People botting for houses

[BigTough]

I feel its super unfair that some of us stay up clicking the placard for 10-15 hours to get it taken by people botting. I think I spent 55 hours on just clicking the placard for the past 5 days. 2 house taken today by 2 people botting.

Botters can easily be caught when reported using click timer programs that time the clicks at which the hack program is clicking at precise exact intervals. So always make sure you report them so they and their historical data can be investigated

[BigTough]

You'd think SE was petrified of a lawsuit over some botter not getting a house or something.

[BigTough]

Timer clicking programs can determine precise clicks by another hack program because of constant precision. People do get caught and banned.

[Themarvin]

Listen. People have reported some of the most notorious botters and not a damn thing has been done to them. In game reports, STF reports, dozens sent at once. Sent twice a week for months now.

They're still at it. For years now.

I don't have much faith that reporting anyone for botting will result in any action being taken.

But they still are now and then getting the boot for good.

[SillyCrow]

funny little tip: autoclickers are lame, but if someone not using a clicker gets the house, you should message the person to put a retainer near the placard selling trash for millions. a friend of mine basically got a house for free ������

I think this only works if they don't focus target the placard and if they aren't set to busy.

[Claviusnex]

The problem with trying to catch housing botters is someone from SE has to pick up the report and investigate while the illegal activity is taking place. It is just another layer of random on top of the RNG of housing. The only way to really address it would be to automate bot detection, without announcing it, for every plot that goes onto the availability timer. This would allow SE capture and prioritize the most likely bots and remove them. I'm sure the botters would eventually figure it out and randomize their clicks but doing it to the degree it appears human would severely reduce their odds of wining the click race.

[Nepentha]

But they still are now and then getting the boot for good.

Really? Cause I haven't seen it. I'd love to know more about this.