WoW Color Hack (Use color-codes in text)

        WoWColorHack.flt 

        -=Preamble=- 
                I'm quite surprised that no one has released 
                anything similar yet - the theory behind 
                this dates back to the alpha days. Hell, 
                I first used this filter on my own alpha 
                sandbox. 

        -=Theory=- 
                *Almost* all text in WoW either allows for 
                or at one time allowed for the use of color 
                codes. These color codes look like this: 
                  The following text is |cFF00FF00 GREEN 
                The tag is |c and the hex-code is obviously 
                the color. These codes are used throughout 
                the game and are how most, if not all, 
                colored text is handled. 

                So why not just 
                  /say |cFF00FF00 Marijuana 
                and be done with it? Well, Blizzard made the 
                client automatically replace any |'s that 
                typed with ||'s (which ||c is NOT a tag). 
                Then the client just displays 
                  |cFF00FF00 Marijuana 
                (replacing ||'s with |'s for display 
                purposes only). 

                Thus, you have to circumvent the client's 
                alterations. A packet filter in WPE Pro 
                would work nicely. Perhaps if I make my 
                own color tag and replace it (using a 
                filter) with the actual color tag, I will 
                bypass the client. 

                Thanks to Diablo II's ridiculous color 
                code shenanigans, Blizzard was smart this 
                time and made their server start checking 
                for color codes sent by you. Therefore 
                filtering |c into your chat message will 
                do very little because the server will 
                change the |'s to ||'s. Lucky for you, 
                they haven't done that everywhere. 
                It's up to you to try it out here and 
                there. 

                                !!!!!!!! 
                      ON OFFICIAL BLIZZARD SERVERS: 
                I know it still works in your guild 
                information text, your guild note 
                text, and your guild MOTD. 

                I know it used to work in mail but 
                last time I tried, it returned a 'Mail 
                Database Error' or something to that 
                effect. 
                                !!!!!!!! 
                          ON EMULATED SERVERS: 
                As far as I have tested, it works in all 
                text. 
                                !!!!!!!! 

                Pretty much everyone who has developed 
                a server for WoW (presumably} knows about 
                these codes and how they work which is 
                why I'm surprised this sort of filter 
                has yet to be released to the public. 

        -=Hack=- 
                This filter replaces all occurances of 
                'fc' with '|c' sent from the client. 
                Simply typing 
                  fcFF00FF00 Marijuana 
                will send 
                  |cFF00FF00 Marijuana 
                to the server. 
                Just open it in WPE Pro, turn on the 
                filter, and start your colorful 
                adventure. 

        -=Detectability=- 
                I cannot guarentee how detectable this is. 
                It requires WPE Pro which injects code 
                into WoW - which Warden is known to be 
                capable of watching for. On the other 
                hand, I've yet to ever be banned from it 
                (and have been using it on and off since 
                day one). Still, my situation may be a 
                little different than most which prevents 
                my ban. 

                Also, it would be hella-easy for Blizzard 
                to to just add a few extra lines of code 
                to their servers that automatically ban 
                anyone who sends text with a |c in it 
                instead of a ||c. Would they? Doubt it. 
                Could they? Def.