I feel that the only thing Infernix may have violated was his lunch-hour at the ISP. Simply put, any game that allows you to craft a macro or series of macros, subjects that very method of issuing "quick sequenced commands" to the vulnerability of being chained by a macro-capable programmable keyboard or keypad (like the Belkin Nostromo).
The flaw with WoW isn't so much botting as it is the inherent vulnerability built into the game that permits you to craft macros and chain them and subsequently play "unattended" or simply run around "killing lvl 25 mobs while watching TV".
I play with the TV on all the time. I have all my attacks placed in the quickbar so all I have to do is press "1,2,3,4" and repeat. No macros, no programmable keyboard, but if I had one, all I would have to do is press "1" and repeat. What's the difference? I really don't see any.
As for not answering a GM, when's the last time one appeard IN GAME in front of your character? They can do that, I hear. They even tell you they have distinct robes too. I have yet to see one. I get plenty of whispers to me too. Most of those are from someone I do not know either asking me for gold or offering to sell me some. Because of that I tend to let the "whisper/tell/pm" channel go unanswered. If you want my attention, ask me to party up with you so I get a pop-up box. Now THAT is an attention getter.
Infernix, in my opinion, did nothing wrong except play on the job, and if you job lets you do that (like mine does) then he did nothing wrong except waste his time trying to explain to Blizzard why he was condemmed.
Innocent men die in prison all the time for crimes they didn't commit. Sometimes someone figures out that they were mistakenly accused and they get released. Why would anyone expect the WoW police be any different from the real thing...?
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I feel that the only thing Infernix may have violated was his lunch-hour at the ISP. Simply put, any game that allows you to craft a macro or series of macros, subjects that very method of issuing "quick sequenced commands" to the vulnerability of being chained by a macro-capable programmable keyboard or keypad (like the Belkin Nostromo).
The flaw with WoW isn't so much botting as it is the inherent vulnerability built into the game that permits you to craft macros and chain them and subsequently play "unattended" or simply run around "killing lvl 25 mobs while watching TV".
I play with the TV on all the time. I have all my attacks placed in the quickbar so all I have to do is press "1,2,3,4" and repeat. No macros, no programmable keyboard, but if I had one, all I would have to do is press "1" and repeat. What's the difference? I really don't see any.
As for not answering a GM, when's the last time one appeard IN GAME in front of your character? They can do that, I hear. They even tell you they have distinct robes too. I have yet to see one. I get plenty of whispers to me too. Most of those are from someone I do not know either asking me for gold or offering to sell me some. Because of that I tend to let the "whisper/tell/pm" channel go unanswered. If you want my attention, ask me to party up with you so I get a pop-up box. Now THAT is an attention getter.
Infernix, in my opinion, did nothing wrong except play on the job, and if you job lets you do that (like mine does) then he did nothing wrong except waste his time trying to explain to Blizzard why he was condemmed.
Innocent men die in prison all the time for crimes they didn't commit. Sometimes someone figures out that they were mistakenly accused and they get released. Why would anyone expect the WoW police be any different from the real thing...?