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The End of Neobot?

The maker of Neobot, Ekx, has announced that he's closing down his infamous Tibia Neobot.  He's given reasons including a new project and focus and the change in government in Canada which will bring about new Internet laws.  He's getting out before he's made responsible for the bot he created.

He advised that most bots will run out within the month, my understanding is players pay for 30 days at a time.  As he's no longer accepting payments, then they will run out over the next month and they can't be renewed.

Some players reported they have hundreds of days of access so Ekx is offering to allow them to use it on other accounts.

He has created a forum post that at the time of this post was up to 161 pages of

• botters upset
• asking for a new bot
• claiming it's the end of tibia
• no more premiums will be bought
• who's making a new bot
• they will quit tibia
• abusing the bot maker

and it goes on and on. 

Is this The End of Neobot?

Frankly, I don't know.  It could depend on what laws are created in Canada, whether Ekx will sell the bot to another programmer in another country, what CIP will do about this news, what botters will do about this news and how desperate they are to get a new bot.

CIP very quickly put out an update which presumably is to stop Neobot working and amazingly! there are so many spawns free right after that update.  Will Ekx do one last update or will he keep to his word and not update it.

Will the End of Neobot caused changes in Tibia?  It's too early to know but the post has caused mass hysteria in the botting community and they are all feeling persecuted and picked on.

I hope this really is The End of Neobot, however, only time will tell.

Tannylouise 

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EKX has said he won't sell the source to anyone.

Also, every time CIP creates a new patch, or has a major game update, the bot needs to be updated for it to work properly on the new client and without risk of ban.

So now that EKX isn't updating anymore, everyone has to stop or risk getting banned quickly or dieing lots. And enough patches/updates down the road, the bot won't even load onto the newer tibias, I think.

Let's pray it is the end!

Yes, now that the patch for the 15 year anniversary has been implemented, the bots aren't working anymore as EKX isn't updating.

I have heard of a new bot called, "Redbot" or something surfacing, but none are sure how safe or competent it is to match up with CIPsoft's automatic detection tool.