So Long, StarCraft II Cheaters! Enjoy the Ban!
Cheaters, be gone!
If you think StarCraft II cheaters are ruining the fun for the more honest players, you'll be pleased to know Blizzard is cracking down on those no good jerks. And by cracking down, we mean they've got license* to ban. In a blog post on battle.net, Blizzard writes that if a player is found to be cheating, they'll be "permanently unable to log into his or her battle.net account."
"Blizzard Entertainment has always taken cheating in any form in Blizzard games very seriously, and that's no different for StarCraft II. If a StarCraft II player is found to be cheating or using hacks or modifications in any form, then as outlined in our end user license agreement, that player can be permanently banned from the game. This means that the player will be permanently unable to log in to Battle.net to play StarCraft II with his or her account.
Playing StarCraft II legitimately means playing with an unaltered game client. Doing otherwise violates our policies for Battle.net, and it goes against the spirit of fair play that all of our games are based on. We strongly recommend that you avoid using any hacks, cheats, or exploits. Suspensions and bans of players that have used or start using cheats and hacks will begin in the near future."
*No, really, it's in the EULA.
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Ballin!!! I remember there was a 20+ pages on the forums following a hacker that used the exploit to D/C the opponent with wins around 5-30 seconds. I think he landed around a 89-0 record for 1v1.
I seriously don't get why people hack. Sure its fun in a singleplayer game were your overpowered and steamroll the AI. But in a multiplayer environment, it's pretty messed up.
Personally I'd like to see their MAC addresses banned as well. So if they want to play/try to hack again they need to purchase a new router/modem.
So I guess playing with a NOCD .exe would also result in a ban, even if you were not cheating.
See.... it's not about fair play, its about piracy!!! Blizzard = RIAA!
Couldn't agree with this action more... cheaters ultimately ruin it for everyone.
Maybe they should allow a "cheating server"?
This is a great idea.... I have lost track of the games that stopped being fun thanks to cheaters.... HL2 and Blackhawk Down come to mind...
That never stopped anyone before!
So I guess playing with a NOCD .exe would also result in a ban, even if you were not cheating.See.... it's not about fair play, its about piracy!!! Blizzard = RIAA!
Protip: SC2 does not require a disc to play.
Good. I think they should be banned from online games. However if they are locked out of Bnet they can't even play single player. You have to authenticate every once in awhile to play single player. Pretty dumb to literally nuke all the "cheaters" games. I think that goes too far.
Why can't they do the same with MW2
Now that's getting some justice for all the people that have spent every last dime they had to up grade year after year to be able play that next latest and greatest game. Nothing worse than a hacker showing up on your favorite server.
All the cheaters should be connected to a special cheating server when they log in so they would all be together.
They won't find many people cheating if any at all, this would mean losing revenue. Just look at how they handled Bots and Gold vendors / buyers on WoW, kid gloves and turning a blind eye. This is empty rhetoric to placate those upset by the cheaters. Don't hold your breath waiting for the BanHammer.
Personally I'd like to see their MAC addresses banned as well. So if they want to play/try to hack again they need to purchase a new router/modem.
Actually, you can change your MAC address by hand. Just to to the MAC Settings of your router and, done.
Since Battlenet accounts are tied to your cd-key, the banning of an account/key will require a new game purchase to keep playing.
Too bad they can't send blankets ridden with small pox to that persons home instead...
So I guess playing with a NOCD .exe would also result in a ban, even if you were not cheating.See.... it's not about fair play, its about piracy!!! Blizzard = RIAA!
There's no need for a nocd crack because the game doesn't require the disc to be inserted for playing.
They won't find many people cheating if any at all, this would mean losing revenue. Just look at how they handled Bots and Gold vendors / buyers on WoW, kid gloves and turning a blind eye. This is empty rhetoric to placate those upset by the cheaters. Don't hold your breath waiting for the BanHammer.
That logic holds true for subscription model games, such as WoW. However, if they ban an SC2 user, they've already made their revenue. Banning won't do anything except maybe encourage the banned user to buy another copy (don't know how likely this is, though)
They won't find many people cheating if any at all, this would mean losing revenue. Just look at how they handled Bots and Gold vendors / buyers on WoW, kid gloves and turning a blind eye. This is empty rhetoric to placate those upset by the cheaters. Don't hold your breath waiting for the BanHammer.
Err... what? Blizzard has banned thousands of World of Warcraft accounts. Just because they haven't banned everyone doesn't mean they aren't doing anything.
cheater all need to be strung up by their private parts from a really
tall tree.
I like the idea of banning, but they do need to take a graduated approach to banning that increases exponentially. 24h for the first ban, 48h for the second, 96 hours for the third, etc.
Finally, they never did this in Diablo2. There still should be some warnings however.
Wish other companies would ban cheaters on certain games I play however.
That'll teach'em!
What many of you are forgetting is it is unlikely they boguht they game at all. New email addy + keygen = back in playing/hacking in 5 min.
Geofry no, they cheat they are banned. End of story.
If you don't want to lose your privilege to play online, don't abuse it. It's called Zero Tolerance.
What many of you are forgetting is it is unlikely they boguht they game at all. New email addy + keygen = back in playing/hacking in 5 min.
There is no keygen for any Blizzard game that will let you use Battle.net, so stop talking out of your ass kid.
I like the idea of banning, but they do need to take a graduated approach to banning that increases exponentially. 24h for the first ban, 48h for the second, 96 hours for the third, etc.
I'm all for giving people a chance to change themselves, but only to a certain point. I would think a 3-strike rule could be put in place. After 3 strikes... BAN!
If you haven't learned your lesson after 2 temp bans, you're not gonna learn it after a 3rd.
Wonder why they finally implemented this. I haven't had a problem with hackers so far. Been called a map-hacker, though.
P.S. You can see invisible units because light bends through them. That's not a hack.
Protip: SC2 does not require a disc to play.
NOCD hacks are the best and should be allowed, a game that doesn't require a CD for play is even better.
Hacks are fun for about an hour, on a private server, with your buddies, and then it's played out. They really kill the game and the balance the developers were going for. Blizzard should do whatever it takes.
Not possible.
That's why I don't play online. Cheats and hacks takes the fun out of the game.
well done blizzard ~
but i m not playing SC2 thou~ o_O
-19 in less than an hour for my OP. Well done biaches... why not drive my post to triple negitive, why don't-cha!
-19 in less than an hour for my OP. Well done biaches... why not drive my post to triple negitive, why don't-cha!
Maybe if you didn't make idiotic statements, it wouldn't be down-rated...did 'cha think about that biache?
cheater all need to be strung up by their private parts from a reallytall tree.
AGREED!!!
All I want to do is play.