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Guild Wars 2: Public Humiliation for a Notorious Cheater
SBFord
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The ArenaNet security team has a message for Guild Wars 2 cheaters: DON'T. If it's not enough for some, there is this that was recorded by Chris Cleary where a rather notorious cheater was stripped, thrown to the ground from a precipitous height, had all characters deleted and the account banned.
Let's hope the lesson sticks the next time someone is tempted to cheat.
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I would prefer statistics of banned accounts.
I remember times when I would report 20 bots a day and I know some still "play" with their status set to afk and that in the zone where I caught them botting.
Rather than pushing one guy over the cliff it would be better to show us how many botters and cheaters bite the dust each month.
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@stevebombsquad - Come on man. That's not what's going on here. I don't know why you have a hot button for this issue, but that is a real stretch. They just killed the character as part of an account ban. This has nothing to do with suicide in a social context. Why don't nudists start complaining too? My my, America. Your PC meter is going to bury the needle...
Anyway, I think they should take more proactive measures in this game (and others) to remove cheaters, bots, expoiters. I know it takes time and resources, but with the amount of money many of these games rake in, you'd think they could handle hiring a few full-time people to keep an active eye on these situations and penalize cheaters. And it can REALLY ruin the experience for other people, like in Archeage.
This to me shows just how amateurish these jokers are. Really it does. This isn't going to stop anyone from cheating. Further people wouldn't be prompted to cheat in this messed up excuse for an mmo had they actually had a viable and not broken system of loot acquisition.
I'm absolutely no fan of cheaters I hate them as much as the next guy but they bring this kind of thing on themselves when they have no idea what they are doing. Loot nerfs to an already messed up system, using things like DR which has yet to get rid of a single bot to this day?! Seriously and now posting this as if it means anything. Yeah. Talk about childish.
It would've been much better if they left his body there permanently.
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Would've been better if they'd stripped his body down to nothing but a censor bar, then hung him from a gibbet in front of the inn or something. With his nameplate visible for all to see.
Or maybe placed his head on a pike outside the gates. I've always been a fan of that, as it gets the message across without any ambiguity whatsoever. Of course, placing his actual head on a pike outside Arenanet HQ would be far better, but the authorities would probably have something to say about that.
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Good riddance. ANET as well as other companies should get generally harder against cheaters, people like this can destroy an entire game.
And shaming is not a bad idea. Whatever that works.
Now if they could be harder about not rewarding people who contribute close to nothing in Silver marches as well I would be a happy camper. Far too often do the main event fail because some people just tag a mob or 2 and then goes AFK or something.
GW2 do have a good system already for seeing who actually did their part on who doesnät (could still need some tweaking though) but they are far too happy with awarding people who does close to nothing far too much for their work. Some balancing there would do wonders for the game.
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"sigh" We need more f2pish stupidity,yay!
Yeah,awesome-we banned 1 guy and humiliated his character :
I see like 10 bots/cheaters every day,they teleport around and gather mats
Is this ruin experience?Maybe anet should play their own game as ordinary player for (atleast) year to feel how game is awesome now,and why there are bots and cheaters -.-
your a fun little munchkin arent you.
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You are going to tell me that this is professional? Whatever.....
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Gotta love some of the posters calling ANET immature and childish for bringing public shame to cheaters before banning them.
I only get one thing from these posters, you are hurt because you are at risk of getting the shame hammer too for cheating. And if you dont play the game, carry on, your hate comment means nothing.
At least ANET fights cheaters. They should also show their name and account during the banning process. That would be so enjoyable.
Cheaters deserve harsh punishments, and making them public is just a nice bonus.
Your reply is irrational and immature. Because others view this as unprofessional, they must be cheaters? No, some of us like confidentiality to be preserved, and when devs break that trust, you have to start worrying about your account. Not all devs are saints, and stunts like this make it harder to trust them.
That's a great idea, like the bodies you saw in WoW. Make them spammers and cheaters with a cheater title. Or else just flag their account for open PvP.
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There is nothing unethical about this, stop devaluing that word.
Name shamming is fond upon because usually player can misinterpret the actions going on the screen aka falsely accusing another player of something he or she did not do. However, in this case it is as clear as it is and it was later confirmed by the dev hence why he decided to publically shame the cheater since the cheater was been ruining the game for hundreds of players for weeks now. Since the person is getting perminately banned it doesn't matter if he is shammed or not.
In anycase, like everything in life some like you will not be happy and others will be happy about the public shamming. However, just because you don't like it doesn't make it unethical. Stop trying to use hyperbole.
Also if the news can do it in real life what makes you think a video game is different?
Agreed. I will give them the gun and bullet.
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Thought this one was kind of lame, Grenth in GW was better -
Please explain how being harsh to a cheater causes decent players to not trust a company? Stop defending wrong doings. They are not showing/banning players that play by the rules. What confidentiality? the cheaters confidentiality? so they get a new game and start doing the same thing again and again? show who they are so everyone avoid that person. Period.
This topic is not about games only, you should be punished everywhere you try to cheat and be known publicly as a cheater. A game, a job, anywhere. I do not believe in keeping bad apples confidential, that sounds more like being an accomplice and in my eyes that is more unprofessional. Kudos to every company who puts bad apples to shame. Are you scared that they will do it to you? dont cheat. Period.