Bots... XenoBot? iBot?

I've been reading through a bunch of threads here, and it seems like iBot is getting used a lot here? I figured these forums were full of Xeno users, but I've heard a lot of good things about iBot being said here too. I have quite a few question, and I guess what I'm trying to ask is:

What are the benefits of each bot?
Why do you personally use the one that you do?
Why are there so many iBot users on the Xeno forums?
Which bot has a brighter future?

I guess I'm just kind of alarmed to see other bots being used here, it seems kind of like Neo and Red, I always used Neo but heard great things about Red... On top of all of this, in the new year I'm planning on getting back into tibia myself, but all my accounts have been hacked. I'll be starting new, I have a strong scripting background... What to buy...?

From what I've heard, iBot has dumbed down scripting which makes it a tad easier. Other than that, not sure on the benefits. Not very familiar with it. I would say that the disadvantages are many, though. For one, it costs more. Also, it's written in VB.NET (I believe?), which requires you to have the .NET framework. That's not really a problem, but it's something that Xenobot doesn't need. They do seem to have more well known scripters from Neobot's time, but the prices for scripts seem higher too.

I won't answer your second question, because it's obvious. I'm staff, and have been since before Xenobot even existed as a product.

We have iBot users on our forum because a lot of people use both bots. Also, we have some of the community from a general Tibia forum that no longer exists (tibiaug.com).

I would like to think that Xeno will come out ahead of iBot in the near future. Time will tell, but I'd say that DarkstaR is a better developer (trying not to be biased).

1 word answer the whole thread

guess which it is.

(tip: starts with xeno, and ends with 3 letters)

i prefer ibot for knights and xenobot for mages (they both suck for paladins), ibot lags frequently and xenobot is more confusing but more advance. Which one is better at moment in my opinion none but like someone above me said "DarkstaR is a better developer"

off topic question, hope you guys can answer.
Besides iBot and Xeno, are there any other popular bots? I remember when neo went down there were some others too, like redbot and another one that I cba to remember the name of.

This is some good information, it's nice to hear pros and cons from you guys, I always thought xeno was better, then I started seeing this stuff and I got confused aha. I think it's better to be a little more complicated in order to be more advanced, so I'm leaning towards xeno right now :)

I think the reason why iBot has ALOT of great free scripts and Xeno doesn't is because iBot is alot easyer to script then Xeno. And i think, and hope, that Xeno will adept in a way that scripting will be less complicated in the future. Like making a backpack reset something like this:

ResetBP(all)
Minimize(all)

When there is less scripting involved there will be more script makers and more (good) free scripts.

So overall, same shit, ibot is easier to use?

From experiences iBot eats your CPU like a fucking fattie eats a birthdaycake.

However there are ofcourse advances/disadvances with both bots, however I prefer Xenobot.

I use iBot more then Xenobot.
Tho, i hang around here because iBots community is shit.

Why i use iBot? Got more scripts for my paladin and mage.
For a knight i would Xeno probably, just because it's easier in-game then ibot is.

But in the end, they are both pretty similar and there are good/bad things about both bots.
Xeno's community will make me stay here, always.