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    Default The Big Bot Crackdown of '09

    It seems like the forums are erupting tonight with people who can't login because their accounts have been flagged as cheating. they show signs of bot usage or multi-accounting or account sharing. As one of those losers that follows the rules, I am reveling in it. Thank you soooooooo much Evony.

    I know some genuinely innocent people have been caught up in this crackdown. For those people, I have empathy. Whether it's family or roommates sharing an IP or someone with just an obscene amount of resources stockpiled that flagged themselves as a bot user.

    For the innocents, I share with you this anecdote. I was in college when one of those football win "celebrations" got out of hand. I was not one of the troublemakers, but I was in the area. I got swept up too. It was a hassle. It was a waste of my time. But it was worth it. After a few hours, when the dust settled, i was released with apologies and the drunk dumbasses got a few days in jail. When your allowed to return to game that has far less cheaters, then you'll see how much better a gaming experience it will be in the long run.

    For the guilty, I share no anecdote with you. I laugh and deride you. I welcome a game without you in it. I look forward to a new age of evony, where bots are not king and multi-accounters cannot survive.

    Thank you for the crime sweep, Evony. I hope it goes well.
    Quote Originally Posted by Lazzzzzzzzalicious! View Post
    i started to read this and agree with everything rota says. if people just listened to him the forums would be a better place.
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    Rota is correct.

    I don't even understand the question.

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    roflmao You need to get the full story. Only accounts put on holiday where the FREE PLAYERS anyone who paid evony even just 5 dollars months ago, wasn't put on holiday. I know this because I went to varrious ventrilos and chatted with many people some of whom had multiple accounts and they said their pay one wasn't touched and their free one was suspended. Then I asked others and found no botter who paid was banned and only some of the free players were. Evony did this 18hours before the server merger. I even know people who had tried bots and left and hadn't don't it for mroe then a few days. Free players got shafted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MichDry View Post
    roflmao You need to get the full story. Only accounts put on holiday where the FREE PLAYERS anyone who paid evony even just 5 dollars months ago, wasn't put on holiday. I know this because I went to varrious ventrilos and chatted with many people some of whom had multiple accounts and they said their pay one wasn't touched and their free one was suspended. Then I asked others and found no botter who paid was banned and only some of the free players were. Evony did this 18hours before the server merger. I even know people who had tried bots and left and hadn't don't it for mroe then a few days. Free players got shafted.
    LOL no.. ive seen at least a dozen paying players on my server get put into holiday mode ... not to mention the flood of pms that Foxy mentioned she was getting from paying players about being denied login
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    I've been banned today. I assume for using ******. I cannot even be bothered to find out.

    I work for a living and like to play the game in my spare time. Unfortunately due to the nature of the game it would be impossible for me to keep decent sized army defences without using the bot to farm when I am working.

    When we received the warnings a while back I decided I would continue to use the bot to farm, and if Evony decided to ban me I would leave the game forever.

    I spend money in the game, not vast amounts but enough to buy a teleport every now and then.

    My alliance members will miss me as I have been playing a long time and contributed a vast amount of knowledge of the game to them and our forums.

    I understand that many people feel the use of bots is cheating. I can only speak for myself in saying that I am not sure how Evony expected anyone to continue to play their game unless they were without a job. In which case how did they expect to get revenue?

    Perhaps if Evony had done the sensible thing and provided an auto farm ability within the game then most players, like myself, would never have gone looking for a bot.

    I say farewell to Evony now. Evony can say farewell to my cash. The game, I suspect, can say farewell to a great number of good players today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by djswagger View Post
    I've been banned today. I assume for using ******. I cannot even be bothered to find out.

    I work for a living and like to play the game in my spare time. Unfortunately due to the nature of the game it would be impossible for me to keep decent sized army defences without using the bot to farm when I am working.

    When we received the warnings a while back I decided I would continue to use the bot to farm, and if Evony decided to ban me I would leave the game forever.

    I spend money in the game, not vast amounts but enough to buy a teleport every now and then.

    My alliance members will miss me as I have been playing a long time and contributed a vast amount of knowledge of the game to them and our forums.

    I understand that many people feel the use of bots is cheating. I can only speak for myself in saying that I am not sure how Evony expected anyone to continue to play their game unless they were without a job. In which case how did they expect to get revenue?

    Perhaps if Evony had done the sensible thing and provided an auto farm ability within the game then most players, like myself, would never have gone looking for a bot.

    I say farewell to Evony now. Evony can say farewell to my cash. The game, I suspect, can say farewell to a great number of good players today.
    Well said. They are going to lose alot of revenue because of this. Not very smart management in my opinion. Theyll find out the hard way though.

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    ^ case in point
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    There you go. A paying player banned for botting.

    On another note, djswagger, would you please stop copying/pasting this exact post into every thread you can find?

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    Quote Originally Posted by FoxyBunny View Post
    There you go. A paying player banned for botting.

    On another note, djswagger, would you please stop copying/pasting this exact post into every thread you can find?
    I would if moderators didn't keep deleting entire threads on the subject, yes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FoxyBunny View Post
    There you go. A paying player banned for botting.

    On another note, djswagger, would you please stop copying/pasting this exact post into every thread you can find?
    I dont bot or anything. I'm still on holiday... So am just wondering if evony can tell me why do they have me under teh holiday flag, that too why is it that I cannot login while on holiday mode -,-.

    One more question. What evidence does evony got against me for some illegal activity -,-

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    Weather you paid evony or not doesnt matter I have a account Holidayed with 340 coins in it. My question is does large amounts of resources qualify you as a botter?? I had a massive loot the night before i got banned. I have War Reports to prove my claim

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