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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.02.13 16:13:00 -
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Really great article. Provided me with a solid feeling that CCP doesn't give a rip about this issue. Recently moved down to 0.0 and was sort of surprised to find out that some of my corpies hunt bot for sport; with the blue bots being the sweetest meat). When the bot thing is so pervasive, that you run into them on a daily weekly basis, things are out of control.
Unless CSM can throw the players a lifeline and try to talk some sense into CCP, this prob will continue. The author made it quite cleat that 1) bots are relatively easy to id (even with low-tech means), 2) their use is common, 3) the isk they make is HUGE, 4) consequences from CCP are negligable.
The advantage that the bot-moguls have over honest players is BS and unbalances this game to the point that the "reality" of how alliances hold SOV is suspect. While I want to believe that the majority are hard-working, honest players, I do wonder how many of these empires are propped up on the backs of the machines.
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.02.21 21:05:00 -
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Some sort of response from CCP (I mean a credible one; not the platitudes given so far) would be great. It would also be nice to see one of their response that isn't in the form of yellow deletion notice.
All hail the mighty censor! Hire some fracking PR folks for Christ's sake. You guys are letting the conversation spiral into conspiracy-theory by not dealing with it directly. Unless you really do have some good legal reasons for not wanting to be on the record regarding botting......
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.02.26 21:44:00 -
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Edited by: Paul Mustaka Hekard on 26/02/2011 21:45:57
Edited by: Paul Mustaka Hekard on 26/02/2011 21:44:59
Sounds like time to kill some bots. Futile or not, it will still be the****utic. This alt will be signing on to killthebots.com; or whatever the hell it is. We can start with the low-hanging fruit and work our way up.
edit: since when is ther-a-peutic a censored word?
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.03.13 01:50:00 -
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You can go further than that. Please file at Report Bots. While it may seem futile, some folks like blowing them up ;)
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.03.14 05:49:00 -
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Just spent the day hanging out in a 0.9 sec system.  Watched a fleet of bestowers run non-stop; same guys. No response to bumping, targeting, convo, etc. Checked the belts; the only two hulk pilots I found had no response to bumping, convo, identical warp-in patterns. No matter how much I bumped them back, they just pushing towards those 'roids.
Pretty sickening to realize that in a system with 15 to 20 toons in it, I was the only one that wasn't a macro. While I realized that macros were in use, until I started looking around, I didn't realize how flagrant and widespread it was; hell these guys use names that were rolled off of an assembly line. There is no conceivable way that CCP can not be aware of the hot-spots. It is not like they are hard to find. Once again; disgusting and dispiriting.
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.03.20 01:18:00 -
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Eagerly awaiting the CCP fanfest announcement on this issue. Better be a good plan that they roll out.
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.03.25 03:49:00 -
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Edited by: Paul Mustaka Hekard on 25/03/2011 03:56:03
Edited by: Paul Mustaka Hekard on 25/03/2011 03:54:17
oh no's...lost access to accounts. It must be a "slow burn" indeed; same batch of bots still churning the skies in Kronsur (reported btw). Seriously, all a GM would have to do is spend 30 minutes there to bag about 10 to 20 accounts. This **** remains pretty ****ing lame.
The EvE sandbox relies on the ability of the economy to function without bias. It is one of the primary selling points of the game. If CCP cannot deliver on reducing the bias that bots throw into the economy, why even pay for this ****.
At the end of the day; CCP=fraud
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.03.27 23:52:00 -
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Edited by: Paul Mustaka Hekard on 28/03/2011 00:05:14
Reported a macro hauler and got an odd response from the "Polaris System" stating that it had been timed out due to lack of response from character. Anyone have any idea what this is; are they waiting for a response from the macro? I certainly did not receive any correspondence to respond to...just curious if anyone has seen this before or if it is part of a newer system dealing with macro petitions.
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.03.29 03:14:00 -
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Watched the video. I now believe that you have a sound approach to approaching this issue. Although success does matter, I no longer question the "slow burn" approach.
Kudos Sreegs and Claudio. I very much look forward to seeing the death of bots in this game and the re-establishment of a free and fair economy. Might be rough going for a while, but it will reach equilibrium.
Thank you for hearing us and having the fortitude (and sense of self-preservation) to do something about it. EvE is a bit unique with respect to botting; because it is a sandbox, the damage is large. Thanks for taking it seriously. Will gladly participate in feeding you data to support your efforts.
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.04.01 15:56:00 -
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Saw a significant number of my usual courier bots in Kronsur go off-line over the last 3 days (plus one mining bot down). It was noteworthy because it was a pretty large number of them. While I have no direct evidence they were banned or if they are simply cooling their heels/switched accounts, it does look a bit suspicious. However, courier activity in the system is still high, so reinforcements may have been sent in.
It would seem that an important issue is whether or not ban rate can keep up with the respawn rate. Although it may be an inconvenience to have to constantly create new accounts/toons, only time will tell if this is sufficient deterrent. I suspect that we are seeing the opening moves of a larger effort and once accounts connections/relationships are established, we may see an escalation of bans. Or hopefully a decrease in bots as the risk of operating them becomes unacceptable.
Anyway, as a preliminary report, the effort does appear noticeable. While I have been critical on this issue, I think they deserve some credit.
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.04.02 14:46:00 -
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Reports from the field only go so far. It is difficult for players to see the impacts, even if they are paying attentions. For example, although I have seen a drop in logged in courier bots and one mining bot in the system I frequent, it is difficult to say if the bots are just adjusting their log-in patterns, switched accounts, etc.
It would be good to get a progress report from an official CCP source. My suspicion is that it will be progress the player base can appreciate.
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.04.03 20:35:00 -
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Edited by: Paul Mustaka Hekard on 03/04/2011 20:36:28
Corporations of any size develop and maintain written policy on anything that bears on legal issues. The TOS and EULA, I would imagine, have such backup. However....just like any other corporation, getting the policies consistently enforced can be a problem. I doubt there is any literal ambiguity to the policies, just employees who fail to execute them.
I have a special term for employees like that in my organization; ex-employees. Sometimes also known as expediently terminated employees.
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.04.12 02:09:00 -
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 Originally by: Ranger 1
I would say there is a pretty clear connection between the new EVE forums (as well as others) having a security breach, and the current botter purge. We haven't seen this sort of concentrated attempt to bring down EVE related forums since Unholy Rage.
Apparently, they are doing something right.
Not sure if I am just dense (in before comment, I can be), but could you please expound upon this post. I have no clear idea what you are talking about. For an allegedly "clear connection", I am not making the leap with you, bud.
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.04.16 20:39:00 -
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Hey, did I miss the (much anticipated) dev blog on this subject? I suppose after tragically failing on development of the new forums, things are probably busy at CCP. But then again, I am dying to see some graphs, tables, anything that demonstrates progress on the bot front.
Right now, with botting as prevalent as it is, the majority of important game content appears to be nothing more than a sham. How can a single player's actions count for squat (ala butterfly effect) when there is no level playing field.
This thread has been quite active for over four months now (and botting has been a source of friction for years). CCP's fanfest presentation was a start; but requires the followup that they promised the player base.
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Paul Mustaka Hekard
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Posted - 2011.05.06 15:24:00 -
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Originally by: Vincent Athena
CCP Sreggs: Any word on when we get your blog on the anti-bot effort?
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