Stupid people make terrible botters

The title of this post pretty much says it all.

Working for Mmomimic, I have to reserve myself and work with less than mentally acute people on a regular basis. This is part of my job and I have no problem with it.
Not everyone works on the same level and the amount of support they may need differs.


But, when said people walk into the botting world and expect to make money off it,
Then you get to read about my opinions on the matter in my blog! :)




The basics and my title are very true, STUPID people make TERRIBLE botters.

Why is this you ask?

1: Troubleshooting your software:

Stupid people are unable to troubleshoot their bots, unable to read clearly provided information on the forums, and in most cases unable to use their space bar and enter keys/form coherent sentences.




2: Stupid people do the dumbest stuff:

I had a guy tell me the other day he farmed every waking moment he was not raiding, with a /DND tag on. I did not even bother reprimanding him,
As I was sure it would not be nearly enough to provoke a sense of awareness. *




3: Level of awareness: *

This is not only the system I grade botters by, But I also use it to gauge people irl on a daily basis, as well as over IM and such.

When I run into support posts like "My bot crashes 16 hours after I go afk",
I can't help but facepalm a bit.
The most common answer to Why this happens is: "Don't know I was afk"

Seriously? Sit your ass down and WATCH your bots for a few.
The more hands in involvement you have with your bots the better.
There are no successful afk gold farmers.

If you're the kinda person who can run face first into people while walking in public,
You might start exercising your level of awareness.




4: In-Game retardation :

Most of the dumber players and botters I experience are also completely socially inept in game as well.
For class sake I'll call then all NE Hunters.
These newb hunters are retarded!
Trolling Trade, Ninja looting, And all around saying completely irrelevant or inappropriate things.
This is one of the main reasons I do not join social guilds,
There is always one 14 year old NE Hunter with a pet named ADAMWEST and 6k gearscore ready to squeak his voice at me on vent. PASS.




5: Younger players and schedules:

At least half of the people that fall under these categories are under 18.
Now that's not to say there are not some brilliant and capable minors,
I myself was already an entrepreneur by then, But not everyone moves at the same pace.

But daily life will get in the way of a serious botting operation.
This also ties in with NOT botting afk for long periods of time.

Most of the younger crowd bots while at school, asleep, or socializing with friends.
While the appeal of bots working hard to earn you money while you're gone is awesome,
It's not the safe route to take, and it's nearly impossible to convince a minor with a schedule otherwise.




6: Lets face it, Stupid people make poor decisions:

One of the biggest poor decisions stupid botters make,
Is botting for EXTENDED periods of time, far longer than any player not addicted to meth could stand to buttonmash per day/week.

Also things like dnd tags, or being in a raiding guild and botting afk, showing off the gold you are making, talking about it in game,
even using codewords like "my little brother is playing" is stupid, If I can come up with this stuff, I guarantee Blizzard knows already.
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Take a look at yourself, your daily life, the people you surround yourself with.
Which type of person are you? Are you mentally acute? Could you stand to give your brain a workout more often?
Being honest with yourself and actualizing REAL goals will benefit anyone who applies them to daily life once visualized.

I'm a firm believer in self realization and being honest with yourself.



Confucius says: "The true diplomat thinks twice before saying nothing"







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