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Mafia Wars blog has posted yet another update (hey, they're getting better about that!) and I found this one rather interesting:
Scoundrels be warned: We’re cleaning up the streets! Our dynamite enforcement team has turned monitoring daily game activity into a science, and we’re taking action armed with the bulletproof evidence they have been uncovering since mid-March.
We have since banned over 6,400 accounts for abusive botting and handed out over 1,000 penalties for lesser offenses.
While we can’t reveal the details of our banning process, know that we are cracking down, so cheaters beware! For the rest of yous, play by the rules and we’ll get along just fine, see?
This post makes me really curious as to what's really being targeted, because I'm fairly certain it's not your average bookmarklet user. There's a really good chance that if you haven't heard from anyone from Zynga about bots and third party tools, then your current use of them is most likely within an acceptable range. Notice they didn't say "using bots", but "abusive botting". I for one am not worried about it.
They banned my buddy in poker who did nothing wrong. They told him all his complaining about it was useless, they wouldn't pay attention.
ReplyDeleteI know this guy, he is an extremely good player, but their 'crack' team is NEVERRRR wrong...
They claim they're very efficient but they are not..
Hmm, wondering if anyone actually knows one of those 6400 banned for "Abusive Botting", I sure don't know any of them myself.
ReplyDeleteScare tactic to slow us down a bit or did they really manage to single some out?
I find they would be hard pressed to know "without a doubt" how many actions daily are being made by bots for any player on any given day...