YouTuber Madskillzzhc made it his mission to make life as difficult as possible for bots in World of Warcraft. Now, he announced the end of his channel in a video. The reason for this shocks the community.
What does Madskillzzhc report? In his new video on YouTube from December 17, 2024, the WoW fan explains that there will be no more releases on his channel. The reason for the sudden end: Madskillzzhc has received multiple death threats, the last one just a few hours before recording his farewell lines.
Additionally, he received images from Discord channels in Russia and Taiwan, where his videos were apparently being discussed. A part of many discussions was supposed to be the exchange about what to do with Madskillzzhc if they got their hands on him. And then, his personal data was allegedly disclosed as well.
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Don’t mess with the bot mafia
Why this severe reaction? The YouTuber himself is surprised that his videos are being reacted to in this way. He is only hunting bot characters in WoW Classic Hardcore and helping to uncover botting characters. That should actually be a good thing.
However, thanks in part to Madskillzzhc’s videos, a real movement of WoW players has emerged, dedicated to hunting and eliminating bots on the hardcore servers. As a reminder: characters that die on a hardcore server cannot be played any further.
Apparently, there are now so many hardcore bots landing at the spirit healer that those responsible for the illegal business find it no longer amusing. Madskillzzhc even speaks of an organized mafia, and how seriously he takes these threats is shown by his current measures.
- He will not be publishing any new videos and will delete all current videos from the channel shortly.
- The player also intends to refrain from playing WoW Classic Hardcore in the future and from hunting or even reporting bots.
Finally, Madskillzzhc explains that he is not willing to risk his life just to fix a 20-year-old game, just because the developers simply cannot get a grip on the bot problem.
How does the community react to the announcement? Many players cannot believe it.
- TemperateStone writes on Reddit: “As you can see, people who cheat and deceive do not shy away from escalation. I’m sorry he had to deal with this crap.”
- Used4KillingTime sees a fundamental problem (via Reddit): “It’s funny that someone gets arrested for saying three words to someone who works for a health insurance, but he gets death threats here and has to stop doing something he loves that harms no one and is not illegal. Odd.”
- Indigo_Inlet holds Blizzard accountable (via Reddit): “It is clearer than ever that we need Blizzard itself to tackle the rampant botting problem. This is a $75 billion company that earns millions by releasing an overpriced mount. It’s not unreasonable to expect them to get the problem under control.”
- Bowshot125 adds (via Reddit): “It is unfortunate that this man is giving up. He mentioned that his personal data was disclosed, which isn’t really hard to find for someone who knows technology and has access to the internet.”
A short while ago, MeinMMO reported that bots are also annoying in WoW Classic Fresh. To get a handle on the bot problem in WoW Classic, some players are using creative ideas – once again highlighting what is going wrong: Bots are a nuisance even on the “Fresh” realms of WoW Classic – but there are creative solutions
