Well this post ist not merely for the giveaways, its just more for the interest i have in diablofans and theier news
And on topic i dont linke captachas at all and i was really annoyed by that interview. Im quite unsure what Jay did ore did not say at all.
So these are just my 2 cent
cya tomorow as it seems the world doesn't end today ^^
There's some new technology that a company is developing (I apologize, I can't remember the company off hand) that could replace captcha. It's basically a slide bar that you have to move until a picture comes into focus, like the focus dial on a camera. Perhaps they could use that?
Always good to see JW talking about D3 and being ethuthiastic about the future of the game!
And I agree with other comments here, I would not want to be answering CAPTCHA questions if I'm playing. There has to be a better way to detect and stop cheaters without having to inconvenience legit players. I think casual players would be turned off and stop playing.
Diablofans is going to be giveaway-ception. Or something. Yeah let's go with that.
Also, a captcha wouldn't bother me at all. So long as it wasn't overly obtrusive (i.e. interrupting gameplay when not in town / just entered the game etc).
How bout instead of a CAPTCHA to prevent botting, ban accounts that are logged in and playing 24 hours a day 7 days a week. No human could possibly do that, and if it wasn't bots, it would have to that multiple people are playing on the account, which is also a violation of the TOS.
lol @ Jay: "when we released diablo 3, at the time we felt like it was the best game we could make" .... "and the diablo 3 we have now is the diablo 3 we want"
I think the captcha idea is a bad solution to a bad problem, as it will only really catch casual botters. For the people making a business out of it, they'll most likely have someone monitoring 100s of bots, filling in a captcha/minute. That being said, it would be a deterrent, and I'm not sure how much of the economy is broken by casual botters (it might far outweigh the pros).
Edit: also at no mention of d3up.com > diabloprogress & diablostats as a gear/dmg comparator tool
I don't think a CAPTCHA system would be any fun at all. It would get annoying really especially if it appeared in game or something.
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If there's a "prove you're worthy" criteria for the prizes from Blizzard I'm in the money, Diableard still going, the game's not truly released until we've got PvP.
I think the captcha system will be a good way to stop botters. Like what other posters said you can have algorithm or script that can detect bot like tendencies and do a captcha test. Although to be honest i don't know how botting works in D3, since it isn't as easy as botting in other games.
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And on topic i dont linke captachas at all and i was really annoyed by that interview. Im quite unsure what Jay did ore did not say at all.
So these are just my 2 cent
cya tomorow as it seems the world doesn't end today ^^
And I agree with other comments here, I would not want to be answering CAPTCHA questions if I'm playing. There has to be a better way to detect and stop cheaters without having to inconvenience legit players. I think casual players would be turned off and stop playing.
Also, a captcha wouldn't bother me at all. So long as it wasn't overly obtrusive (i.e. interrupting gameplay when not in town / just entered the game etc).
That's just my 2 cents.
I think the captcha idea is a bad solution to a bad problem, as it will only really catch casual botters. For the people making a business out of it, they'll most likely have someone monitoring 100s of bots, filling in a captcha/minute. That being said, it would be a deterrent, and I'm not sure how much of the economy is broken by casual botters (it might far outweigh the pros).
Edit: also at no mention of d3up.com > diabloprogress & diablostats as a gear/dmg comparator tool
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
As for captchas, no there are better ways.
Seriously, though, I don't think the CAPTCHA thing is an awful idea if it only happens when they think there's botting going on.