16,100 That Won’t Be With Us for a Few Days

World of Warcraft recently banned 5,400 accounts and suspended an additional 10,700 for Terms of Service violations, including “… using third-party programs to farm gold and items.” (Front page item dated 4/12/06 and forum discussion.)

Also from the post: “Please note that selling World of Warcraft content, such as gold, items, and characters, can result in a permanent ban of the involved accounts from World of Warcraft.” Well, there it is, a line in the sand.

Upon reading this, I immediately became concerned about everyone’s favorite webcam bot: The World of Warcraft Bot. Did he escape the bloodletting or was he caught in their net too? I hadn’t checked on the little nipper for a few weeks, and I’m sorry to report that little World of Warcraft bot was indeed caught and banned recently. R.I.P. Bot 3.

You can review some stills from the prior bots’ lives at the gamecam site, currently disabled until Bot 4 is born … due date April 15, 2006.

Ya, I’m as excited about the new bot as you, but I’m going to need a few moments alone with my thoughts. (Taken from us, so young, and on the brink of starting his new life at level 60!)

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