It appears that Blizzard, the makers of World of Warcraft, are in the process of suing some company over a program (I assume) that is named “Glider”. The short version of events is this program plays the game for you, doing the more menial and boring things. The “technical” terms are “bot” and “grinding” respectively.
I’m not about to debate – or even discuss – the legality of this software, as I haven’t read the EULA of WoW in quite some time, nor am I a lawyer. What I am going to rant about – since this is my blog and I feel the need to rant – is the “fairness” issue, or possible lack there of.
Typically, in games, when something is unfair it is called “cheating”. But in this system, who is being cheated? (more…)
