Prove you are handicapped. I don't believe your photoshopped doctors orders and such. Request denied, bot.
or
Oh, so you're handicapped. Ok, fine, we're sorry. Here ya go... Oh, just one more thing... [/columbo]
Prove you're not farming for <gold/rares/whatever the system is trying to prevent> and then going off to sell it.
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And there's the issue.
I am a child of people who would be considered handicapped. They are my heroes, by the way... they deal with normal life and their different afflictions, and it's almost NBD. They're completely awesome. I want to get that right on out. They had to deal with life like "normal" people (whatever that is), and still hold down jobs, and still deal with us kids. And now, they are grandparents and babysit, and... well, I could continue to gush, but I have first hand knowledge of some of the deficiencies computer can have for certain disabilities, like sight, which is a big problem for my mom. She can't read the screens well, and can't see well overall, so she can't internet or drive. That's kinda frustrating sometimes for her, in both respects
So, armed with that info, you can understand when I say I really do feel for the people affected by the overzealous bot seeking program/rules. It sucks to be caught in the net 'accidentally' for needing something to play the game. I would be irritated myself, of course, and would do everything possible to fight their accusations and decision.
However, as a person who is also a victim of ID theft, proof is just... not good enough in a lot of times. As in, it's easy to spoof who I am, if you will. Only in this case it's more a reversed situation. It's tough to be the accused. Burden of proof is on you, and even then, it's likely not going to be enough in this case. In this case... how do we know the disabled person ISN'T running a bot? Hm?
I am curious to see how this works out. It would be better if they used some other determination than detection of AutoHotKey or whatever, but... I'm not sure how that'd be done in the short term. This is their first salvo. It may be that a second, more lenient to the 'real people' system gets put in place, like MARTy and the 10+ chat thing for CoH.
/I, for one, can see the bot runners specifically hiring the disabled to ensure they can't be stopped. I mean, ADA suit, win, can't stop the keyrunners, can't stop the bots. Win for them. :|
//Honest question: Does Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft have to accomodate the blind or physically unable to hold a controller? Would Stevie Wonder or Stephen Hawking have a case? I should go look into that myself...
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Edit: Seeing as it's being hashed out in this thread:
http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,5250.1180.html Kaiser has a good response to whatever I just said, so... yeah, I might have wanted to stay outta this. :p
/I should be to bed anyway.