So Long, StarCraft II Cheaters! Enjoy the Ban!

[JMcEntegart]

Cheaters, be gone!

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[soccerplayer88]

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.

 

[RipperjackAU]

Playing StarCraft II legitimately means playing with an unaltered game client.

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!

 

[jasonr49]

Couldn't agree with this action more... cheaters ultimately ruin it for everyone.

Maybe they should allow a "cheating server"?

 

[azcoyote]

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...

 

[accolite]

That never stopped anyone before!

 

[ColMirage]

[citation][nom]RipperjackAU[/nom]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![/citation]

Protip: SC2 does not require a disc to play.

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[darkchazz]

Why can't they do the same with MW2 🙁

 

[widcard]

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.

 

[david714]

All the cheaters should be connected to a special cheating server when they log in so they would all be together.

 

[Tomtompiper]

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.

 

[ricardok]

[citation][nom]soccerplayer88[/nom]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.[/citation]
Actually, you can change your MAC address by hand. Just to to the MAC Settings of your router and, done.

 

[Stifle]

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...

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]RipperjackAU[/nom]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![/citation]
There's no need for a nocd crack because the game doesn't require the disc to be inserted for playing.

 

[Anomalyx]

[citation][nom]Tomtompiper[/nom]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.[/citation]
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)

 

[restatement3dofted]

[citation][nom]Tomtompiper[/nom]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.[/citation]

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.

 

[xaero1ne]

cheater all need to be strung up by their private parts from a really
tall tree.

 

[geofry]

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.

 

[Gin Fushicho]

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.

 

[HavoCnMe]

That'll teach'em!

 

[yamagiru]

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.

 

[aaron92]

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.

 

[aaron92]

[citation][nom]yamagiru[/nom]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.[/citation]

There is no keygen for any Blizzard game that will let you use Battle.net, so stop talking out of your ass kid.

 

[vertigo_2000]

[citation][nom]geofry[/nom]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.[/citation]
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.