I think a question that should be asked is, "How many people would PvP if scripts were made legal?" You guys keep thinking about scripts for your use only. The silly, "synch dump" scripts aside, how many people don't PvP now because they're just not good enough? There are really only a few main things scripts can offer: Special Toggling Aids, Pot Chugging, Bandages, Dart/Shuriken throwing, and aided group targeting. Scripts that cast spells for you are extremely shaky and most people agree you can already do the main things with razor anyways. However, scripts offer the ability to automate the simple tasks. Any good PvPer will agree that no matter how many scripts someone else is running, there is still a level of skill involved and better players can kill that scripted person.
So let's go to this statement above me:
This statement discourages PvP, which I'm sure all pvpers don't want. Really, there's little difference between someone pvping with a script and someone without other than how fast they chug their pots BUT as pointed out in this topic, having the timing to control when you chug your pots is important. Which is why player skill > scripts. So why not have a bunch of nooby PvPers running around with scripts because they think it makes them better at PvP? It's more PvP isn't it? Most of you can barely tell the difference between them anyways. I guarantee you guys have all been accused of using scripts/hacking at one time or another whether you were or not.
I remember Frost saying you can only be as good as the people you PvP against or something to that effect. So even if you weren't using the scripts, wouldn't overall quality of PvP improve AND you would only be forced to get better to combat someone with a PvP script.
Actually scripts can improve allot more then just automated pots or aid or dart, I could show you a script or even better go see some script kiddies that we currently have that ping 100+ and cast faster then if they would ping 10, If I decide to play legit because I rather to then pulling a stupid script to play for me then I should be aloud to. I am including razor in this also because one guild in particular always finds a way to cheat to improve there game play from Ce to euo to razor to razor 1.0. Razor is a flaky as Euo by letting one cast at max server speed.
Just for Fun lets look back at the past.
Things that were aloud but removed
2005-2007
EUO-Play UO- Razor 1.0 Proxi
in 2007/2008 Staff decided to remove the right to use these 3 programs in the same year
Di. left / got ban for still using it
Gunz / Dc got ban for using razor 1.0 and euo and abusing / found a Val hammer with 3000 charge and hiding it from staff and using this staff modded ring with 100 necro and more crazy mods
2009/2010
Rw got there castle droped in luna for a huge event for using proxi and razor 1.0
Multiple Dc took a vacation because they were unable to use such programs
2011/2012
Staff now can detect Ce and quite a few people are not able to skip away anymore.
People found a bug/a hole in Razor that by running a small macro can make them cast like razor 1.0 / play uo
Di. tried to make a come back but got busted for using euo for farming and auto looting corpse a few months later tried to make another come back and got busted for curing mortal.
don't quote me on the exact date but that is pretty much it. So really what changed since 2005 lol