Could be a good plan but what would that do? Make me a wizard and gimme the authority to do bot checks, I will not infect the game with my horrible code, it works but... thats about it. I would only be on as a botbuster, I would ofcourse do this BEFORE I logged draugor on, for an hour or two, depending on how many players are awake ofc, the time might vary.gorboth wrote:What OgreToyBoy is stating is pretty important, but I am not sure what to do about it. He is stating that all you have to do to not get punished is be reasonably attentive and respond if a wizard asks you to confirm you are watching the screen. However, all the meanwhile you can let your scripts run and basically be a bot that wakes up only for wizards, but continues to do exactly what we all hate about bots for all other intents and purposes.
The issue for me as an Administrator is that it is not possible to actually police and enforce the use of scripts. What we could do is try to isolate the actual issues we have with botting and try to make these things impossible. For example:
Stealing kills is a big problem. So what if we introduced a mechanic that once an npc is attacked, it cannot be attacked while it remains in combat by anyone other than the player who started the fight or anyone on their team. It might look like this:
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A large open field in the Shire. You see mountains in the west and a stream to the north. Obvious exits: west, north, east. A lanky wolf and Draugor are fighting eachother. > kill wolf The wolf is already in combat with Draugor, so you'll have to wait to see if you're welcome to join in. Draugor signals for you to join in the fight. You attack the lanky wolf!
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The lanky wolf swipes at your knee with its right claw, but misses. You batter the lanky wolf with your maul. Gorboth arrives. The lanky wolf snaps at your head with its jaws, but misses. Gorboth looks like he wants to join the fight. You can <combatshare> to allow this. > combatshare gorboth You signal for Gorboth to join in the fight. Gorboth attacks the lanky wolf!
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The problem is that automated things are always counterable in one way or another on an automatic way. I'd not use the standard "blabla tells you" thingie, cant remember the command now but theres a way to just make the text appear without the "blabla tells you" meaning it will be hard to counter, and express it in different ways and actually start a conversation, ofcourse do it in LARGE letters so they dont bitch about not seeing it.
Yes, I would check Irk ALOT as I know hes a notorious botter, and almost brags about it on the forums, wich I still maintain should be used as proof to delete his ass. But I would have NO problem whatsoever to delete... lets say Sergion, whom is a close RL friend of mine if he repeatedly botted unattended. 
