Post by Peace-=Of-God=- on May 15, 2008 20:08:59 GMT -5
It has come to my attention that some of our guests, members, and even admins are using a tool put out by a known cheater (by the name of Rifle[Hazard], to be precise) in order to fabricate evidence against possible cheaters in our server by the use of "linked accounts" -- that is to say, there is some shred of possibility that the person has another account that is banned somewhere, so they use that to disrespect someone in our server.
Allow me to make this very clear: Anything with a copyright by "Anticheat Incorporated and Rifle[Hazard]" ranks right up there with horoscopes and mythology, as far as the true AA anti-cheating community is concerned. "Linked accounts" mean absolutely nothing, other than that an account that got caught cheating at one time had the same IP address that another account had at some other time or has now. If IP addresses were all static and never changed, then it might possibly be able to be considered evidence ... however, IP addresses are not all static, and even static IP's can change. (For example: I've had about 15 different IP addresses today, with this lousy connection I've got at home and the different places where I connected via wireless while I was out .)
Even if there was 100% proof that it was a cheater on a new account, that is not evidence for a kick or ban. The AASA policy (and ours as well, for the most part) is that we ban the account, not the person ... if the person makes a new account and keeps it clean, they can play on AASA servers (including ours) on that account. Also, our server rule #6 does state that no player is permitted to be disrespected on our servers (and being made the subject of such an ACI/Hazard witchhunt is extremely disrespectful).
I know that most people aren't aware of this info -- that's why I'm bringing it up. But kicking a player for having "linked accounts" (or even hinting at cheating by mentioning "linked accounts") is not permitted on our servers -- such disrespect never has been permitted on our servers, nor will it ever be in the future. If you're among those using that cheater's tool, I highly recommend that you get rid of it now; if you've been accusing others of cheating because of "linked accounts", stop doing so now ... and if you see someone do it on our server, tell that person that they are not allowed to disrespect other players in that manner on our server. Thank you.
~ Jeff
Allow me to make this very clear: Anything with a copyright by "Anticheat Incorporated and Rifle[Hazard]" ranks right up there with horoscopes and mythology, as far as the true AA anti-cheating community is concerned. "Linked accounts" mean absolutely nothing, other than that an account that got caught cheating at one time had the same IP address that another account had at some other time or has now. If IP addresses were all static and never changed, then it might possibly be able to be considered evidence ... however, IP addresses are not all static, and even static IP's can change. (For example: I've had about 15 different IP addresses today, with this lousy connection I've got at home and the different places where I connected via wireless while I was out .)
Even if there was 100% proof that it was a cheater on a new account, that is not evidence for a kick or ban. The AASA policy (and ours as well, for the most part) is that we ban the account, not the person ... if the person makes a new account and keeps it clean, they can play on AASA servers (including ours) on that account. Also, our server rule #6 does state that no player is permitted to be disrespected on our servers (and being made the subject of such an ACI/Hazard witchhunt is extremely disrespectful).
I know that most people aren't aware of this info -- that's why I'm bringing it up. But kicking a player for having "linked accounts" (or even hinting at cheating by mentioning "linked accounts") is not permitted on our servers -- such disrespect never has been permitted on our servers, nor will it ever be in the future. If you're among those using that cheater's tool, I highly recommend that you get rid of it now; if you've been accusing others of cheating because of "linked accounts", stop doing so now ... and if you see someone do it on our server, tell that person that they are not allowed to disrespect other players in that manner on our server. Thank you.
~ Jeff