Hearthstone Bot Detected?

[Teh Canadian]

Fair Play is at the Heart of Hearthstone

A fun, fair, and competitive environment is at the very heart of the Hearthstone experience. This is a reminder that we take fair play very seriously, and that making use of third party programs that automate gameplay (also known as ‘bots’ or ‘botting’) is a violation of our Terms of Use. Accounts that are found to be making use of ‘bots’ are subject to penalties, up to and including permanent suspension.

Source: Fair Play is at the Heart of Hearthstone - Forums - Hearthstone

What are your thoughts about this announcement?
What is your planned move after hearing this announcement, stop botting or don't care because free to play etc.?
Do you think they have been tracking said Hearthstone bots? I have a feel that there is a mass banwave incoming.

Everyone knows botting is never safe and that this announcement has been a long time coming, but I was curious to see the communities thoughts and expectations of what will follow.

Credit: Dante via Bawx

[Gentoo]

Your headline is so misleading it isn't even funny.

[Teh Canadian]

Haha, it was meant to get some attention quickly.

[Jaladhjin]

Haha, it was meant to get some attention quickly.

Amgawd yus !

Intentionally misleading misinformation to get yourself seen / heard / whatever else is the way of the world.

[CreativeXtent]

ban inc~ fdgdfgdfgfgdfg

[eSko]

I wonder if iOS (and future Android) version also contains Warden. If not, bots could be easily written for jailbroken iPads and rooted Android tablets...

[Trixiap]

It depends on what you are calling "warden" - client side warden probably not, but for game like HS, datamining and data analysis can make wonder on server side

[MooseFace]

This is a reminder that we take fair play very seriously, and that making use of third party programs that automate gameplay (also known as ‘bots’ or ‘botting’) is a violation of our Terms of Use.

"3rd Party" means "written by somebody else".

Sooooo, if I write my own bots, then these aren't "3rd Party" and this should be OK right ?

LOL !

[ev0]

"3rd Party" means "written by somebody else".

Sooooo, if I write my own bots, then these aren't "3rd Party" and this should be OK right ?

LOL !

no, you're still a third party.