Earlier this week we reported that Blizzard had banned 100,000 cheaters from World of Warcraft, players who were caught using bots to farm reputation in the MMORPG.
One of the most prominent pieces of automated software that people use is Honorbuddy, with a reported 200,000 registered accounts. That's a lot of farming. However, over on the Honorbuddy forum it appears that the developers have accepted defeat after Blizzard's extensive use of the banhammer.
"It seems like Honorbuddy was detected. We are not sure, but looking at the BAN THREADS, we think that its the most likely option atm.
"We are sorry for all your lost WOW Accounts, hopefully you can use them again after the 6 months ban is lifted. I have read here in the forums a bit, a lot of the accounts where 10 years old. This is a pity. We always say, do not use your valuable accounts as the risk is always there.
"Some of us seem to forget the Gilder times..." the post said, referencing an earlier automated bot system that Blizzard challenged and defeated in court.
"With Honorbuddy you thought that we are unbeateable. We never thought that, we've succeeded since 2010 - Honorbuddy had not a single software detection. It seems there is one now.
"It also seems that Blizzard was really pissed at our first win at the court of appeals in Hamburg. It might have been coincidental. Nothing is for sure.
"You ask yourself what happens next? For now we closed our Honorbuddy Authentication, when we know any more details we will inform you."
Blizzard's decision to ban players follows the recent introduction of Tokens into their evergreen MMO, as the studio tries to cut down on gameplay behaviour that they deem uncompetitive by removing the need for a black market while also punishing players considered to have broken their EULA.