"games have become so grindy that we have developed robots to grind for us."<br><br>As someone who played WoW, I'd say that happened about 15 years ago lol.,(reply>), Botting in earnest pretty much began around the time of Diablo and Everquest, and wasn't unheard of before that. Widespread botting has been going on maybe 25 years. It's a bit sickening...but then, cheating has been around as long as gaming has been. It's a bit inevitable.,(reply>), In diablo 2-3 botting has always been an arms race. Pretty much any game with any amount of grinding has had people make bots for it. From minecraft to league of legends .,(reply>), @FragFrog It is very much still a thing," both on retail and classic.<br><br><a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1pQd7YNHLc"">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1pQd7YNHLc</a>",(reply>), 15? Think 20. It happened with Ragnarok and Tibia since the early 2000s. Heck, tibia had bots so advanced by 2007 that you could see some of them going to hunt, looting, depositing the items and going back. That and account sharing were such a big issue that Cipsoft added a stamina system just to prevent ppl from having their character online for long periods of time.,(reply>), @FragFrog It absolutely still is a thing.