Two things to be aware of.
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Often, games will let bots/botters run for a while even after it’s reported and verified. Botting, RMT, etc. is an arms race, and inherently reactionary: if the baddies realise they’ve been caught out because of X, Y, or Z, then they’ll tweak the program to get around that and be undetectable again, and the company is back to square one with no way to find or stop them until they find the new ‘tells’. If, however, they watch known bots running, they can get more information, like who they’re trading gold to, or quirks of the connection, or regions/areas accessed from, etc. Then, when they do ban the bots because of, say, “doesn’t respond to tells” and the bots get fixed up with an auto-replying chatbot command, they can still detect the ‘upgraded’ bots using the information they harvested while monitoring known bots in action. And, even better, this can be added to the likes of EAC so it’s automated and they have to run through multiple iterations of upgrading the bots before they get in anywhere. That, plus the trace on where that coin is being sent - ie RMT buyers, who are worse than the botters since they actively fund it and without whom the whole thing would collapse - or links between single self-use bots that can lead to who is making/selling the bots, can put a much bigger dent in bots, RMT, and other such nastiness than a sisyphean one by one ban-on-report. This is why major games have ‘ban waves’ and why known botters or RMTers seem to get away with it for so long. They want them to think “AGS (or whoever) doesn’t care about bots” and get sloppy and give then information to ban others who haven’t been noticed or reported, and to keep them and others out as long as possible. So, don’t be too disheartened that this one dude is still vibrating down the beach and mocking AGS’s inaction so far. He is doing exactly what they need him to.
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As others have said, your actions are, while well intentioned, a perfect example of harassment. Report him every time you see evidence, yeah. Ping him a (non-confrontational) message if you want to test his ‘presence’, sure, as long as he hasn’t blocked you. But training mobs onto him, spam-messaging him or gleefully referring to his impending ban, and constantly focusing everything on this one character is leaving yourself open to getting a time-out from AGS. Fair, maybe not, but the rules have to be strict and universal. Otherwise, you’ll get people with less evidence taking worse action against completely innocent players because where do you draw the line on “but I know he’s botting!” as an excuse? Standard rules still apply: you report him, and others, and let AGS do the monitoring and checks and ban as and when it’s appropriate, and then you back off and treat him with the same respect you would any other player (or ignore him, don’t have to be chummy with him by any means!). Not saying you’re the bad guy, but just don’t get yourself a ban, too, for letting your distaste for bots get the better of your manners.
