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::Are You Using A Bot?

Saturday, November 06, 2004

Temporarily removed upon receiving James' comments...


Posted on November 6, 2004 11:41 PM


butterfly Let me know you were here, your thoughts are welcome!

this is comments of your post about botspot ? wahahaahaa LOL . i ever reviewed about the site for my assignment at school and found that the website only provide bots for general purpose. if someone want to use bot in blogshares, he must have programming skill to write a specific bot. so there's nothing to worry about the post..

just my 2 rupiahs :-p


Posted by: Fire Blazt on November 12, 2004 05:29 AM

While I know that the folks that run the game of blogshares have the game in mind, they have no business interfering what anyone posts on thier own blog. A blog is a personal thing, it can be a rant, it can be political, and it can be about family. The most importannt thing is that it is owned by the blogger that owns it. No one has the right to censor it, tell the person what to blog about, or what to not blog about. While Laila may have blogged about something that can be exploited in the game, it wasn't something that someone couldn't have found out on thier own. For members of the BSEC to come in and try and prevent her right of free speech is unreal. Have you heard of free speech. If this were to happen on my blog ww would be sitting in a court of law right now. I would like to advise the BSEC, you might want to look at your bounds before you overstep them. I don't know about the laws of the Philippines but I do know the laws of the United States. If the BSEC told me what I could and couldn't say in my own blog I could sue. Mybe Laila can too if her laws are similar, and you might want to check that out with a Philippine lawyer Laila. You may have a valid lawsuit on you hands. You have no right to dictate what folks post on thier own blogs. You have no right to request someone remove a post from thier blog. You have total control of what is posted in the forums but that is part of the game. I don't think Jay and the others have the millions that can be awarded in a lawsuit so you BSEC guys had better calm it down. Laila find a lawyer, they have violated your rights, and keep all the e-mails.


Posted by: RWO on November 8, 2004 03:37 PM

Gentlemen, calm down. Please.... let us not over exaggerate my bot entry. If I have reacted about the recent BSEC case, searched the net and openly blogged about it, don't you think others might have done the same thing at the same time? Or worse, they probably know already what I'd newly found out about bots?

Many people are reading my blog, not only BlogShares players. No one can censor my entry, not even my own goverment. It is hypocrisy if you consider that my blog will serve as a gateway while many youngsters know exactly where to find cheat codes and bots.

Wake up and try coffee alamid :-)


Posted by: Laila* on November 8, 2004 02:58 PM

I was the one that pointed this post out to the BSEC. Again James did not officially request it be taken down and neither did any administrator from B$

Laila, you had a disclaimer up but that doesn't stop anyone from creating a bot and although there is now a cheatypants list and all, it is still quite hard to find bot traders so someone that may have created a bot from the pages you had linked may not have been found for weeks!


Posted by: Arvind on November 8, 2004 01:48 PM

I did not request the post to be taken down Afonso. It's plain to see in my initial comments.

Let me add, I do not foresee any BSEC case arising from this.

The comment was a personal opinion shared among a few players in the game.


Posted by: James on November 8, 2004 01:44 PM

BTW, was it a James request individually, or in the name of BS administrators?


Posted by: Afonso on November 7, 2004 01:43 PM

Laila, I was going to comment on this entry before, then refrained from do so. But now that you removed it, and mentioned the reasons, I really have to say the following:

1. This blog is YOUR property, not BS property. This YOUR blog, not the BS FORUMS.

2. I don't remember of BS players signing a contract with BS which imposes conditions on what they can or can't blog. Has this changed recently?

3. Personally, I think that everyone who have read your entry in good faith would find it amusing. I think it was pretty clear that you were trying to say is that everyone with the time and willingness could use a bot to play BS, independently of their programming skills.

4. If the people go to the site you suggested. If they find a bot that fits their exact needs, which personally I think it's difficult, because people would need to know exactly what they need. If they find one and are unscrupulous enough to violate the BS rules and use a bot, how can you be held responsible for that?

5. Think about it. If someone pressures you to delete one of your entries because didn't like the content, what follows next? You're opening a precendent. From now on, people wil lfeel free to pressure you to remove entries they don't like.


Posted by: Afonso on November 7, 2004 01:40 PM

James, thank you for your opinion but, I want you to know I AM NOT promoting the bot's site at all.

Removing this entry will not resolve nor stop players' bot usage UNLESS the BlogShares admin improve bot detection and total bot ban on BlogShares gaming.

I made my wealth through playing 18-20 hours a day and I didn't deserve accusations of any irregulaties. Many thanks to CORA DOLOROSO CAREER CENTRE for my excellent typing skills.

I AM AGAINST BOT USAGE AND THE ADMIN SHOULD NOT ALLOW PLAYERS TO USE ANY KINDS OF BOTS AT ALL!!!


Posted by: Laila* on November 7, 2004 11:38 AM

Just a note: This post treads a fine line in giving opportunity to Blogshares players in finding/creating bots via the website you are promoting in this post.

I see you have somewhat of a disclaimer saying you are not responsible if someone is caught. However, you have provided the means to a reader of your blog that may play blogshares the temptation of doing such a thing; creating a bot to circumvent play in the game.

I will not formally ask you to take this post down. I am merely pointing out the gateway you have provided to any blogshares players out there who may be searching for a way to cheat in the game via bot usage/creation.

James


Posted by: James on November 7, 2004 01:59 AM


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