As some of you may have already heard, we banned more than 3,700 accounts today. Those banned were positively identified as botters or players engaged in PvP match manipulation. We also disbanded whole guilds that were involved in these activities.
We saw the threads about your concerns with botting over the past couple months. We weren’t ignoring you, but we couldn't talk about what we were doing beforehand, as we didn’t want to tip our hand and inadvertently alert the botters to our plans. We take this issue very seriously and will continue to hunt for botters and cheaters of all sorts. There are consequences if you engage in botting or match manipulation.
Our Design Director, James Phinney, has provided more information about the bans and about our plans for continuing to pursue those involved in exploiting in his most recent blog post. Head over here to check it out.
Recent Account Bans
Regina Buenaobra
Oo Beast Oo
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
I found this hilarious on the blog:
"Here’s an actual account we just terminated: 2,469 hours, 38 titles, 913 plat, 268 ecto, Eternal Legendary Vanquisher monument, Mini Gwen, Chaos Gloves, Mallyx’s Strife, The Holy Avenger, etc., etc. It’s all gone now. Forever. You will not want that to happen to your account".
Poor stack of ecto...
I found this hilarious on the blog:
"Here’s an actual account we just terminated: 2,469 hours, 38 titles, 913 plat, 268 ecto, Eternal Legendary Vanquisher monument, Mini Gwen, Chaos Gloves, Mallyx’s Strife, The Holy Avenger, etc., etc. It’s all gone now. Forever. You will not want that to happen to your account".
Poor stack of ecto...
The Drunkard
Thank you for responding to concerns that many people on guru have.
keli
Very nice, very nice, keep going on!
Mesmers Are Bad
Thanks guys! However i doubt this will really stop the endless qq'ing of the pvp community. What downers.
Gabriel of Ravn
Wow I didn't expect it to be so numerous but wow good job on giving it to those botters.
slowerpoke
wow, half the population of guild wars wiped out in one day 
Clobimon
Is it very probable or even possible to get 38 titles in less than 2500 hours? I guess to me that seems fishy by itself since it would require getting the very time consuming ones. Or maybe I just had a lot of playing hours that weren't title directed. /shrug * Unless it was 38 titles on account and included doubles.
Anywhooo... good work ANet.
Anywhooo... good work ANet.
Meridon
Thanks for delivering Regina.
Yol
Nice! Hopefully now the bvp aspect has been dealt with (even if it is temporary) I'll be able to get back into enjoying pvp.
Martin Alvito
/agree
Thank you.
A couple of quick things about presentation:
1) If the account you cited is the "best" account you killed, you have not yet identified the worst criminals. If it isn't, cite the "best" account. For instance, rumor has it that some r15s ate bans. I think 100,000 fame and the associated hours dominates Legendary Vanquisher.
2) James claims, "rest assured that bots of all different types can be identified." In the absence of evidence, that statement really isn't convincing. 3,700 bans proves that you can identify some bots. It doesn't prove that you can identify all of them.
I am very glad to see that you are taking measures to deal with the problem.
And before you ask, I still have my account, Borat. The RBR times are legit.
Thank you.
A couple of quick things about presentation:
1) If the account you cited is the "best" account you killed, you have not yet identified the worst criminals. If it isn't, cite the "best" account. For instance, rumor has it that some r15s ate bans. I think 100,000 fame and the associated hours dominates Legendary Vanquisher.
2) James claims, "rest assured that bots of all different types can be identified." In the absence of evidence, that statement really isn't convincing. 3,700 bans proves that you can identify some bots. It doesn't prove that you can identify all of them.
I am very glad to see that you are taking measures to deal with the problem.
And before you ask, I still have my account, Borat. The RBR times are legit.
El Presidente
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Originally Posted by Oo Beast Oo
I found this hilarious on the blog:
"Here’s an actual account we just terminated: 2,469 hours, 38 titles, 913 plat, 268 ecto, Eternal Legendary Vanquisher monument, Mini Gwen, Chaos Gloves, Mallyx’s Strife, The Holy Avenger, etc., etc. It’s all gone now. Forever. You will not want that to happen to your account". Poor ectos... gone down to the recycle bin  |
Kudos to Anet!!!
Well, I'm sure we'll soon see the endless "I was unfairly banned" threads starting up on here and other forums...but the mods (here) are good at shutting them down.
Riot Narita
Awesomeness.
Gli
I wonder how many new guru accounts will be created the coming days to post about this grave injustice heaped upon them.
QQ deluge in 3... 2... 1... engage!
QQ deluge in 3... 2... 1... engage!
Ninja Ninja
Thank you Regina this makes me very happy to see progress and an official response from anet on botting.
HawkofStorms
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Originally Posted by El Presidente
Yeah, just read that...and lost "the ability to have those accomplishments recognized in Guild Wars 2".
Kudos to Anet!!! Well, I'm sure we'll soon see the endless "I was unfairly banned" threads starting up on here and other forums...but the mods (here) are good at shutting them down. |
I especially like the one where the guy said he was falsely accused of botting where she responded by saying "actually, you were banned for in-game harassment, after you had been temp banned 12 different times for using racial slurs"
/pimpslapped
jayce
Many thanks ArenaNet.
Gill Halendt
“If you have any doubts about whether or not something is allowed by the User Agreement, don’t do it.”
Well put. I've removed KSMod for now. Don't wanna take the risk.
Well put. I've removed KSMod for now. Don't wanna take the risk.
Charlie Dayman
3,700 bot accounts banned in one day?
Latham
Perhaps you could unban those that have just been banned for no reason ?
People being dhumm spiked in GH and accounts being terminated..
Good job anet.
People being dhumm spiked in GH and accounts being terminated..
Good job anet.
Libertas
This is epic.
Thank you ANET. Glad to see you weren't ignoring all the QQing.
At least there won't be any more bots in PvP for a while out of fear.
Good job. Thanks again.
Thank you ANET. Glad to see you weren't ignoring all the QQing.
At least there won't be any more bots in PvP for a while out of fear.
Good job. Thanks again.
Coverticus
As per update, global announcement on login:
Great. Now I've got this message:
"Your Guild Wars account has been terminated for using a bot or other 3rd party program."
Time for Grr Wars to commence.
Great. Now I've got this message:
"Your Guild Wars account has been terminated for using a bot or other 3rd party program."
Time for Grr Wars to commence.
Voodoo Rage
Awesome! 
Deviant Angel
That is awesome.
Can't wait for the "omgeeee I got wrongfully banned!1111one" threads.
Can't wait for the "omgeeee I got wrongfully banned!1111one" threads.
ousbique
Congrats to the team !
AndroBubbles
Regina, you and the team have delivered again. Kudos.
fowlero
Oh. My. Days.
So many people in our ally have been banned lol.
Nearly every single GvG guild has had someone banned.
Impressive anet.
So many people in our ally have been banned lol.
Nearly every single GvG guild has had someone banned.
Impressive anet.
Drake Slasher
This is really great :O Grats!
I might check out HA again...
I might check out HA again...
Tild
We just saw in HA id1 ppl getting killed by a giant Dhuum. Kicked, good bye botter.
Ty so much Anet.
The bad thing is for ppl who just tried once a bot ...
Ty so much Anet.
The bad thing is for ppl who just tried once a bot ...
drunknzelda
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Originally Posted by Oo Beast Oo
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
I found this hilarious on the blog: "Here’s an actual account we just terminated: 2,469 hours, 38 titles, 913 plat, 268 ecto, Eternal Legendary Vanquisher monument, Mini Gwen, Chaos Gloves, Mallyx’s Strife, The Holy Avenger, etc., etc. It’s all gone now. Forever. You will not want that to happen to your account". Poor stack of ecto... |
A lot of my alliance mates are raging because some of their core gvg players got banned but hey, it's their own dumb fault tbh.
Nice work Anet
ll Jamie ll
Thank you so much! It's great to see that they have finally got what they deserve.
Thumbs up.
Thumbs up.
Scarlett Romanov
I'm spending the night in Fort Aspenwood tonight. (Its a sleepover!!!!) I can't wait to see who wasn't banned. So far I've managed to see one who escaped the ban frenzy. Yes, I'm manually reporting them one more time via the website
Anyway, Thanks Anet. Damn time something was done. Thank you very much.
Anyway, Thanks Anet. Damn time something was done. Thank you very much.
The Arching Healer
From dartboard nerfs to dartboard bans? I have never banned in my life. Didnt even play in the Bot era. Just came back because I heard from a friend that there were 4000 accounts banned.
Black Metal
thank you, thank you, thank you
I'm glad you delivered
I am however saddened to hear that there are those who have been banned mistakenly. I hope they can get their accounts reinstated easily.
I'm glad you delivered
I am however saddened to hear that there are those who have been banned mistakenly. I hope they can get their accounts reinstated easily.
Elemental Mio
So there's no r15 Hero anymore in the game xD
Stuart444
I just saw the pics of this in the Dhuum in kamadan thread....
that is awesome stuff, what a nice way to ban botters as well
that is awesome stuff, what a nice way to ban botters as well
HawkofStorms
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Originally Posted by Black Metal
thank you, thank you, thank you
I'm glad you delivered I am however saddened to hear that there are those who have been banned mistakenly. I hope they can get their accounts reinstated easily. |
People are liars. Plain and simple.
Martin Kerstein
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Originally Posted by Black Metal
thank you, thank you, thank you
I'm glad you delivered I am however saddened to hear that there are those who have been banned mistakenly. I hope they can get their accounts reinstated easily. |
wetwillyhip
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Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk
Well, guess that's it, then.
Should've taken the time to set up my secondary account for raptor farm instead, but, at this point... eh. 5081 hours is enough. Uninstalling now. Been fun. |
slowerpoke
uhoh Martin is here too
i wondered where the CR tagteam went
i wondered where the CR tagteam went