Blizzard bans 14,000 warcraft players for cheating

[Lucky]

http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,55092,00.html

 

[mpitts]

HAW HAW!

 

[thawolfman]

Good.

I don't play WC3 but the cheating was running rampant in Diablo 2 & the Expansion.

Good to see them finally do something about the cheaters :disgust:

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

From the article:

Many gamers felt Blizzard's ban was far too lenient. Suspended players will still be able to play private games on Battle.net, Blizzard's online gaming platform. And they'll still be able to use the single-player version of the game.

Uh, are these "gamers" proposing we ban the players from single player, too? That's about the stupidest thing I've ever heard. They paid for the game (maybe), they can do whatever the hell they want with it.

 

[ElFenix]

heheh thats awesome

<--- needs to install his copy of wc3 and get playing

 

[DAWeinG]

Actually it's

"Warcraft III Map Hack Users Banned - 9/06/2002
In keeping with our aggressive stance against hacks and cheats, we have closed 20,504 accounts that were found to be using Warcraft III map hacks, and removed their ladder records. In addition, the CD keys of those offenders have been banned from ladder play for two weeks. We will continue to monitor the Warcraft III realms for malicious players. Please note: repeat offenders can suffer permanent removal from Battle.net if they continue to use hacks.

We regret having to employ these extreme measures; however, certain unscrupulous players have impaired the game play of the Warcraft III community as a whole, and severe action continues to be warranted and required.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this matter. If you would like to report additional instances of hacking or cheating, please contact us at hacks@blizzard.com. Thank you again for your continued support.

-- Blizzard Entertainment "

Ripped off from www.battle.net front page and www.battle.net/war3 They're really getting their act together.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

This is great.

But I don't agree w/ the ppl who say that it is too lenient...c'mon, ban single player? haha. I say as long as they can't play ladder/tourny's anymore, that's fair enough.

But glad that blizzard is doing this.

 

[Jzero]

They should give them more than 2 weeks. If my own abilities are any example of the typical player, you don't need to cheat to win

 

[SSP]

Good for them.

They should do the same thing in Counter Strike.

 

[Imported]

Originally posted by: Jzero
They should give them more than 2 weeks. If my own abilities are any example of the typical player, you don't need to cheat to win

Exactly what I think.

 

[prontospyder]

I'm sure Blizzard won't ban people who cheat in single player......after all, they post the single player cheats on their website.

 

[Smolek]

good

 

[Red Dawn]

They should ban everyone so those who play it could go back a something resembling a real life (Like me with my 8000+ posts here)

 

[stev0]

w00t!!! now i can start winning some games

 

[dexvx]

It was a 2 week ban because many people who cheated felt that Blizzard would never take them seriously enough to ban them for life. Also there are people on the bnet tech support channel who never cheat, but got caught because one of their allies in an arranged game cheated or they gave a key to a friend who cheated. Those people are warned and need to be warned.

Which brings this qusetion. Lets say you're in a Random team game (those people werent banned, only arranged) and you random teammate cheats. What will you do? Lose the game and lose a crap load of exp (thus being heroic and taking a loss) or "cheat" to win?

Other than that, I would say multiple infringements, and you need a permament ban.

 

[JeremyJoe]

serves em right, cheating is just wrong, get some skillz and dont be a punk like the terrorist that are against freedom

 

[Rallispec]

hahahahahah

owned

 

[pecel]

Cheat is GOOD

 

[UCDznutz]

Originally posted by: SSP
Good for them.

They should do the same thing in Counter Strike.

 

[kami]

Cool.

 

[MrBond]

I saw this in the PA forums the other day. Good for them. The guys at PA were saying to check out the bnet forums, because apparently the cheaters are whining trying to justify it.

Not only were they whining, they're also advocating going into stores, opening copies of WC3 and writing down the key so they can get back online before the ban period is over. Some kid posted about how he was just going to "return the game to bestbuy and if they complained have his mom yell at them so they take it back"

 

[Stark]

Originally posted by: kami
Cool.

 

[yakko]

Cool.

 

[Aquaman]

Good I hate cheaters......... that is why I never play unnless it's on a friends lan or his server

Cheers.
Aquaman

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: MrBond
I saw this in the PA forums the other day. Good for them. The guys at PA were saying to check out the bnet forums, because apparently the cheaters are whining trying to justify it.

Not only were they whining, they're also advocating going into stores, opening copies of WC3 and writing down the key so they can get back online before the ban period is over. Some kid posted about how he was just going to "return the game to bestbuy and if they complained have his mom yell at them so they take it back"

Someone grind that kid up and use him for fertilizer, so he has some chance to benefit the Human race.