Here is a post that I have seen numerous times today on my newsfeeds. I've also gotten several inbox messages from various groups personally warning me not to use scripts today or tomorrow.
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I asked Pistol Pete from Team Spockholm what his opinion of this rumor was. This is his response.
From their own TOS.
xiv) except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use or launch, develop or distribute any automated system, including, without limitation, any spider, robot (or "bot"), cheat utility, scraper or offline reader that accesses the Service, or use or launch any unauthorized script or other software;
Automated and cheat utility needs to be defined. However....
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I am not sure how any company can so blindly ignore its customers. So if they do not like your profile picture they could disable your count, even though you may have spent hundreds of dollars with their company. Something sure seems wrong./Pistol Pete, Team Spockholm
The Zyngons are coming the Zyngons are coming shouted the town crier. Run for cover, or profess your true BAD A$$ Mafia greatness and don't go down without a fight. VIVA the REVOLUTION.
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Source: Family Of 1 {FO1}
ReplyDeleteAccording to most recent meetings between Zynga's game developers, higher level Zynga execs and several clan leaders, the use of Third Party scripts/bookmarklets is officially against Zynga's TOS, however...
The use of Chucker and Profile Switch (or bookmarklets from other sources that do ONLY gifting and switching profiles) will NOT result in actions against MW accounts (disabling, suspending).
If you use Chucker and/or Profile Switch in your MW game play, be advised that your account could be "monitored," but if you aren't using any other bookmarklets/scripts (Attack X, Job Helper, etc.), you won't face any action from Zynga.
This is the latest, as of today!
Where is the latest posted? All scripts are a violation of TOS so I would like to see an official statement saying that certain ones are ok for use.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-61635-Mafia-Wars-Examiner~y2010m8d10-Mafia-Wars-Bans-rumors-and-thieves
ReplyDeleteI did read this article and would have referenced it but this one was published several hours after mine was.
ReplyDeleteAll things considered, script players are very invested in playing the game but not if they have to sit and click and wait for hours on end. Zynga probably makes more money from script players than non script players. If its all about money with Zynga, which it seems to be, they sure would be shooting themselves in the foot to "zap" accounts for running scripts. If they don't want scripts, then they should build a better game interface!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat benefit does Zynga get from zapping 100,000 daily player accounts. Some of their income is based on the statistics of how many players they have playing. If they block one player, you know that player probably had at least two energy accounts. SO banning 100,000 accounts, will lose them 300,000 daily players. Not good on the old numbers. Some of these of these players have more than 3 accounts.
ReplyDeleteZynga talks about helping to level the field by preventing people from using these energy accounts to gain loot for a fighter. If you wanted you could still buy an unfair advantage straight from Zynga. Give them a ton of money and you can buy skills or really high end loot. If they want to really level the field, shouldn't they stop selling Reward Points and high end loot?
as for myself... I always use caution when using any of the scripts.. because you never know what facebook security or Zynga plan to play god with your account.. people report accounts just because the get all butt hurt.. with someone and get even and Zynga and Facebook are supposed to be Social Networks.. and why they want to ban or block those because chances are somebody already made a knew one to replace it.. so thank you all for keeping the panick to a mild roar..
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