Guild Wars announced that more than 4,000 accounts was banned because of using bot programs for cheating and exploiting.

Bots banned:

In order to maintain a solid game economy, we constantly monitor the game for the use of cheats and exploits. Over the course of the last week, we banned more than 4,000 accounts of players using "bot" programs intended to mine the game for gold and items. The use of such programs is strictly against our User Agreement, and their use can have a negative effect on the game?s economy and on all players who play the game legitimately. We will remain diligent on the matter of bot use, and will continue to take action against those accounts involved in such use.

The Scribe #5

This week?s news scroll is brought to you a day late, due to an unexpected failure of candles in the office of our roaming monastery scribe. In this week?s edition, you?ll find a review of the Dragon Festival, learn a bit about Elementalists and their training, and view a substantial list of people who were witnessed performing good deeds during the recent event.