Blizzard Banned Over 5,000 StarCraft II Players

[flachet]

Ban? Burn them at the stake!

 

[Regulas]

Nobody likes a cheater except another cheater, same goes for thieves.

 

[cpatel1987]

[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]take a look at the resolutions you can play at, and im not sure if it can be windowed or not. i play at 1920x1200 with it, and thats the only "hack" i have is so i can full screen it without the game stretching or distorting.[/citation]

The logic behind not allowing hacks like this, and correct me if I'm wrong, is usually because it gives an unfair field of view. Theres one example I can give: Subspace/Continuum. Anyone who remembers this game, which is still free to play and download btw, the higher the resolution the larger your field of view.

And regarding commenting on non-advantageous mods, most of the time its in the agreement (ya you know that thing nobody reads ;-) ) that even non-advantageous mods can be a ban-able offense. Reason being is you might not see it as cheating or harmful, but there's other reasons like adding an unnecessary load to their servers. In that case, a warning would be nice, straight out banning can be harsh.

 

[demonhorde665]

i hoenstly disagree with with banning folks that paid for the game, now if the game is playable offline with out being signed into battlenet , i can see banning cheaters from MP if that is what they cheated on, but if they banned them compeltely from being able to access the game in any way ,to me that is theft ,since the people did pay 50-60 bucks for the game.

while i generally dislike cehatign especially on MP , i am more than alittle disturbed by the fact that all these companies are trying to "control" users in regards to what they do with a product that they paid for. what's more disturbing is when the companies think thier control on the User-end is justified, again while cheating is wrong and i don't advocate it , it this could elad to worse behavior sucha scompanies that try tio controll thier modding community as far as what the moddders cana dn can't do , for instance. it just reeks of "big bronther" mentality. and it rubs me wrong in so many ways. but it is good to see cheaters dget thier due.

 

[ern88]

I wish there was away to ban the loads of MW2 Hackers and cheaters.

 

[theoutbound]

It's about time.

 

[jojesa]

[citation][nom]D1RTYJU1C3[/nom]I hate cheaters! What is the point? All it does is aggravate the real players, then nobody will want to play the game, and all you did was ruin a great game. I hate cheaters and thank god Blizzard stepped up and took action. Hopefully other game developers will follow.[/citation]
I hate cheaters with passion.
I hope EA does the same thing to cheaters & hackers in Battlefield Bad Company 2 they ruining the game.

 

[pinkfloydminnesota]

So if you cheat single player, are you banned from logging in and playing the game with saves and such?

 

[Guest]

Over the past 10+ years I have spent time playing MMO titles from a wide spectrum of game developers. During that time I have conversed with countless players who were suspended, banned, or otherwise warned for actions in game that violate the terms of "SERVICE"(TOS). In each case the accused party was aware they were in violation, had received warnings prior to suspension or bans, and without exception admitted to me they were guilty. Altering the product in any way, using packet sniffers, and exploiting weaknesses in the AI to defeat encounters you should otherwise not be able to.(what some posters like to sadly call "using strategy")are clearly a violation of the TOS. There are no excuses, exceptions, or sympathy due to any of these individuals. Bottom line you should have read the TOS, you were warned(even if you deny it), and you were guilty of the offense. Online gaming is a business and banning players for violations they are not certain of would be silly. Only exception; if you allow your friends to access your account and get banned for violations they committed, I concede, you are not guilty. You're just stupid!

 

[jojesa]

[citation][nom]pinkfloydminnesota[/nom]So if you cheat single player, are you banned from logging in and playing the game with saves and such?[/citation]
No. We are talking about multi-player. No one cares if you cheat on single player, since you're cheating against yourself.

 

[Guest]

i laugh at all these people and there justification for cheating. you are weak people and are probably people who by illegal software too.

 

[Graham_71]

Good Im glad there banned, they probably didn't pay for their copy anyway. Although if they did I suppose Blizzard could allow them to resume playing on battlenet but only in the 'Cheaters league'

 

[Guest]

I only have one thing to say to all the complainers out there and people trying to police online gaming... not everything in life is fair or equal, so don't expect it any place else, including online gaming. Those who thing or expect otherwise are simply naive.

That being said there are certain "cheats" (as they are classified) that I think are perfectly fine. They are widely known and available to all. One example of this is the maphack for Diablo 2 LOD. I don't see any harm in using one, and I disagree with all the whiners out there saying your not playing the game how its supposed to be played. Like much in this world, everyone does things differently. There is no right or wrong way to play a game, and if a developer honestly thinks for a moment that they can control how people play their games, they are sadly mistaken.

Before anyone goes ahead and flips out over my post, kindly notice that I said a maphack for Diablo 2 LOD is fine in my opinion, don't try making a comparison to any other game or try twisting my words to say something along the lines of well with your logic it would be okay to do this, cause simply put I didn't.

 

[flyinfinni]

Honestly- any of you saying that cheaters shouldn't be banned are either cheaters yourselves, or just stupid. #1- you AGREED to the terms of service! That should be the only reason necessary. #2- CHEATING ruins the game for others, especially in multi-player like Starcraft 2. #3- these are not harmless cheats in SC2- not resolution/maphack type cheats- they are things that give you an unfair advantage over your opponents, and that is really ridiculous- it ruins the game.

 

[Raidur]

Go Blizzard! Ban those noobs!

I'm glad Tom's reported this. To all of you thinking about or already cheating in SC2. STOP!

Interesting way to make a little extra cash too. 😉

 

[xnashx]

Gezz..my little brother got banned from WOW before when he was 11. Now he is 14....better not being doing that.

 

[eddieroolz]

They've made good on their promise. Cheaters should face off against each other in their own little world.

 

[Guest]

One of the great disappoints for me is that STEAM has not done the same thing on it's servers with MW2

 

[OvrClkr]

Hopefully they will keep on banning the accounts of those who alter the game for personal gain. If you cant play fair, you don't deserve a battle.net account. Now at days it's easy to find the hackers, they don't even turn the hacks off anymore (toggle).. They think nobody is watching, hilarious IMO...

 

[nielnield]

ppl pay 60$ bucks to cheat? lmfao.

 

[Goro]

[citation][nom]nielnield[/nom]ppl pay 60$ bucks to cheat? lmfao.[/citation]
agree..

and 90% of them are not what you would consider hackers they are nothing more then pest. Using somebody elses software clicking on a button is hardly hacking, they give the community a bad name. and Thank you Blizzard.

 

[Khimera2000]

i like this move. cheating has no benifits for the player in MP, there are no excuses becaus you can make your own maps. there is also the question of tournament play. last thing any one wants is to face 50 hackers when all you want is one clean match to practice on.

 

[zachary k]

cheaters never win, because they get banned and cant play anymore.

 

[hebe]

I am an administrator on a fairly large cheat site, and I've dealt with Blizzard before on a number of occasions. They frequently sent invalid DMCA take-down notices to the hosting provider for the site. That in itself is an offense (the DMCA has specific provisions in place to combat falsified take-down notices), so I'm not really sure how Blizzard gets off playing themselves off as the victims.

Still, I suppose they can do their best to stop cheating for a bit of time. VAC and its later iterations were said to be the most advanced anti-cheats of our time, and they were bypassed in a matter of minutes. Blizzard has waited to stockpile names so they could make a big show of blocking cheaters, but they won't do much in the long run. There simply aren't enough cheaters using invasive enough cheats to be of concern to them.

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]ssddx[/nom]I mean really.. he did it once, because he spent the time finding out the weakness in the monster ai. If anything he should get a atta-boy for the discovery and the ai fixed by the developer. It would be different if he did it 100s upon 100s of times. That isn't cheating - it is strategy. Just because an area is group-clear only doesnt mean that it cannot be done solo with the right skills/actions. Kudos! (over in Guildwars we have figured out how to solo areas too, though anet isnt as draconic as whomever your developer is)[/citation]

yea, it is a strategy, but here was the problem, i was the first one to do it. they still investagate things like that, but dont ban unless the person is takeing advantage of glitches and bugs anymore.

a friend of mine beat one of the games more recent expansions group content solo, before most people beat it in groups. the expansions now known as being the most pussy expansion they ever released, but they still investigated him because at the time, he beat it solo and was among if not the first.