makes me so happy another cheater is caught great job think you guys should got throught each sector and keep tabs on the higher level peeps. Great job keep up the good work
"This forum is not the place in which to discuss hackers please contact us via PM or email"
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"This forum is not the place in which to discuss hackers please contact us via PM or email"
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"Unless of course it makes us look like we do stuff......."
We would rather not make these issues public out of common courtesy and I hope this will not have to become habitual.
"I mete and dole / unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me."
-"Ulysses," Alfred, Lord Tennyson
While normally we do not discuss account bans in detail, as you have come on the forum to discuss this in public, we will respond in kind. Let me assure everybody that the last thing we want to do is ban players - after all, why would we want to make games, and then not let people play them? But, there are cases in which a user is cheating and we have no choice but to remove them from the game.
So, you won the most recent Revenge Raid, and were awarded with the Battleship hull on January 1st. Congratulations! The problem, however, is that you now have 50 battleships (no, that isn't a typo). I've provided screenshots of your base below, showing your fleets as well as the build times of the most common type of battleship that you've built, which takes 7 days and 15 hours to built. While you've spent credits in the game in the past, you have not spent anything since the most recent Revenge Raid. Building 50 of these battleships would take a grand total of 381.25 days, and it's been 4 days since the end of the event.
I think the evidence speaks for itself.
Here's your dock:
And here's the shipyard with the most common loadout of battleship that you've built:
I want to make sure that our players understand we do look for cheaters, we will remove them from the game, and we'll ban spenders - while we do appreciate people spending in the game, that doesn't mean they get to cheat. Oh, and the Battleship hull has been awarded to the runner-up in this sector.
i like it when kixeye makes things public, makes people think twice about cheating
way to get owned HACKER!!! I paid 5000.00 my **** lol.. those ships have been out less than a week.. i used the gold I got for reporting a hacker to speed 1 ship along... and that was after it has been building for 3 days... those things with the thud build cost about 40 bucks a pop... Kixeye will know if you have 2000.00 bucks worth of ships in your dock that you didnt pay for... lol...tah tah tah today junior... Lets burn brighter than the burned out lightbulb....
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I think Kixeye did good by making this public. Now everyone can see the hackers will get caught.
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Strange that the hacker never responded or attempted to defend himself.
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The guy was clearly a hacker and should have been banned. However, I do hope there was more evidence than those screen shots because all they prove is that he cheated after the raid. They show no evidence that he cheated during or before the raid. Therefore awarding the prize to the second place finisher may not have been justified. In the end I think it was the right thing to do. Just saying....
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Why in the heck would anyone want all 50 of their ships to be battlecruisers? I know they are badass but come on. All 50?
I had fun reading all the comments in this thread. One thing I haven't seen anyone comment on is that he "paid" for making all 50 ships (presumed from the example fleet) veteran ranked, which is also a hefty amount of creds to do so.
are you 100% sure , did he spend money to build them all and it has just glitched and not showin up on your side or what ? as you all should know this game is full of glitches , just hope you really did investigate it properly ..... other wise $5000 on a game just to be banned ... certainly would not be happy about that dont think any 1 would be
I had fun reading all the comments in this thread. One thing I haven't seen anyone comment on is that he "paid" for making all 50 ships (presumed from the example fleet) veteran ranked, which is also a hefty amount of creds to do so.
I'm pretty sure if he had spent ANYTHING after the raid, that part would have been stated. When you're running an online game, you need to have the structure in place to detect hackers/cheaters, otherwise the game will die VERY quickly. Also, I am in favor of Kixeye creating a "Wall of Shame" to post proof of folks hacking, this way we all know who they were and exactly how Kixeye caught them. Ok, maybe not EXACTLY... I mean, they DO have to keep some things private so folks can't figure how to get around their methods.
Although im in favour of a "Wall of Shame" Kixeye have to be careful about publicly denouncing players. So I suggest a rolling sticky that Kixeye can use to inform the forums when a player/players have been cault cheating by just posting something like...."A player in sector 999 was cault hacking (or whatever the reason) and was banned"
This will help show all the right minded players that they are proactive in hunting these people down and also be a constant warning to anyone thinking of cheating that they will get cault.
(Oh and yes I know there is no such sector as 999 before someone screams)
Player Name "Me"
Sector 409 this week
User ID : 1348345
We do not want to have a "wall of shame" to publicly call out players. For privacy reasons, we prefer to handle these issues one-to-one.
This particular player chose to bring his issue to the forums (probably because he thought he'd get the community behind him by complaining he was banned unfairly). As he chose to address the issue in public, we responded in kind.
i speak for sector 238 who was sick and tired of fighting his hacking ****....nah nah nah nah... nah ... nah ...nah... nah hey hey hey good bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shame Shame Shame lmao its good to see Kixeye doing a great job and keeping the game on fair and true
Keep up the great work kixeye
Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change, be slow to react, play hard, forgive quickly, take charge, give everything and have no regrets. Life is too short to let the small stuff get you down.
Skitzo Lv 61 Sector ***
Hulls: Barracuda, Goliath, Strike Cruiser, Battle Cruiser, Destroyer,Tritons,HH.A,,Hurricane,Thresher,Spectre,Battle_Ship,Mercury, and all the Forsaken Hulls.
We do not want to have a "wall of shame" to publicly call out players. For privacy reasons, we prefer to handle these issues one-to-one.
This particular player chose to bring his issue to the forums (probably because he thought he'd get the community behind him by complaining he was banned unfairly). As he chose to address the issue in public, we responded in kind.
your whole forum demeanor is rather sinister lol... i love it. the cool, collected manner in which you destroyed this chap's credibility combined with your avatar, screen name and little caption dealy ["Minister of Truth"]
way to shut it down. the man shamelessly tried to gather a rally behind him and you SQUASHED it.
to me that is not a hack, there is a guy in sec 28 who has only the just a little more than that, cause he still has labs, but he just buys the ships he wants
Kixeye, make this a sticky. Xander that has to be the best Kixeye reply I have ever seen, I bet he did not expect you to come back with all of that but with those stupid threat's i'm glad you did and wish you would name and shame all hackers. My mate was blocked yesterday for hacking but we all know he's no hacker and was pleased to find that he was allowed back on-line this morning. It's a shame he was blocked to start with but you clearly investigated his base quickly so thanks. Well Done to Kixeye
are you 100% sure , did he spend money to build them all and it has just glitched and not showin up on your side or what ? as you all should know this game is full of glitches , just hope you really did investigate it properly ..... other wise $5000 on a game just to be banned ... certainly would not be happy about that dont think any 1 would be
This HAS to be one of the most stupid replies to a thread I have seen of late, change your name to "DumbNutz" !
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"Unless of course it makes us look like we do stuff......."
Do not put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow just as well. Mark Twain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAdzBaPDmJk&feature=youtu.be
I miss the 'Classic Version' of Battle Pirates!
We would rather not make these issues public out of common courtesy and I hope this will not have to become habitual.
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me."
-"Ulysses," Alfred, Lord Tennyson
i like it when kixeye makes things public, makes people think twice about cheating
Do not put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow just as well. Mark Twain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAdzBaPDmJk&feature=youtu.be
I miss the 'Classic Version' of Battle Pirates!
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I think Kixeye did good by making this public. Now everyone can see the hackers will get caught.
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Strange that the hacker never responded or attempted to defend himself.
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The guy was clearly a hacker and should have been banned. However, I do hope there was more evidence than those screen shots because all they prove is that he cheated after the raid. They show no evidence that he cheated during or before the raid. Therefore awarding the prize to the second place finisher may not have been justified. In the end I think it was the right thing to do. Just saying....
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Why in the heck would anyone want all 50 of their ships to be battlecruisers? I know they are badass but come on. All 50?
>>Evasion and speed is your friend<<
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Hulls - most of them
Limited Hulls - most of them
Weapons - most of them
This will help show all the right minded players that they are proactive in hunting these people down and also be a constant warning to anyone thinking of cheating that they will get cault.
(Oh and yes I know there is no such sector as 999 before someone screams)
Sector 409 this week
User ID : 1348345
This particular player chose to bring his issue to the forums (probably because he thought he'd get the community behind him by complaining he was banned unfairly). As he chose to address the issue in public, we responded in kind.
Fortis fortuna adiuvat
Keep up the great work kixeye
Skitzo Lv 61 Sector ***
Hulls: Barracuda, Goliath, Strike Cruiser, Battle Cruiser, Destroyer,Tritons,HH.A,,Hurricane,Thresher,Spectre,Battle_Ship,Mercury, and all the Forsaken Hulls.
your whole forum demeanor is rather sinister lol... i love it. the cool, collected manner in which you destroyed this chap's credibility combined with your avatar, screen name and little caption dealy ["Minister of Truth"]
way to shut it down. the man shamelessly tried to gather a rally behind him and you SQUASHED it.
This HAS to be one of the most stupid replies to a thread I have seen of late, change your name to "DumbNutz" !