting and click on 'Report' icon in action window.

4) Hire more GM's and let them REALLY investigate the reported users and make them grind in the game as regular players with regular names. (So they can control everywhere and have the real feeling what KS means!)

Thats what I think !

Ryoko · **Joined:** Dec 2005 **Posts:** 6390 **Location:**

All botter PK status infinitely =)

I like how they said two things.

1. to satisfy the request of our users

Ah, not to like... clean up your game. Or fix your login problems. Or because its the right thing to do. I mean, maybe the wording was just foolish, right? And their just dumb

(Kinda like when blizzard nerfs a class because people whined about it for months)

2. without harming good intentioned players

Silk buyers

3. We will proceed the punishment as soon as the preparation is complete

if you stop botting before it happens, we wont lose customers and money. So we are warning you in advance that its comming. We'd rather not have you banned, but see item no 1

Priam · **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm

Hihi, i hacked the SRO site and typed that message, sorry :3

nohunta · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:25 am

HaHa Lol i guess they saw their drop since Cabal and other games got improvments.....

*Oh Shitz0rs We better do somthing!*

ShadowReaver · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 335 **Location:**

Binning wrote:

ThisIsAvalon wrote:

Malon wrote:

Oh great...
Why they dont ban all botters first and then announce that newsment?
Now every player bot can make a break till the "massive-bot-ban" is over.
Its cool that a lot of gold bots will be banned, but they come back... and that really fast.

Anyway... its better than nothing. :love:

They've already made the list, they are just waiting to release it, like the other lists. If they ban botters + altered clients again, alot more people will be banned then just botters. Seems like so many people I know use the no-d/c client ...

But still, bot ban :wink:

Why would they warn people not to bot, and then go ahead and ban them anyway?

yep.. it's like saying "for those who thought botting is legal because we removed the botting section from our ToS, you are wrong(though we dont know why), stop botting now (and maybe buy some silks, we have a nice silk bonus on event now) and you'll be removed from the list". I think it will take a week at least until they publish the final bot list.

ShadowReaver · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 335 **Location:**

CrazyPsycho wrote:

JacksColon wrote:

it's going to be mostly goldbots because those are easiest to spot with names like 20320824 and aosdjfao

What they should do is make a name filter where you can't have nonsensical names or only numeric names. Then, goldbots would have to make more REALISTIC names, which means they would have to go through the trouble to do so, which means they would probably say "ahh **** it!" and not even bother. And the ones that do would still be running around myangyangs like crazy and easily spotted.

dumbest idea ever, then they wouldnt be able to spot the bots as easily, and the legit public wont have any names to use for thei chars, ebacuse some idiots from a bot company already took it

In Odin we already have a goldbot lvl 80 named "WTB_You" grinding on bone soldiers .. and other unique names different than dlfksjadf

San · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1562 **Location:**

Ryoko wrote:

All botter PK status infinitely =)

I like how they said two things.

1. to satisfy the request of our users

Ah, not to like... clean up your game. Or fix your login problems. Or because its the right thing to do. I mean, maybe the wording was just foolish, right? And their just dumb

(Kinda like when blizzard nerfs a class because people whined about it for months)

2. without harming good intentioned players

Silk buyers

3. We will proceed the punishment as soon as the preparation is complete

if you stop botting before it happens, we wont lose customers and money. So we are warning you in advance that its comming. We'd rather not have you banned, but see item no 1

thats 3 things Ryoko :roll:

ShadowReaver · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 335 **Location:**

Master_Mind wrote:

JacksColon wrote:

it's going to be mostly goldbots because those are easiest to spot with names like 20320824 and aosdjfao

What they should do is make a name filter where you can't have nonsensical names or only numeric names. Then, goldbots would have to make more REALISTIC names, which means they would have to go through the trouble to do so, which means they would probably say "ahh **** it!" and not even bother. And the ones that do would still be running around myangyangs like crazy and easily spotted.

Yea i +1 for that.. those who make gold bots just punches the KB and click enter then start the bot.. simple.. But if they had input a filter they had to THINK of a name wich has a meaning, wich they might not bother to do!

That's naaive to think like that. they would do anything required. it's their money, it's their living(sad as it is).

ShadowReaver · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 335 **Location:**

AnarChaos wrote:

Here is my ideas about the issue:

1) Joymax should give evey bot player and Goldbots PK Status for a week before banning them. So we can kill'em all, earn exp, sp and items which fall off from them. Wouldn't be nice to kill them and get all SOX stuff from them?

2) Deliver the SOS items which bot players in their account to the legit people as a gift or by letting them have by killing the monsters.

3) There should be a reporting function in action window works this way: Click on the user who is botting and click on 'Report' icon in action window.

4) Hire more GM's and let them REALLY investigate the reported users and make them grind in the game as regular players with regular names. (So they can control everywhere and have the real feeling what KS means!)

Thats what I think !

3 and 4 will be a catastrophe. just imagine letting 12 yr old noobs to make false reports, just because they think it's funny. Moreover, people might report others just because they didnt talk to them nice or other stuff like that. Joymax doesnt want that headache for sure.

Shynygamie · **Joined:** Dec 2007 **Posts:** 688 **Location:**

all the stupid ugly bots better get banned

zumi78878 · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 211 **Location:** canada

Hey, so will the people that bought silk wont get banned?? I bought 500 silk

BUT i bot. Will i get banned or not?? PLEASE REPLY QUICK!! THANKS!!

ShadowReaver · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 335 **Location:**

zumi78878 wrote:

Hey, so will the people that bought silk wont get banned?? I bought 500 silk

BUT i bot. Will i get banned or not?? PLEASE REPLY QUICK!! THANKS!!

probably not cause JM care about their precious money. but you WILL get banned from this forum once a mod/admin see ur post and u'll get the << banned from SRF for bot admission -SG >> in your sig.

Priam · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:45 am

zumi78878 wrote:

Hey, so will the people that bought silk wont get banned?? I bought 500 silk

BUT i bot. Will i get banned or not?? PLEASE REPLY QUICK!! THANKS!!

I lol'd.

self-owned.

PR0METHEUS · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 4093 **Location:** Earth

zumi78878 wrote:

Hey, so will the people that bought silk wont get banned?? I bought 500 silk

BUT i bot. Will i get banned or not?? PLEASE REPLY QUICK!! THANKS!!

maybe, maybe not. but you will get banned from SRF

[SD]Kratos · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 4787 **Location:**

Yeah bye zumi.

BTW, i think last "massive" bot ban , silk buyers got banned aswell...no? the duck guys on xian etc..?

Ryoko · **Joined:** Dec 2005 **Posts:** 6390 **Location:**

San wrote:

thats 3 things Ryoko :roll:

ah yeah I see... damn

zumi78878 wrote:

Hey, so will the people that bought silk wont get banned?? I bought 500 silk

BUT i bot. Will i get banned or not?? PLEASE REPLY QUICK!! THANKS!!

wow

Krevidy · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:54 pm

ShadowReaver wrote:

AnarChaos wrote:

Here is my ideas about the issue:

1) Joymax should give evey bot player and Goldbots PK Status for a week before banning them. So we can kill'em all, earn exp, sp and items which fall off from them. Wouldn't be nice to kill them and get all SOX stuff from them?

2) Deliver the SOS items which bot players in their account to the legit people as a gift or by letting them have by killing the monsters.

3) There should be a reporting function in action window works this way: Click on the user who is botting and click on 'Report' icon in action window.

4) Hire more GM's and let them REALLY investigate the reported users and make them grind in the game as regular players with regular names. (So they can control everywhere and have the real feeling what KS means!)

Thats what I think !

3 and 4 will be a catastrophe. just imagine letting 12 yr old noobs to make false reports, just because they think it's funny. Moreover, people might report others just because they didnt talk to them nice or other stuff like that. Joymax doesnt want that headache for sure.

And there for abusing the Report system can get you a 7 day ban.

nightbloom · **Joined:** Jan 2006 **Posts:** 5492 **Location:**

There should be an obstacle on the bot path in every town. As the bots rewrite the bot to adjust for it, it should be moved weekly at inspection.

LOL

William-CL · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 7363 **Location:** N/A

zumi78878 wrote:

Hey, so will the people that bought silk wont get banned?? I bought 500 silk

BUT i bot. Will i get banned or not?? PLEASE REPLY QUICK!! THANKS!!

wow...He sounds like my friend that got banned awhile ago lol.

PR0METHEUS · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 4093 **Location:** Earth

Blackdragon6 wrote:

zumi78878 wrote:

Hey, so will the people that bought silk wont get banned?? I bought 500 silk

BUT i bot. Will i get banned or not?? PLEASE REPLY QUICK!! THANKS!!

wow...He sounds like my friend that got banned awhile ago lol.

It's ok, zumi is banned too, just waiting for the <<banned from SRF for bot admission - SG>> siggy. :-)

http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=81584

mahumps · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 1715 **Location:**

PR0METHEUS wrote:

Blackdragon6 wrote:

zumi78878 wrote:

Hey, so will the people that bought silk wont get banned?? I bought 500 silk

BUT i bot. Will i get banned or not?? PLEASE REPLY QUICK!! THANKS!!

wow...He sounds like my friend that got banned awhile ago lol.

It's ok, zumi is banned too, just waiting for the <<banned from SRF for bot admission - SG>> siggy. :-)

http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=81584

i think he didn't realize what his righting.. lol

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