Blizzard Banned Over 5,000 StarCraft II Players
Call me a goody-two-shoes but I love to see cheaters get what's coming to them, and this week, more than 5,000 did.
A couple of weeks ago, Blizzard warned that it would be cracking down on StarCraft II cheaters. In a blog post the company stated that anyone caught cheating would be "permanently unable to log into his or her battle.net account." Blizzard has made good on its threat and yesterday the StarCraft II maker confirmed that it had banned or suspended the accounts of thousands of cheaters.
"We recently took action, including suspensions and bans, on over 5,000 StarCraft II players who were in violation of the Battle.net Terms of Use for cheating and/or using hack programs while playing. In addition to undermining the spirit of fair competition that’s essential to play on Battle.net, cheating and hacking can lead to stability and performance issues with the service. Maintaining a stable, safe, and secure online-gaming experience for legitimate players is a top priority for us, and we'll be continuing to keep watch on Battle.net and take action as needed."
Thanks, Blizzard!
Source: Blizzard

diablo 2 want made for the high resolution of wide screens today, you patch the game to work fullscreen on a 1920x1200 screen and you will get banned for cheating, even if thats the purpose of what you are doing.
i want to know if these people were really cheating in game or if it was something harmless that got them banned.
I was a little hesitant to buy a (non pirate) copy of the game since I don't play multiplayer.
Now that Blizzard had justified the price difference between a pirate & a legit copy (they use that money to go after cheaters), I will get one for sure although I don't play multiplayer.
I sure hope other developers (STEAM) do the same. DO that then I will stop buying pirated copies.
Let me give you a hint: Chinese mainland Counter Strike cheaters likes to use the "superman vision" cheat.
well i do. iv played mmos enough that i have been accused of cheating on multiple occasions taking advantage of how monsters react to different things. iv been banned for 3 months at one point because i soloed a mob that should have taken a group to kill, because of a glitch in the way the mob reacted to what i did. i didn't exploit it and kill it over and over, i did it once, and the glitch wasn't fixed till 6 or so months later, it was just known after my suspension that you aren't allowed to kill it that way.
i want to know what these people did.
did they take advantage of the game systems? i dont see that as banable
did they hack it? that would be an ip ban if i had it my way
did they use a non harmful mod, like my diablo 2 one i mentioned above? i see this as breaking the rules, but in a basically harmless way.
I'd hate to see Diablo 3 ruined by cheaters
The only thing that can happen basically is that these people can 'hack' more items than another person can or something like that. I don't see that as 'ruining' another game.
Now, if you are talking about a game that has a player vs. player portion? Then hacks can ruin the game.
actually one diablo 2 hack i believe had you pick up an item, and be unable to ever remove it from your inventory, and which you know, is notoriously small.
Rules are meant so nobody has an unfair advantage that makes the game less fun for others. You are just a douchebag trying haplessly to justify his actions.
They were banned because they maphacked, drophacked, etc. Hacks. Third party programs, etc.