tersa and WoW players:

[thistlechaser]

Hey tersa, recall how when we had lunch together you mentioned FFXI watching for processes running on your machine as a way to find bots? WoW does that, and more. (That scary link comes to us by way of gbeans's LJ.)

WoW: The biggest (and worst) piece of spyware you'll ever willingly install.

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In quite an "amusing" twist, stupid FFXI will be down all day on Thursday (a rare day I'll have off from work). Stupid game. I guess I'll be playing WoW for at least part of the day. (I've not played in... three? four? five? days now. :/ At least I'll have a ton of "rested XP", I guess.)

I printed out the info/maps I'll need for the QSC headstone for ZM5, so hopefully I'll get that done tonight. Doesn't look too bad, I suppose. I guess I'll go WHM/BLM for free stealthing, warp, and because I can eat deaths on WHM if necessary. I suppose I could bring my QSC key to try to get a coffer/map, but I died three times the last time I tried that, and the thought of trying it again leaves a very bitter taste in my mouth.

Comments

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Hey tersa, recall how when we had lunch together you mentioned FFXI watching for processes running on your machine as a way to find bots? WoW does that, and more. (That scary link comes to us by way of gbeans's LJ.)

WoW: The biggest (and worst) piece of spyware you'll ever willingly install.

That is because I am SMRT!

Seriously, though, I read not only the article but the comments on it, and came to a few conclusions:

1) Labeling it 'spyware' is the opinion of the poster, and may not technically be true.

2) The WoW Terms of Service explicitly says that they do this, so it's not as if they went out to hide this fact (which is why I'm not sure I would call it 'spyware').

3) It's unclear whether or not they're actually violating anyone's privacy, because the information Blizzard may or may not be getting seems to be encrypted and not raw.

But, it is interesting that there's at least some verification in the ToS that they're doing exactly what I figured someone would be to prevent cheatbots.

[epyonmk3.livejournal.com]

Sadly rest XP caps out at one and a half levels. The rate at which you get it is dependent on your level, but I'd guess you have about a level's worth.

[loneguardian.livejournal.com]

Poke me on Thursday, we can run around. I did a bit of grinding this morning waiting for Dad to get ready for work and got her up to 13. :E I have yet to RP with you on there. ;3 And you -have- to see Jo's /dance. XD She's such a slut.

[linmayu.livejournal.com]

I died for a QSC map last night. It was crazy. I was lost, and trying to get near the entrance to rest for some more HP (was orange at the time) without Antica aggro, but the Antica had other plans. So one started casting ancient magic on me, and I ran away like a scared little girl. Eventually there were 5 or 6 on me and out of the corner of my eye I saw a coffer. I had about 200 HP left. I quickly ran up, traded my key to the coffer, and immediately died with the map in my hand. That zone totally sucks. ;_;