Guild Wars 2

On October 26th, GameSpy published this article: Guild Wars 2’s Bot Crisis — ArenaNet Needs To Step Up Before It’s Too Late

Then, within just a couple weeks, MASSIVE bans sweep through Tyria and the next thing you know legions of people are on the support forums begging and pleading for assistance after being swept up in the ban.

So, did ANet see this article and in a panic to show they were doing something, overreact by implementing banning procedures who’s filter criteria was/is not as proficient at discerning bots from users as it should be?

If this is the case, ANet needs to ask itself what’s worse; the bad press from Gamespy about having too many bots? Or, the blowback that comes when Gamespy writes a follow-up article about how ANet erroneously banned hundreds of users in an effort to save face from the original article?

At the risk of sounding trollish… do people still read gamespy? Especially when they are worse than IGN for taking money for good/bad reviews.

Renegadeimp.8439:

At the risk of sounding trollish… do people still read gamespy? Especially when they are worse than IGN for taking money for good/bad reviews.

As far as overall # of readers, I have no idea. I only came across the article while I was googling this issue. However, there are quite a few comments on the article, so you would have to assume its still being read by some people.