• Blizzard's New Lawsuit Against German Bot Maker is the Equivalent of Glassing a Planet From Orbit
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[QUOTE=Map in a box;50687648]how can one actually compare valve's lack of communication and their lack of describing how their [b]anti cheat[/b] works to blizzard potentially sueing a ton of people for a rediculous amount of money?[/QUOTE] I'm talking about their passivity (or otherwise lack of action) against cheat makers. How can you seriously, with an iota of common sense, call this a bad move by Blizzard? They're trying to destroy the source of the problem rather than just letting it continue. Are you seriously implying that this is a bad idea? It sets a precedent and discourages other people from doing the same. You should know Blizzard is not in it for the money; they just want cheatmaking to be a legal infraction.
[QUOTE=Kagu;50687739]I'm talking about their passivity (or otherwise lack of action) against cheat makers. How can you seriously, with an iota of common sense, call this a bad move by Blizzard? They're trying to destroy the source of the problem rather than just letting it continue. Are you seriously implying that this is a bad idea? It sets a precedent and discourages other people from doing the same. You should know Blizzard is not in it for the money; they just want cheatmaking to be a legal infraction.[/QUOTE] I rather have them invest their time and money somewhere else, where there is something to gain for the consumer. They did this for Wow bots, power-leveling services, hearthstone bots, for various Starcraft 2 Cheats. It never got better, it never solved any problems.
I can't ethically justify ruining multiple people's lives because of a cheat for a game.
[QUOTE=Cold;50688295]I rather have them invest their time and money somewhere else, where there is something to gain for the consumer. They did this for Wow bots, power-leveling services, hearthstone bots, for various Starcraft 2 Cheats. It never got better, it never solved any problems.[/QUOTE] meanwhile blizzard is actually OK with people multiboxing and is very inactive in WoW in terms of cheaters and IIRC hearthstone bots are still very rampant
[QUOTE=Cold;50685079]They've won comparable previous cases, like against the Glider bot.[/QUOTE] Originally, they did not win that case. They went back to that case later and sued them for using 'WoW' in the name WoWGlider, and won in their copyright claim.
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