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CCP kicked a plenty of BOTS last night. Is it true?

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Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#101 - 2013-01-03 01:13:32 UTC
Marlona Sky wrote:
Andski wrote:
I Love Boobies wrote:
I noticed a few months ago they did one of those mass bot bans. The system where I mine ice would normally have close to 100 people in it, not all mining ice of course, but anyway, the next day, the system had about 60 people in it on average, and only about a third of the ice miners. Was like that for a while, but now the numbers were creeping back up again. Will have to check to see if there are fewer in there now. Really cool when you see it happen.


wow 40 in one system? I thought the eve-o forum alt pubbie consensus was that all bots were in nullsec

You have it all wrong friend. The bots mains are in null sec. Do try and keep up.


"Hisec pubbies: too honourable to bot"

Twitter: @EVEAndski

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Mars Theran
Foreign Interloper
#102 - 2013-01-03 01:39:32 UTC
CCP was playing with you. Those toons were actually CCP running thin clients to test the new Mackinaws and resultant server load live on the TQ server.

Good a guess as any; who else is going to name 40 toons Replicant? You'd think a botter would be smarter.
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Jason Xado
Doomheim
#103 - 2013-01-03 01:45:38 UTC
Mars Theran wrote:
who else is going to name 40 toons Replicant?


Most multiboxers give there characters similiar names. It makes it easier to keep track all your minions.
Xado Employee 57463-A1
Perkone
Caldari State
#104 - 2013-01-03 01:47:49 UTC
Jason Xado wrote:

Most multiboxers give there characters similiar names. It makes it easier to keep track all your minions.


That's right boss.
Xado Employee 87543-J2
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#105 - 2013-01-03 01:48:57 UTC
Xado Employee 57463-A1 wrote:

That's right boss.


Jeeeeesh. You are such a suck up!
Jason Xado
Doomheim
#106 - 2013-01-03 01:49:46 UTC
Get back to work! Both of you!
Kogh Ayon
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#107 - 2013-01-03 02:28:34 UTC
There were heaps of high-sec mission bots and NPC-null belt bots/anomaly bots, and a simple drone AI change fixed all of them. So there are definitely similar ways that can fix the mining bots.
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#108 - 2013-01-03 02:39:47 UTC
Kogh Ayon wrote:
There were heaps of high-sec mission bots and NPC-null belt bots/anomaly bots, and a simple drone AI change fixed all of them. So there are definitely similar ways that can fix the mining bots.

Drone AI didn't change.
NPC AI changed.
AFK mission and anomaly bots weren't really affected.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#109 - 2013-01-03 03:22:12 UTC
Andski wrote:
Marlona Sky wrote:
Andski wrote:
I Love Boobies wrote:
I noticed a few months ago they did one of those mass bot bans. The system where I mine ice would normally have close to 100 people in it, not all mining ice of course, but anyway, the next day, the system had about 60 people in it on average, and only about a third of the ice miners. Was like that for a while, but now the numbers were creeping back up again. Will have to check to see if there are fewer in there now. Really cool when you see it happen.


wow 40 in one system? I thought the eve-o forum alt pubbie consensus was that all bots were in nullsec

You have it all wrong friend. The bots mains are in null sec. Do try and keep up.

"Hisec pubbies: too honourable to bot"

Lol, haha. Good one.

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Thomas Orca
Broski is ded
#110 - 2013-01-03 03:39:54 UTC
Kogh Ayon wrote:
There were heaps of high-sec mission bots and NPC-null belt bots/anomaly bots, and a simple drone AI change fixed all of them. So there are definitely similar ways that can fix the mining bots.


Tell me more about this magical drone AI change that fixed botting sentry carriers and tengus.
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#111 - 2013-01-03 07:17:50 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Andski wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
find both botting and multiboxing abhorent.

They achieve the same destructive ends.

Also, an accusation is not a determination.


Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure you multi-box too. Practice what you preach, tia~



2 Hulks and an Orca max. Hardly need to box.

Correcting you as asked.



I can agree with both of you on 2 different points:

1-using multiple accounts should never be a problem and even encouraged (differently I'd say but it's just me)

2-the use of external programs for multiboxing purpose should NOT be aloud and included in CCP gaming rules as high offense level leading to direct and permanent ban.


People liking to multitask that much are already good at it, they don't need anything else than a couple more screens and keyboards, multiboxing doesn't need any skill but some knowledge of the program you use and some practice.
There is no real difference in between bots (macro/program) and a multibox program, people can use as much arguments as they like but they have to agree on one thing: both need someone in command at some point and both are automate programs for the same task in several pc's.

By the way, all you have to do is google it to find out "multiboxing" programs are easy to find

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Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#112 - 2013-01-03 07:35:10 UTC
Sergeant Acht Scultz wrote:
There is no real difference in between bots (macro/program) and a multibox program, people can use as much arguments as they like but they have to agree on one thing: both need someone in command at some point and both are automate programs for the same task in several pc's.

Though I multibox three different ratting ships to make my isk ...

Haha look at you, are you jealous of someone's multiboxing empire mining in highsec or something?

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Abu Tarynnia
Kings-Guard
#113 - 2013-01-03 07:51:55 UTC
One question that seriously is of intrest to me .. in another (endless) discussion doing mining afk was called against the rules because you were not 'actually play the game' ... where do you PLAY the game with some 40 clients simultaniously ? Where is the fun to play a game that way ? I just don't get it ...Straight

YOU CANNOT HAVE MY STUFF!!!!
Aston Martin DB5
Deaths Consortium
Pandemic Horde
#114 - 2013-01-03 07:56:02 UTC
So, what about the market bots.... oh yea, hard to detect.
Ocih
Space Mermaids
#115 - 2013-01-03 08:01:32 UTC
Aston Martin DB5 wrote:
So, what about the market bots.... oh yea, hard to detect.


Like any bot, the only ones that get caught aren't very good at it. Even in a very bot friendly game like EVE.
Marlona Sky
State War Academy
Caldari State
#116 - 2013-01-03 08:28:22 UTC
CCP should change the mining lasers where they have a cycle time of half a second, no auto-repeat and yield 1/120th of the minerals they do now. So it would make for amazing game play and such. Right?
GetSirrus
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#117 - 2013-01-03 08:34:54 UTC
Abu Tarynnia wrote:
One question that seriously is of intrest to me .. in another (endless) discussion doing mining afk was called against the rules because you were not 'actually play the game' ... where do you PLAY the game with some 40 clients simultaniously ? Where is the fun to play a game that way ? I just don't get it ...Straight


What else, some people just prefer to play with themselves....
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#118 - 2013-01-03 08:36:49 UTC
Marlona Sky wrote:
Andski wrote:
I Love Boobies wrote:
I noticed a few months ago they did one of those mass bot bans. The system where I mine ice would normally have close to 100 people in it, not all mining ice of course, but anyway, the next day, the system had about 60 people in it on average, and only about a third of the ice miners. Was like that for a while, but now the numbers were creeping back up again. Will have to check to see if there are fewer in there now. Really cool when you see it happen.


wow 40 in one system? I thought the eve-o forum alt pubbie consensus was that all bots were in nullsec

You have it all wrong friend. The bots mains are in null sec. Do try and keep up.


You have it all wrong friend, there are no nullsec alts in hi-sec.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#119 - 2013-01-03 08:37:31 UTC
Marlona Sky wrote:
CCP should change the mining lasers where they have a cycle time of half a second, no auto-repeat and yield 1/120th of the minerals they do now. So it would make for amazing game play and such. Right?


Sounds almost as much fun as clicking the direction scannre every half a second. Why shouldn't miners get in on that kind of fun?

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#120 - 2013-01-03 08:38:47 UTC
Kogh Ayon wrote:
There were heaps of high-sec mission bots and NPC-null belt bots/anomaly bots, and a simple drone AI change fixed all of them


It did? How? What difference would the new NPC AI make to a ratting bot flying a Tengu?

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016