This is just another sales pitch by CIP.
First they let people bot and wont do anything about it so that people become desperate, then they ban a random mass of players who they assume has a bot.
To finish it all off they make a huge advertisement campaign out of it.
The result is following:
1. Good rep for CIP.
Why? Because all the players is used to CIP not doing anything, and now as soon as they do something, even if its just something small like this, 99% of the people will go "OMG CIP YOU ARE THE BEST" and so on.
2. More cash flow.
Why? Because when you buy premium, the money goes into CIP's pocket, and then it stays there no matter what they do to your account.
And all the people who got banned now has to make a new account, and buy premium for it, which means CIP now gains 2x the money for premium.
And oh yeah, you cannot get your account back because the accounts CIP banned will not get unbanned, simply because they claim that the "tool" they used have "100% accurate detection-rate".
3. Even more cash flow.
Why? Simply because the people who now praises CIP like they were the 2nd coming of jesus, will now most likely (re)invest in premium account.
So yeah, this is nothing but a smart tactic by CIP to make even more money than they already are.
Aaaah... MMORPG-company greed, there is nothing quite like it... soon Tibia will be seen as "Silkroad Online 2".