EPT[SC2 News] Blizzard bans ~5000 players for hacking - Page 8
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FC.Strike
United States621 Posts
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Flaccid
8835 Posts
On October 01 2010 22:24 inforsomechop wrote: I say name and shame! Since names are not unique (and who knows the ### of the guy you were playing), they could at least put a flag up in the guys' profiles, ala WGT. | ||
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smileyyy
Germany1816 Posts
 Gotta check if the 3 Hackers I reported got banned. | ||
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Phayze9
United States13 Posts
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On October 01 2010 23:46 Phayze9 wrote: Does anybody know if custom hotkey users got banned? I stopped using them awhile ago and am just curious if this has been cracked down on so I know to continue using default hotkeys. been using custom keys since early beta and no im not banned~ pretty sure you wouldve seen a HUGE uproar if they banned people for customkeys. | ||
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Rannasha
Netherlands2398 Posts
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EchOne
United States2906 Posts
On October 01 2010 23:51 Rannasha wrote: On a Dutch general IT forum I frequent someone has reported being banned for only using a single player trainer that gives extra credits. So assuming this is true, it indicates that Blizzard doesn't only ban for multiplayer reasons and also has other ways to detect cheats besides player reports. It's good news if Blizzard checks for code injection, though too bad for the fella caught... he should've just used the game's own cheats. If he was actually looking to amass achievements with little effort, then I've no sympathy. | ||
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Dreamscythe
Finland273 Posts
 oh more serious note. Gj blizzard keep this up | ||
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JQL
United States214 Posts
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Sepp
Netherlands22 Posts
I was for instance so stupid to use the Kelsat trainer twice after I completed the campaign to toy a bit around with some missions that I thought were fun. Unfortunately, that got me suspended for 14 days.... Although I understand that it is impossible to make a difference between all the players and I totally take responsibillity, I think 14 days is harsh for such a minor violation. For me Starcraft is about the multiplayer and cheating in multiplayer is ruining game experience for others. Offcourse, following the EULA, cheating in singleplayer, even for once, is a violation. Unfortunately, Blizzard did not sent me a warning after I used it. It would've been enough, I really don't care about singleplayer whatsoever. So for everybody: be warned! You will get banned even if you use it in SP for once! | ||
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Sanasante
United States321 Posts
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Adeeler
United Kingdom764 Posts
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Lennon
United Kingdom2275 Posts
On October 01 2010 20:03 WilbertK wrote: I don't get that. What do you get out of playing with maphacks? Apparently you don't want to get better than your opponents. Then what is your goal in playing video games? Better than your opponents? It's LoD. Using maphack means you don't have to travel further than necessary to where you want to go. I've never used maphack but this is obviously the reason. | ||
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nonparfumee
Canada21 Posts
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On October 02 2010 00:42 Fantistic wrote: Better than your opponents? It's LoD. Using maphack means you don't have to travel further than necessary to where you want to go. I've never used maphack but this is obviously the reason. He meant what do you get as a player - it isn't rewarding to play with cheats. Obviously, winning will be a lot easier and that's the "gain", so to speak, but it has no value. | ||
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snakeyes
25 Posts
On October 02 2010 00:01 Sepp wrote: No using custom hotkeys will not get you banned. As far as I understand from reading forums, only people who used confirmed 'hacks' were banned or suspended. I was for instance so stupid to use the Kelsat trainer twice after I completed the campaign to toy a bit around with some missions that I thought were fun. Unfortunately, that got me suspended for 14 days.... Although I understand that it is impossible to make a difference between all the players and I totally take responsibillity, I think 14 days is harsh for such a minor violation. For me Starcraft is about the multiplayer and cheating in multiplayer is ruining game experience for others. Offcourse, following the EULA, cheating in singleplayer, even for once, is a violation. Unfortunately, Blizzard did not sent me a warning after I used it. It would've been enough, I really don't care about singleplayer whatsoever. So for everybody: be warned! You will get banned even if you use it in SP for once! Hacking to get ahead in single player is not a minor infraction. People do actually work hard to get achievements legitimately. You going in and getting these points is just as bad as someone else going in and getting free points on the ladder. I think 14 days is a decent amount of time for a suspension. I am glad it is not only 2-3 day bans. Part of multiplayer is comparing yourself to others, achievements is just another way of doing that. Blizzard did give you a warning. http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/809157#c-801760439 It's right there. | ||
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dtz
5834 Posts
probably can't do the same to maphackers and other cheaters cause some people do still lose even if they cheat | ||
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Dantelew
Canada63 Posts
As it stands, if there are about 3 million users, and 5000 of them just got banned.. thats 1 in 600. Lets be REALLY generous and say that maybe 1 in 300 people hack. They just eliminated 50% of the hacker pool with one swipe of the hammer. I honestly think 1 in 300 is over stating it as well.. Ive played over 300 games and not once have i seen it. I think you'll find plenty of people with more games played saying the same thing. A lot of people seem disappointed.. I'm actually impressed. | ||
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
On October 02 2010 01:07 Djzapz wrote: He meant what do you get as a player - it isn't rewarding to play with cheats. Obviously, winning will be a lot easier and that's the "gain", so to speak, but it has no value. Have you never played D2? You dont 'win' in that game. You just go around collecting stuff. Most of your time is spent running through the game just looking for the door to the next section of the map. People use map hacks to cut down on the boring time you spend running around not doing anything fun. | ||
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