Glider down for the count

Posted by admin on 03 13th, 2009

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Tricks , Blizzard , News items , Hardware We knew this would happen after that last big Glider decision, but the judge’s ruling has turned into action, and Glider has suspended their sales and operations . They’re still hoping to bring it back up at some point — there’s still an appeals process to go through — but that seems unlikely. Keep in mind that using Glider or any other botting software like it is a breach of Blizzard’s terms of service and will most likely get you banned from the game. The company also has a FAQ up (which includes a PDF link to the latest ruling), and they sound hopeful there as well, saying that they’ll know in a little while whether they’ll be “back within a month or… gone for at least a year.” Just in case you have (against Blizzard’s rules) purchased and used Glider and are concerned that your information is being passed on to Blizzard, worry not — they say that the ruling doesn’t require them to give up any sales information, just shut down their operations and sales of the program. As Blizzard posted last month, they see this as a clear victory for both the company and players of the game — Glider undermined both the wishes of the designers and the experience of other players in the game. Blizzard apparently feels the battle is over, while we’re sure Glider is planning to continue the legal fight for as long as it takes. It seems unlikely that we’ll see this software (or any bot software) back up for sale legitimately again, but if we do, we’ll let you know. Thanks to everyone who sent this in! Glider down for the count originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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