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have to give credit to ipan as he was the person who posted this for me to see
now this third party stuff may seem suspect, especially since there are map hacks among other things, but i guess just take it with a grain. but bliz may be warming up the pimp hand for all these cheaters.
check it out this guy in this link was banned for "macro keys" or so he claims.
http://sc2armory.com/forums/topic/18951/page:1
"So i was banned last friday for using " Third party hardware that creates an unfair advantage"
i was using the g19 logitech keyboard.
aparently bliz has a way to find if you macro onto keyboards.
I was using it for build orders, very simple macros to pop out some units with one button instead of 2.
wtf.
had to buy the game and recreate my account..... i talked to bliz over the weekend to try and unban my account. they eventually caved and just wiped my leauge record. although the cd key was still banned so i still needed a new game.....
basically everything multiplayer was wiped and they warned me that if I use a macro enabled keyboard in multiplayer again they would ban me.
then i asked about the sc2 keyboard out on the market right now, dont have the link, but its basically supported by blizzard.
they said only 3rd party hardware/software is bannable.
i have lost some respect for blizzard.
AND I WAS JUST PROMOTED INTO PLATINUM!!! I HAD A 82-45 w/l ratio
FU blizz FU big time"
**edit** Thanks Merikh
Here Is an update from blizzard on the matter in response to a question from Merikh.....if you do use a macro keyboard that is fine but using the macro features in the game is not.
![[image loading]](http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/9687/macros.png)
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Macros are cheap. I support Blizzard's decision but only if they are overbearing and not abusive. Banning his key so he has to spend another $60 is not right. No warning either? For shame.
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pretty awesome if that's true. kind of doubt blizzard would ban macros without warning though seeing as how they endorse macro keyboards for WoW and such.
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You really ought to be more informative of what's going on in your op.
Aside from that, since I haven't bought the game, is there a clear warning for users that tells them that they can't use 'key macros'?
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This is a good thing imo. I wonder though if they ban everybody who uses these keyboards or just people who actually program macros and use them on these keyboards. After all there could be a lot of copper-platinum players who had this keyboard for a while, didn't use it for macro and didn't know it was against the terms of service.
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I bet he is lying. I don't really trust a guy who uses an epleptic Llama as his avatar.
He probably did something else.
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lol, make sure you cheat only with blizzard support!
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Good, people shouldn't be allowed to use macros of any kind. I do wish that Blizz would send them a warning of some kind that said if they were caught using macro enabled hardware again they would ban them rather than just have the ban hammer come out of the blue, but regardless, a step in the right direction.
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I call fake. There is no way Blizzard would ban on macros, ever.
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Hmm i have been using logitech g15 since the beta and was not banned. I don't use any macros for starcraft 2, though. Still the story god me kinda worried, since as far as i know blizzard has rights to ban any account anytime they want. Perheps what they do is they check repeating fast squences of "keystrokes" rather then type of your keyboard(if thats even possible) and one is safe as long as he is not using them macros
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"then i asked about the sc2 keyboard out on the market right now, dont have the link, but its basically supported by blizzard.
they said only 3rd party hardware/software is bannable."
The fact that they are only enforcing it on third party hardware while allowing Blizzard-supported products to remain in use is pretty damning if true.
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On August 24 2010 04:04 mahnini wrote:
pretty awesome if that's true. kind of doubt blizzard would ban macros without warning though seeing as how they endorse macro keyboards for WoW and such.
Awesome? Awesome in what way? That they seem to be more lenient towards drophackers like ownage then people who employ macros?
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On August 24 2010 04:07 RoyalCheese wrote:
Hmm i have been using logitech g15 since the beta and was not banned. I don't use any macros for starcraft 2, though. Still the story god me kinda worried, since as far as i know blizzard has rights to ban any account anytime they want. Perheps what they do is they check repeating fast squences of "keystrokes" rather then type of your keyboard(if thats even possible) and one is safe as long as he is not using them macros
Heh, they are not going to ban you for having a G15 keyboard  That would be quite a few people.
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lol if this is true then it looks like Activision strikes again.
hilarious that they only let u use supported macro keyboards but not 3rd party. Does that mean at some point they will only let u use supported regular keyboards and mice? What about monitors? Next thing you know, you will only be allowed to play Starcraft 2 on a blizzard endorsed pc model from some blizzard supported brand name.
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Haha, wow. Guy got owned!
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I don't believe him. Either he isn't banned and is making shit up just to stir shit up, or he got banned for some other "third party" violation.
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Man with location hotkeys + macroing mouseclicks you can really do entire production runs with one click. Seems pretty ridiculous
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I don't support the ban but a warning is a good idea. I do doubt thus is true because of the Marauder keyboard's existence.
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I find it hard to believe this one guy gets banned yet there is no news on other blatant ladder hackers. (unless those guys got banned and I missed the thread  )
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I hope they keep banning (or wiping accounts) of people who use macros, it's just cheating plain and simple. You want to have better macro, do it yourself!
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