Official statement of cheating on PBW.

disabled · #1 April 11th, 2002, 04:07 AM

When it comes to cheaters, hackers, pirates, etc. I want to make sure they never come back again. If that means I have to be a 'powerhungry egotistical jerk' to make sure they get and stay out, so be it.

Of course, the best way to nail, and drive a cheater out, is to catch them cheating. I remember on the Starcraft Ladder Blizzard has, there was one guy that turned around and played a game against a cheater and lost. he put him to a rematched and cheated himself in such a way that it forced the original cheater to expose himself as a cheater and get caught red handed.

In closing thoughts, I tend to give my trust to people right off. once they betray that trust, they never get it make no matter how hard they try. I'll give them second chances to be a friend, but I will never trust them.

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And Hadrian, your comments really made you look like a powerhungry egotistical jerk. No offense, I don't mean that you are.

wr8th · #2 April 11th, 2002, 03:49 PM

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Originally posted by RabidFan:

You may ask yourself, "Why would someone cheat in a game that takes a year to play?" I have no answer for you, only that it happens. Alot.

RF: You answered the question yourself...

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Never expect that people are like you.

[ 11 April 2002: Message edited by: wr8th ]

dmm · #3 April 11th, 2002, 10:52 PM

What a shame that this cheater, who is obviously clever, chose to be slimey instead of making a scenario editor that we could all use and enjoy. (See my tag line.)

Lupusman · #4 April 13th, 2002, 02:35 AM

How do we know that this same cheater did not just create a new user name? Perhaps toning down the cheat a little so as not to be noticed.

disabled · #5 April 13th, 2002, 07:23 AM

I would guess they blocked the IP and are devising a way to ID suspected cheaters.

Schwarzbart · #6 April 13th, 2002, 10:08 AM

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Originally posted by Hadrian Aventine:
I would guess they blocked the IP and are devising a way to ID suspected cheaters.

Most People dont have a fixed IP so block an IP wont work, perhaps you even block other players.

Resident Alien 2 · #7 April 14th, 2002, 01:13 AM

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Originally posted by Schwarzbart:

Most People dont have a fixed IP so block an IP wont work, perhaps you even block other players.

That would be possible in some cases. Anybody who has a cable modem/DLS usually keeps the same IP. Mine hasn't changed in months and months. And the IP is included in the e-mail headers so you could exclude there. Probably not worth the effort, I don't believe there are all that many cheaters around.