• Visit Rebornbuddy
  • The sad news - Honorbuddy and others

    Discussion in 'General Discussion Forum' started by bossland, Nov 11, 2017.

    Thread Status:
    Not open for further replies.
    1. meoxor

      meoxor New Member

      Joined:
      Jul 19, 2014
      Messages:
      16
      Likes Received:
      0
      Trophy Points:
      1
      so , i think , it s the end of honorbuddy ? or a new patch come ?
       
    2. sodade21

      sodade21 Member

      Joined:
      Dec 9, 2012
      Messages:
      56
      Likes Received:
      0
      Trophy Points:
      6
      ok... That was really sad.. Btw isn't possible with the code you already have to make it free so other people can continue the project unofficially?
       
    3. k1mpman

      k1mpman Member

      Joined:
      Jan 17, 2010
      Messages:
      73
      Likes Received:
      0
      Trophy Points:
      6
      Been playing since vanilla. Started using Glider early on and eventually changed to Honorbuddy because of the whole legal issue. Used Honorbuddy every time I played wow since then and it's been fun to be a part of. Never had my main account banned and took precaution all the time. Successfully almost permanently ran 4+ accounts for years. Thank you so much for the products and it was fun while it lasted. I hope you guys get out of this unharmed.
       
    4. EpicWin

      EpicWin New Member

      Joined:
      Jan 30, 2018
      Messages:
      1
      Likes Received:
      0
      Trophy Points:
      1
      Can be easily solved. For that you need somebody who is experienced in Computer Forensics & Reverse Engineering. Use Sandboxing Application (ProcMon is fine too) to trace all WoW's (and its services') SysCalls (System Calls) and then just limit WoW's (and its services') operation limit to the WoW's root directory and appdata+programdata+userdata folders, while ignoring/blocking/giving fake responses to the syscalls that information beyond your permission - make sure that it applies not only to WoW's executable, but also to all WoW's background services that can even sit on Kernel level (haven't checked personally).

      "A chi vuole, non mancano modi" (c) Century Old Italian Proverb.
       
    5. d3adam

      d3adam Member

      Joined:
      Apr 1, 2010
      Messages:
      31
      Likes Received:
      2
      Trophy Points:
      8
      Been with you guys for the longest time now, so sad to see this announcement. Was using Glider before Honorbuddy and had to stop when they ran into similar legal problems, of course. I stopped playing WoW a few years back too (a while after IMO they ruined the game with Cataclysm). Haven't checked-in in a long time but today I randomly decided to check out the site and saw the announcement. I know I'm late, but I remember making custom meshes, and when the whole world got meshed it just became amazing. You guys are great, both the community and the team.

      RIP Honorbuddy. It was a good run.
       
    6. dav777

      dav777 Member

      Joined:
      Jan 15, 2010
      Messages:
      159
      Likes Received:
      2
      Trophy Points:
      18
      Also terribly sad to see HB go the way of the Dodo. I was actively using it for many years until I lost interest in WoW for some time. I was disappointed when my lifetime key stopped working (I bought it in the very beginning of HB just after Glider bit the dust) and visited the site occasionally to see what the community was up to. Sad to see another great application bite the dust.
       
    7. bestly510

      bestly510 New Member

      Joined:
      Jan 20, 2016
      Messages:
      12
      Likes Received:
      1
      Trophy Points:
      1
      shit
      key still has time left but no redund
       
    8. L4a

      L4a New Member

      Joined:
      Oct 21, 2014
      Messages:
      21
      Likes Received:
      0
      Trophy Points:
      1
      Good times! Take care guys.
       
    9. Rettob

      Rettob Member

      Joined:
      Feb 9, 2012
      Messages:
      133
      Likes Received:
      0
      Trophy Points:
      16
      Goodbye HB. You guys made playing wow great! It's sad that it's over but thank you for all those times. Thank you Tony for always solving my problems.

      NO more HB, NO more WOW! F-Blizzard!

      Take care fellas! Live long and prosper! I hope you guys bring new bots soon for new games and make more $$ :).
       
    10. d0t1q

      d0t1q Member

      Joined:
      Sep 15, 2010
      Messages:
      115
      Likes Received:
      0
      Trophy Points:
      16
      Sorry for digging up an older thread here, but would the devs consider open sourcing the bot before fully closing the doors so other devs can use it as a learning platform?
       
    11. Symons

      Symons Member

      Joined:
      Sep 9, 2013
      Messages:
      93
      Likes Received:
      1
      Trophy Points:
      8
      As much as I would love to have access to the source code, I imagine they aren't allowed to distribute it. It's probably stipulated in the lawsuit that they can't.
       
    12. Tony

      Tony "The Bee" Staff Member Moderator

      Joined:
      Jan 15, 2010
      Messages:
      128,834
      Likes Received:
      571
      Trophy Points:
      113
      nope
       
    13. Pachi

      Pachi Member

      Joined:
      May 31, 2011
      Messages:
      117
      Likes Received:
      9
      Trophy Points:
      18
      I don't think they lost the lawsuit I think they just choose to stop producing the bot.
       
    14. Tony

      Tony "The Bee" Staff Member Moderator

      Joined:
      Jan 15, 2010
      Messages:
      128,834
      Likes Received:
      571
      Trophy Points:
      113

      that is true
       
    15. Stresse

      Stresse New Member

      Joined:
      Jul 27, 2017
      Messages:
      13
      Likes Received:
      2
      Trophy Points:
      3
      And in the original post, bossland says, "It is not quite over yet, but we need to adapt to these new circumstances to even stand a chance of continuing in the future."

      I have about 15-20 accounts (I think three of them have recently become active again), and I won't be reviving any until someone (hopefully y'all) makes botting a viable option again.

      I hope y'all are truly working on something (maybe a countersuit?—I'm about to start looking around to see if I can find one of those).

      Love y'all, Honorbuddy let me experience the joy of playing WoW while also being employed!
       
      Tony likes this.
    16. Ravenmight

      Ravenmight New Member

      Joined:
      Jan 31, 2013
      Messages:
      8
      Likes Received:
      0
      Trophy Points:
      1
      So you sold a Lifetime service you no longer provide? Im sure if you were truly fighting for players privacy you would have no problem returning the money... But I doubt you will.
       
    17. ponds2k

      ponds2k Member

      Joined:
      Jul 13, 2013
      Messages:
      46
      Likes Received:
      0
      Trophy Points:
      6
      Why not "hook" in another process. I know several CS bots that hide behind notepad or any programm the user choose? Works like, start programm of your choice, start bot and tell him what process he will hide behind, start wow.. hf ?
       
    18. GAUDI

      GAUDI New Member

      Joined:
      Mar 26, 2012
      Messages:
      25
      Likes Received:
      0
      Trophy Points:
      1
      Haven't botted for years in WoW, just found out that HB is gone. Sad to see how this story ends.

      I just hope for the devs that you guys will find other great projects to work on and make some money since I can imagine that the biggest part of your revenue was made by those products now cancelled.

      And for those asking for a refund or calling lifetime licenses a scam - I don’t think this was either an easy decision for the devs nor a simple cash grab. Probably they just can’t refund all of you because I wouldn’t see where there would be money after the most successful projects are now cancelled and the Bossland employees still have to eat and live somewhere. Lifetime licenses always only last as long as the product makes a profit. No company will just provide services for a lifetime while making a loss because that’s not how companies and products work. Lifetime always means taking a risk so please keep that in mind if you’re going to get another lifetime license of some new product.


      Thanks for the great ride and all the fun we’ve had.

      I don’t think that this would work with WoW since AFAIK Warden actually scans processes in the RAM (like AV systems do when they do a run time scan). The bot process would have to be slightly different for each bot user (called "crypting"), which will require huge code changes for a program that wasn’t built with that feature in mind.

      New bots will probably be developed with a stronger runtime encryption though, which will probably work in a similar way as you’ve described it.
       
    19. B-Eezy

      B-Eezy New Member

      Joined:
      Apr 23, 2018
      Messages:
      2
      Likes Received:
      0
      Trophy Points:
      1
      If you read the announcement carefully enough bit of a cryptic message that honorbuddy is gone but possibly a replacement is coming.........just wonder when lol
       
    20. johnfob

      johnfob New Member

      Joined:
      Sep 6, 2012
      Messages:
      15
      Likes Received:
      1
      Trophy Points:
      1
      I am fucking heartbroken. My biggest regret is that I was a leech and never gave back. If there ever is a revival I am going to be a beast on these streets.

      RIP HB and RIP botanist whom was extremely helpful. I hope HB comes back, went to Wrobot and decided I'd rather be a widow to HB than try to settle with love.
       
    Thread Status:
    Not open for further replies.

    Share This Page