The Twitch streamer Asmongold encounters a group of bots in World of Warcraft (WoW). He immediately mobilizes his viewers to take action against them. He explains the problems that bots bring.
What happened? In one of his recent streams, the popular Twitch streamer Asmongold stumbled upon a large group of characters in World of Warcraft. There must have been about 50 druids. He quickly classified them as bots because of their suspicious behavior in the game.
All of them were running the same route in a square in Nazmir, repeatedly using the same abilities without pause. For him, it was clear: These are bots farming gold among the raptors.
He quickly called on his viewers to join him in his protest. Together, they are strong. The bots must be banned, Asmongold explains.
Asmongold calls for movement in the community
What the streamer did: Asmongold appeared visibly emotional during the stream. He wanted to do something about the bots now. Each of his viewers on his server should come to him and visit the location of the gold farmers. They should report the players to the GMs.
All his viewers should check on their servers if they could find these bots in the same place in Nazmir. If so, they should take screenshots and tweet them. Asmongold then received images from other servers where bots were farming at the same spot.
He renamed his stream title on Twitch. It then read: “Protesting against bots until they are removed. Stay strong together!”
The bots reacted: While Asmongold was among the bots, they suddenly disappeared. According to his viewers, this was due to a layer change. After a few group invitations, he found the druids again. And additionally, another group farming just a few hundred meters away.
Suddenly, the bots all stopped running their route and vanished. It is suspected that the bot operator became aware of the attention and logged out their characters. You can see this at around 18 minutes and 35 seconds in the embedded video.
What is the problem with bots? In his stream, Asmongold explains what exactly the problem is with the bots that farm gold. “Each of you who wants to play WoW without paying for it. Each of you who buys a WoW token every month to play the game pays more money each month because of these damn moonboys [the owls].”
Because these bots acquire items and materials, sell them, and receive gold, which they then sell for real money, the in-game market is altered. More precisely, the purchasing power of gold is affected due to inflation. The offered goods like the WoW token become more expensive.
Have you also encountered bots in WoW? How did it look for you and what actions did you take? Maybe you reported them, or you didn’t care about what these automated characters were doing.
Feel free to share your experiences or tips on how to best deal with this in the comments here on MeinMMO.
