[@ArenaSnow], the trouble is that even if bots were IP banned, it is generally trivial for the bot producers to send the bots through a new IP. It might help slow the influx, but I think enhanced reporting measures would help more.

[@Mahz], unrelated to bots, but I thought I would mention it anyway. I am quite a fan of your search engine for the Guild. Being able to search a specific thread, even a specific tab, with ease, including filtering by username, is [i]extremely[/i] useful when you want to find something that was written somewhere under a few million words of posts. Thank you.