Guild Wars 2

Disclaimer: I will not do this!
In my opinion it is against the spirit of the EULA, even though a strict reading would allow it, which is why I put this up as a thought experiment.

The rules: Modding your game is legal, as long as you personally press the buttons, and every keypress only executes 1 command in GW2.

With that I started thinking. Could I design a “hack” or “bot” that’s completely within the rules yet allowing me to not really play the game.

The idea: Enocean is a wireless technology for building automation. I would put an enocean button on the heel of both my shoes. One would bind to “F” while the other would bind to “target closest”. Relevant option is auto-attack target.

With that, I could walk around the house. My input in the game would look like CFCFCFCF which would literally farm mobs. Every key press would be done personally by me. Legally, I’m playing the game myself, within all the limits of the EULA.

Conclusion: I’m 100% sure this would get me banned, and I’m not advocating it. However it is a fun thing to think about, since for all intents and purposes, I’m personally playing the game, pressing the keys. It wouldn’t be a bot, wouldn’t be a hack.

Mods: I’ve reported this myself, please immediately close if it can’t be debated.

Legally, you’re not actually playing the game. You are automating an ingame function from a third party action, hence botting.

But then again a cheap Chinese person sitting in your closet farming on your account is a greyzone to begin with. After all, he’s playing.

Well I’d reckon if someone has a disability, this is gonna be certaily legal (remember the guy who has muscular dystropy or something and still playing gw2 with his pen-in-mouth kind of gadget?)

I would side with Dawdler here. But to build upon Penatbater, theoretically if you were in front of a monitor, and could see your actions and were purposely pressing the 2 keys, then it should be considered playing. If you have no idea of the actions that are being projected in-game, then technically you aren’t actually playing the game and would go against the rules.

That being said… would it still count if you were to say… stream the game video to something like Google Glass?

Dawdler.8521:

Legally, you’re not actually playing the game. You are automating an ingame function from a third party action, hence botting.

But then again a cheap Chinese person sitting in your closet farming on your account is a greyzone to begin with. After all, he’s playing.

Illegal because you’re only allowed to play on your own account. It would technically be legal if he had his own account. Say I give my son the game, and strongly “encourage” him to “give” me gold or he won’t get his weekly allowance.

As requested in the opening post, this thread is now closed.
Taking a look at the Guild Wars 2 User Agreement might clarify some questions in this thread.