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Snowball Automated Tournament Bot?
You guys might want to take a look at that topic:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/snowball-bot-has-arrived-t10464896.html
Is this legit?
--TNome 15:46, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- Hey TNome!
- Looks like they are already trying to delete that thread as it disappeared from the list. I managed to sneak in before they do and here is a copy of what that thread was saying:
:[Quote] Snowball AT Bot ~ has arrived : :This is for all those who were thinking that people dont bot. :This is for all those who believed in the purity of PvP Players. :This is for all those who denied access to their mind. : :It is the bot used this year at snowball at to pickup presents faster then your enemy. : :A friend of mine sent in reports from the beginning of this bot being seen and has yet to receive an answer from support team. : :Facing the fact that ArenaNet does NOT care about bots in PvP Snowball AT, we are now proudly presenting you the program you can safely use to bot in PvP. : :He has collected a variety of player names who use this bot and is about to release that list to public aswell. : :Now Why Does This Happen? :Because and only because my friend wants a FAIR and EQUAL PvP experience for all players, only different in their unique personal gaming skills and abilities of the player and not based on what bot they use. : :I am well aware that this topic might get deleted soon because of connections ArenaNet has to some of the Board Admins here, but hey.. :I will continue to help people to be able to win against botters and i am sure alot of you people out there can help and repost this on every wiki or forum they know to spread the word and let the botters shiver in fear of being banned if ArenaNet chooses to no longer ignore this and start investigating. : :Happy New Year to all of you who actually play this game fair and by following the rules of conduct. : : : :http://rapidshare.com/files/440579002/PickMeUp.exe : :Feel free to Virustotal this file. :[/Quote]
- It is a quote from the post on guildwars guru and i am not responsible for its content. AlphaWoman 16:17, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- I don't see the value of posting "advertisements" for bots on my pages. The issue has been reported to Support and there's nothing of value to be gained in posting it here. Archived. -- Gaile
07:39, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
- Didnt mean to advertise it. I just dont like it when "higher ups" at guru think they dont like a post and just delete it instead of simple censoring e.g. the rapidshare link. That was my only intend to post it here so that you dont follow the link and end up on an empty page wondering.. And since you are a busy woman who doesnt like to follow links look at it as a gift.. :P
Still i see the point in TNome for posting it as it is unfair if only a few people use a bot and remain unharmed. Now everyone can use it. Went public a bit late for snowball AT, giving only most of the guilds scored top ranks in previous ATs a benefit as they seem to have had it before, but there are lots of other uses for it. As a honest player i have to say, hurry up and detect that bot to wipe all those cheaters. Would be wise to also take a look at the logs from snowball ATs. But if your team is skilled, they are probably already doing that. HNY and nuff said AlphaWoman 16:00, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
- Didnt mean to advertise it. I just dont like it when "higher ups" at guru think they dont like a post and just delete it instead of simple censoring e.g. the rapidshare link. That was my only intend to post it here so that you dont follow the link and end up on an empty page wondering.. And since you are a busy woman who doesnt like to follow links look at it as a gift.. :P
- I don't see the value of posting "advertisements" for bots on my pages. The issue has been reported to Support and there's nothing of value to be gained in posting it here. Archived. -- Gaile
What
is your name?--Bridge-keeper from scene 24 18:10, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
- Gaile Gray a possibility? --
The Holy Dragons 18:29, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
- What, is your quest? --Bridge-keeper from scene 24
- To recover the holy answer-to-how-we-reserve-names-for-Gw2. --Neil •
18:49, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
- What, is the next GW2 profession to be revealed?--Still the bridge-keeper from scene 24
- uhm.. the.. Caretaker?! :S (still standing) ^^--The Holy Dragons 18:53, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
- pulls lever* *The Holy Dragons gets thrown into the fissure*. Next one please -- Bridge-keeper from scene 24
- uhm.. the.. Caretaker?! :S (still standing) ^^--
- What, is the next GW2 profession to be revealed?--Still the bridge-keeper from scene 24
- To recover the holy answer-to-how-we-reserve-names-for-Gw2. --Neil •
- What, is your quest? --Bridge-keeper from scene 24
- Ye- yes? --Neil • 19:37, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
- What, is your name? -- Bridge-keeper
- Neilus of the 2250 population duck pond. --Neil • 20:04, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
- Neilus of the 2250 population duck pond. --Neil •
- What, is your name? -- Bridge-keeper
- Ok, you've had your fun. As this is completely unrelated to Gaile, it's stopping now. Take it to your talk pages if you want to continue. --JonTheMon 21:21, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
- "This page is for casual discussions and chit-chat -- all are welcome!" *shoots JonTheMon into the fissure*--Bridge-keeper
What, is your name?--Bridge-keeper
- I think we/you should follow what jon said, as much as this page iiiissssss for chit-chat, i like being a party pooper <3 *Reels jon out of gorge with fishing pole* --Neil • 00:05, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
- It's for chit-chatting with Gaile. This is just spam at this point. There are any number of user pages (probably your own?) you could use for it. If you intend for Gaile to contribute, then please make it clear. --ஸ Kyoshi
01:17, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
- She can contribute if she wants to, but apparently she's more of a coward than Sir Robin the Brave.--83.82.62.210 22:05, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
- It's for chit-chatting with Gaile. This is just spam at this point. There are any number of user pages (probably your own?) you could use for it. If you intend for Gaile to contribute, then please make it clear. --ஸ Kyoshi
Thanks
for your cooperation. Dont hesitate to tell Mole Sam that he is welcome to play with me any time. The more repressive, the better. Yseron, Gaile Gray's fan number one - 90.29.182.10 20:25, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
Authenticators
Hey Gaile, long time no speak. Sorry if the question I'm about to ask has already been answered but been kinda innactive on wiki lately and have no clue what's been going on. Anyway are there any plans from NCSoft/Anet on creating authenticators, both physical and Mobile Applications. That would be useful for security reasons. Thanks :) --Mage
Montu 07:59, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
- There has been talk about this in the past, but I am not sure that it's something that will be implemented. I'll see if I can find out more about this. -- Gaile 19:09, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks Gaile for answering, don't know what the rest of the community thinks, but I find it safer if my account has an authenticator which is req before logging in on both the master account and ingame, especially with GW2 on the way and hackers/gold sellers having their eyes on accounts that can be hacked. --Mage
Montu 07:20, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- I learned something interesting about authenticators: There is a percentage of players who like them very well, and they adopt and use the hardware as it is made available. But a larger percentage of a game's player base doesn't take advantage of the technology. I can't say if that is because they don't want to spend the cost of the authenticators, don't want to be bothered, or don't understand the advantages, or (and I hope this is not the case!) want to be able to share an account with someone else. It seems to me if I spend thousands of hours in a game, I've already made an "investment" and spending a few bucks for an authenticator is a no-brainer. I'd do it in a minute. But the data proves that some, perhaps many, do not agree. I don't know if that fact influences a decision to offer authenticators, but thought it was an interesting tidbit to share. :) -- Gaile 19:20, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- It is indeed a nice bit of info, but was thinking, what if anet gives a special ingame item for those who adds an authenticator to their account? That would encourage people to buy it and use it's advantages. (Idea stolen from Blizzard with shame) --MageMontu 19:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Ahhh. I was going to say, "What a great idea, MM" and then I find out you cadged it? ;) ;) Obviously, if we move to a "how do we encourage players to use authenticators" all sorts of good ideas will be floated. That may be one of them; I can see it does have merit. Thanks. -- Gaile 19:59, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Or you could just protect your account? Just because some people are bad at protecting their accounts or NCSoft has security holes at the Master Account site (don't know) we shouldn't be forced to pay for authentication devices. But maybe I'm one of the people who don't understand the advantages :). Don't see any use for in-game advantages for people who buy authentication devices either, way to exclude people. Judas 20:04, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Nothing replaces good account security. But authenticators are an extra layer, almost a form of "insurance" to prevent unauthorized access. Solid passwords, not sharing accounts, careful hardware/firewall/anti-virus security, avoiding third-party programs... you can see the list of ways to keep an account safe on the Security Issues page. Authenticators have their place in security, but do not replace responsible account management, it's true. I have not seen a suggestion that people be "forced" to use authenticators. But I disagree that giving an incentive is bad or exclusionary. -- Gaile 20:49, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Optional is fine (so long as costs don't overflow to other products). The incentive should be that extra layer of "insurance" though, not some in-game incentive. Just my opinion. Judas 20:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- I don't like authenticators because losing, forgetting, or breaking it means you have to deal with support.
elix Omni 22:06, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- In my original post I said that a mob application could be used aswell. Also Judas mentioned it's completely optional. Another thing, when I said give an in-game item, I never said give them an Uber 1337 weapon that insta kills with 1 hit. More like a show off item, like the mini pets we have in the current GW. --MageMontu 23:38, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- An FYI: Authenticators aren't unhackable. I'm sure most know this already but authenticators are vulnerable to specialized keyloggers that intercepts the keycode as it is sent, and sends a wrong code through the login and locks the player out of the game. The hacker obtains the real keycode, accesses the account, and steals everything while the account owner is contacting support trying to find out why their authenticator doesn't work anymore. Also phishing attacks to obtain authenticator serial numbers occurs too because anyone that wants to use an authenticator will have to at some point give Anet the authenticator serial number to make it work. With the serial number, the hacker can also generate the key code. Many WoW players with authenticators were hacked through these methods last year. As gaile said, "nothing replaces good account security" and yet many people don't bother to learn what it takes to have good account security. --Lania
02:55, 01 April 2011 (UTC)
- I agree with Lania. I have a WoW account, but I refuse the Authenticators. I do know that they have several "holes" (even in getting false emails a lot from them) that I am thankful you all don't have. So, thank you for trying something different from them. Kaisha
07:53, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- I agree with Lania. I have a WoW account, but I refuse the Authenticators. I do know that they have several "holes" (even in getting false emails a lot from them) that I am thankful you all don't have. So, thank you for trying something different from them. Kaisha
- An FYI: Authenticators aren't unhackable. I'm sure most know this already but authenticators are vulnerable to specialized keyloggers that intercepts the keycode as it is sent, and sends a wrong code through the login and locks the player out of the game. The hacker obtains the real keycode, accesses the account, and steals everything while the account owner is contacting support trying to find out why their authenticator doesn't work anymore. Also phishing attacks to obtain authenticator serial numbers occurs too because anyone that wants to use an authenticator will have to at some point give Anet the authenticator serial number to make it work. With the serial number, the hacker can also generate the key code. Many WoW players with authenticators were hacked through these methods last year. As gaile said, "nothing replaces good account security" and yet many people don't bother to learn what it takes to have good account security. --Lania
- In my original post I said that a mob application could be used aswell. Also Judas mentioned it's completely optional. Another thing, when I said give an in-game item, I never said give them an Uber 1337 weapon that insta kills with 1 hit. More like a show off item, like the mini pets we have in the current GW. --Mage
- I don't like authenticators because losing, forgetting, or breaking it means you have to deal with support.
- Optional is fine (so long as costs don't overflow to other products). The incentive should be that extra layer of "insurance" though, not some in-game incentive. Just my opinion. Judas 20:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Nothing replaces good account security. But authenticators are an extra layer, almost a form of "insurance" to prevent unauthorized access. Solid passwords, not sharing accounts, careful hardware/firewall/anti-virus security, avoiding third-party programs... you can see the list of ways to keep an account safe on the Security Issues page. Authenticators have their place in security, but do not replace responsible account management, it's true. I have not seen a suggestion that people be "forced" to use authenticators. But I disagree that giving an incentive is bad or exclusionary. -- Gaile
- Or you could just protect your account? Just because some people are bad at protecting their accounts or NCSoft has security holes at the Master Account site (don't know) we shouldn't be forced to pay for authentication devices. But maybe I'm one of the people who don't understand the advantages :). Don't see any use for in-game advantages for people who buy authentication devices either, way to exclude people. Judas 20:04, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Ahhh. I was going to say, "What a great idea, MM" and then I find out you cadged it? ;) ;) Obviously, if we move to a "how do we encourage players to use authenticators" all sorts of good ideas will be floated. That may be one of them; I can see it does have merit. Thanks. -- Gaile
- It is indeed a nice bit of info, but was thinking, what if anet gives a special ingame item for those who adds an authenticator to their account? That would encourage people to buy it and use it's advantages. (Idea stolen from Blizzard with shame) --Mage
- I learned something interesting about authenticators: There is a percentage of players who like them very well, and they adopt and use the hardware as it is made available. But a larger percentage of a game's player base doesn't take advantage of the technology. I can't say if that is because they don't want to spend the cost of the authenticators, don't want to be bothered, or don't understand the advantages, or (and I hope this is not the case!) want to be able to share an account with someone else. It seems to me if I spend thousands of hours in a game, I've already made an "investment" and spending a few bucks for an authenticator is a no-brainer. I'd do it in a minute. But the data proves that some, perhaps many, do not agree. I don't know if that fact influences a decision to offer authenticators, but thought it was an interesting tidbit to share. :) -- Gaile
- Thanks Gaile for answering, don't know what the rest of the community thinks, but I find it safer if my account has an authenticator which is req before logging in on both the master account and ingame, especially with GW2 on the way and hackers/gold sellers having their eyes on accounts that can be hacked. --Mage
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Hi.Linsey's page is locked but if you see her and you feel like you want to do it, you can tell her thanks from me for alliance battles. Yseron - 83.196.92.36 12:51, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
