Too many bots, too few bans: The Shadowbringers edition.

[MrKusakabe]

Conversely, if the owner of the bot is at their PC or comes back to see you sending them /tells, they can report you for harassment. So it's better to just not /tell at all.

Thats a good way to get reported by someone who wants to gather in peace without you being a tool.

I honestly don't think a GM would take action against a false-positive at all. That would discourage any report in future for almost all kinds e.g. "Was that flaming at all? Or just me being over-sensitive? Or a joke? Banter. Nah, let's move on, else I get punished".



My cousin had a similar problem in real life: The smoke detector went off in the apartment below but there was no smoke visible. Nobody answered the door. So he called the Fire Department nonetheless, and there was a guy in there. And the FD forced the door open - scolded the guy for having something in the stove that caused the smoke and neither turning off the smoke detector nor responding to the door. My cousin was fine though.

If you want to gather in peace, why not responding and be nice to a stranger that is concerned about the game's health (economically)? It does take no effort at all, it's not that you get spammed with /tells asking if you are a bot, probably once in several months, am I right - if at all? If player conversation is disrupting your peace in an MMORPG, sorry, "you are a tool" to say it in your words. There are good alternatives available. Like "The Witcher" or "Harvest Moon"? There you can gather in peace as much as you want.

Don't spread such weird conspiracy theories just because your friend's neighbours father's dog heard a story about some GM actually punishing something that is not even remotely comparable for this particular situation.