Blizzard Bans Botters

by JR Cook - 9 years ago     show comments

The Shaman Bots have taken a hit with several thousand of them getting banned until 2015. Blizzard announced the action on their website

We’ve recently banned several thousand Hearthstone accounts that were associated with the use of third-party programs that automate gameplay, otherwise known as “bots” or “botting.” These accounts will be banned until 2015. As we’vestated, fair play is at the core of the Hearthstone experience, and cheating and botting will not be tolerated.

We’re committed to creating a fun and rewarding environment for our players, and we will continue to closely monitor activities within Hearthstone and take appropriate action against cheating in any form, as outlined in our Terms of Use. From this point on, accounts found to be cheating will be permanently closed without warning.

If you believe that you’ve encountered a possible bot or other form of exploitation, please let us know by emailing our Hacks team at hacks@blizzard.com.

This is basically a warning shot by Blizzard, only banning offenders for 3 months with no loss to their collection or stats. However, moving forward from here on out Blizzard does plan to perma-ban any botters.

Accounts discovered to be botting or violating our Terms of Service from here on out will receive a perma-ban.

@stonedonkey that is the plan going forward.

— Ben Brode (@bdbrode) October 28, 2014