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Northern Stranglethorn is a level 20-25 zone in southern Eastern Kingdoms for both the Horde and Alliance. It starts out separated, with the Alliance going to the Rebel Camp in the north and the Horde going to Grom'gol Base Camp on the eastern coast. The overarching story for the whole zone revolves around a Lashtail Hatchling. Nesingwary and his crew still offer the quests involving hunting the local wildlife. (Tigers, and Panthers, and Raptors, Oh My!)

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-== Game Bots ==
-Also known as [[wikipedia:AFK gaming|AFK gaming]], a '''bot''' is a method of controlling an in-game character by an automated means that does not require direct interaction from a [[player]]. Sometimes known as an "autoplaying game client". This is strictly prohibited by the [[World of Warcraft]] [[Terms of Use Agreement]]. A bot is made by a [[Macro]], as stated in the GamePro WoW guide.
+'''Northern Stranglethorn''' is a level 20-25 zone in southern [[Eastern Kingdoms]] for both the [[Horde]] and [[Alliance]]. It starts out separated, with the Alliance going to the [[Rebel Camp]] in the north and the Horde going to [[Grom'gol Base Camp]] on the eastern coast. The overarching story for the whole zone revolves around a [[Lashtail Hatchling]]. {{NPC||Hemet Nesingwary Jr.||Nesingwary}} and his crew still offer the quests involving hunting the local wildlife. (Tigers, and Panthers, and Raptors, Oh My!)
-=== What to do if you suspect an account of being played by a bot ===
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-Generally, submit a GM [[ticket]], usually as a Behavior complaint.  Include the name of the character you suspect is being played by a bot.  A [[Game Master]] will contact you and ask for more information with which to start an investigation.
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-== Bot as helper ==
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-A helper '''bot''' character is normally one that complements another class. As an example, the [[main]] or [[alt]] being actively played may be a [[Warrior]]. The bot character, generally running on a separate account and computer ([[dual boxing]]), could be a [[healer]] type, or maybe a [[crowd control]] specialist. To play a bot successfully, one has to know both classes well and be able to multi-task during sometimes stressful gaming conditions to play both of them effectively. A great many fail at this latter task and simply use bots as [[buff]]ers that augment their [[Attributes | stats]] with [[spells]]. Once the buffs are applied, the buff-bot sits in some safe location while the buffed character goes out to battle Azeroth's foes, man, beast or demonic.
-To run a bot, a player usually has to have either multiple computers or multiple instances of the game running and multiple accounts (which costs more money), since most [[MMORPG]]s prevent playing multiple characters at the same time with one account.
-== Gold Farming Bots ==
-[[Gold Farmer|Gold Farmers]] are sometimes found on various realms. A possible reasons for the prevalence of bots on servers is that players may pay for services that will level up and tune their character's gear, and act which violates Blizzard's [[Terms of Use|ToU]] as account sharing and/or using third party programs or hacks to modify the World of Warcraft experience.
-There are several signs that may indicate that one player in action could be a botter.
-===Suspicions===
-*'''Silence''': The botter does not normally respond to tells or emotes. Sometimes the botter will have an automated message when one [[whisper|whispers]] them.
-*'''Odd Movement''': The botter does not move normally. It spins around, jumps, runs in circles, runs in zig-zags, have a pattern in movement, or runs into objects.
-*'''Questionable Gear''': Botters will almost always use [[BoE]] gear. Sometimes the gear may or may not be in their level range, meaning some gear being worn is meant for an earlier level while the character is able to wear better gear than that.
-*'''Default Pet Names''': Most botters are usually hunters due to the ease of use of the class. Their pets may have their default names, "Boar" or complete gibberish names such as "argfwega".
-===Defenses===
-*'''Silence''': Sometimes players may not want to talk to others while they are busy playing, and some players may have an [[addon]] to produce automated messages for instances for when they do [[DND|not want to be disturbed]].
-*'''Odd Movement''': While WoW can be a bandwidth consuming and high latency game, sometimes players may [[lag|not have the best connection]], causing character movements which may seem "bot-like". such as spinning, jumping, running in circles or into objects, etc. As for patterns in movement can be debatable. A player can perhaps be circling an area farming for loot or gold themselves as a way to efficiently kill mobs in an area once they return to a spot.
-*'''Questionable Gear''': Players may not make as much gold or have the amount of time or desire to go get new or higher level gear by running instances or doing quests. Otherwise, if players have the money, their character may be a [[twink]], a type of character which can commonly be subject to wearing BoE goods from the auction house.
-*'''Default Pet Names''': World of Warcraft gives the freedom to players on what to name their pet, and some may choose to keep its default name. However, gibberish names are against World of Warcraft's terms of use.
-Although they may not interrupt you or hamper your current gameplay ''per se'', botters are considered a threat to a server due to the excessive farming which can damage the server's virtual economy. It is recommended to report a botter to a GM to investigate on the matter. You should include the time you have seen them, where you have seen them, and your reasons that you believe that the player is a bot.
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