Cheaters banned today - The KGB Oracle

http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?p=3310453#post3310453

I'm at work and needed to tell someone.

This my only outlet

I'm not banned I believe!

Woohoo, I like it

Would be interesting to know who/what guild got hit hardest.

I wish they'd posted a list.

Interested to see how many SN is bringing to fights now =)

bah - blocked at my work.

For Vyse:

Cheaters Banned today
We banned 213 cheaters today. These are the people using 3rd party programs to cheat with. They were not banned for macroing, they were banned for cheating. They were automatically detected and also verified manually in a variety of ways. This number represents 90% of the cheaters in Darkfall right now. The rest have also been detected, and we�re waiting for them to be verified before we ban them as well.

These people were warned repeatedly. They chose to believe that we cannot detect what�s going on in our game. They took the word of the makers of these hacks over the word of the creators and administrators of the game. There are no exceptions. We don�t care if journalists, clan leaders, or our friends are among them. They were cheating in order to gain an unfair advantage over the rest of us. They deserve to be banned.

What comes into play here is something called �selfish punishment� in social science. Cheaters are likely to be some of the most outspoken people against cheating, and more likely to report cheaters. This is as so to maximize the benefit for themselves - taking it away from others. This is also the case here; we recognize some of the people from the boards habitually accusing the company for not doing anything and complaining that cheating is rampant in Darkfall, when in reality it�s not.

If you cheat in the game, you will lie about it too. Whenever we ban a cheater he or she will appeal to the community, denying it on the forums. Then come the excuses to Darkfall support about their little brother, their roommate, or about their account being hacked. So now we expect a couple of hundred people to take to the boards. Threads along these lines will be removed and posters will be banned. Darkfall Support has been instructed to not provide more than the automated ban message. Do not side with these people just because you may have played with them and didn�t happen to observe them cheating. They were cheating beyond a shadow of a doubt, detected and verified in more than one ways. There is no appeals process, our decision is final, and we will not reveal our methods.

We will keep aggressively detecting and banning players that cheat in the game. If you�re not running 3rd party cheats, you have nothing to worry about. Those that don�t take our word for it, will be banned like those banned today.

Thank you,
The Darkfall Team

Originally Posted By: Vyse

bah - blocked at my work.

Originally Posted By: Tasos

We banned 213 cheaters today. These are the people using 3rd party programs to cheat with. They were not banned for macroing, they were banned for cheating. They were automatically detected and also verified manually in a variety of ways. This number represents 90% of the cheaters in Darkfall right now. The rest have also been detected, and we�re waiting for them to be verified before we ban them as well.

These people were warned repeatedly. They chose to believe that we cannot detect what�s going on in our game. They took the word of the makers of these hacks over the word of the creators and administrators of the game. There are no exceptions. We don�t care if journalists, clan leaders, or our friends are among them. They were cheating in order to gain an unfair advantage over the rest of us. They deserve to be banned.

What comes into play here is something called �selfish punishment� in social science. Cheaters are likely to be some of the most outspoken people against cheating, and more likely to report cheaters. This is as so to maximize the benefit for themselves - taking it away from others. This is also the case here; we recognize some of the people from the boards habitually accusing the company for not doing anything and complaining that cheating is rampant in Darkfall, when in reality it�s not.

If you cheat in the game, you will lie about it too. Whenever we ban a cheater he or she will appeal to the community, denying it on the forums. Then come the excuses to Darkfall support about their little brother, their roommate, or about their account being hacked. So now we expect a couple of hundred people to take to the boards. Threads along these lines will be removed and posters will be banned. Darkfall Support has been instructed to not provide more than the automated ban message. Do not side with these people just because you may have played with them and didn�t happen to observe them cheating. They were cheating beyond a shadow of a doubt, detected and verified in more than one ways. There is no appeals process, our decision is final, and we will not reveal our methods.

We will keep aggressively detecting and banning players that cheat in the game. If you�re not running 3rd party cheats, you have nothing to worry about. Those that don�t take our word for it, will be banned like those banned today.

Thank you,
The Darkfall Team

Wow that is cool! Good for them taking a very strong stand! Thanks for posting it guys - my work blocks everything!

np =)

Someone in alliance chat said SN disbanded due to the bans. I think it was a joke since there would be no one left in game to actually disband the clan.

8D

Originally Posted By: Hare

Someone in alliance chat said SN disbanded due to the bans. I think it was a joke since there would be no one left in game to actually disband the clan.

8D

haha!

That was actually a post from Jackson (from SN)...but I still think its a joke.

lol, that would be hella funny though.

lol Ky Ky says "got um" in that forum post. It's either a joke, or a really depressing post, hehe.

Originally Posted By: Hare

Someone in alliance chat said SN disbanded due to the bans. I think it was a joke since there would be no one left in game to actually disband the clan.

8D

LOL

Originally Posted By: Dunlop_Phaete

That was actually a post from Jackson (from SN)...but I still think its a joke.

Hahahahah. Man, I wrecked Jackson with my polearm in AOC oh so many times...

does that mean AutoIt is out as its a third party program technically? Then again, it's also only for macros. so idk