Blizzard to re-introduce Diablo 3 game-limits in an attempt to curb botting
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Are you a bot? If you were a bot, would you even know it? What is it that reliably and measurably separates us from mere emulations of ourselves? It's a deep and far reaching philosophical dilemma the answer to which is disputed by theologians, scholars and - oh hold on, Blizzard has its hand up. What's that Blizzard? Anybody who starts lots of games of Diablo 3 within a short space of time is probably a bot? And Diablo 3 game limits are being re-enabled to curb botting? Well that's that one sorted. Nice run, Descartes, now pack up your stuff and go home.
I'm not sure when or from where the mental image crawled into my brain, but I've got a firm impression of what a Chinese gold farming operation looks like. The lighting and decor is that of an after-school youth centre somewhere just outside of Croydon, where a few dozen gaunt, shirtless teenagers sit emotionlessly in front of a bank of identikit PCs. Well as it turns out, if these photographs of an actual gold farming operation are accurate, this picture is all wrong.
The real-money auction house has been up and running for three weeks now. In that time we've seen the 
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Take this with a fistful of salt, but one Diablo 3 gold farmer is alleging that, as of last week, there were 10,000 Diablo 3 accounts running automated scripts to illegitimately farm gold for sale. In an 
