Massive Cheater Purge [It Happened!]

GrizzoMtGPQ
GrizzoMtGPQ Posts: 776 Critical Contributor
edited January 2017 in MtGPQ General Discussion
Just got word that the known cheaters have been purged! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

Thank you for doing something about this! Please keep up the viligence.

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  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited January 2017
    This means everyone needs to be more vigilant and send tickets in with proof.

    A few people put A LOT of work into gathering evidence while the rest just whined.

    DO YOUR PART -- because I think we already know they ugly graphics and new sets are more important to Hibernum than actually developing code to stop the cheaters.
  • Stormbringer0
    Stormbringer0 Posts: 190 Tile Toppler
    Sounds great. I heard a lot about that cheaters, but how do I detect them?
  • buscemi
    buscemi Posts: 673 Critical Contributor
    Credit where credit is due: I'm disgusted that action had taken this long, and appalled by the methods used to apply it, which in the past I have been censored for talking about.
  • MrStem0
    MrStem0 Posts: 40
    I also give them my credit too, hopefully what was contributed helped, but they aren't all gone. We shouldn't have to be vigilant, how hard is it for the leaderboards to be automatically scanned or win submissions timestamped server side and the process automated for flagging.

    However while this is the only way to give us a fair chance in the events we must do what we can, even if this scenario just shouts if you are going to cheat, atleast be smart.

    I hope this isn't how they plan on maintaining the situation.
  • Nitymp
    Nitymp Posts: 320 Mover and Shaker
    Really happy this happened. Not particularly happy about the way it finally happened tho. Massive thanks to Alve for collating and passing on information!
  • MrStem0
    MrStem0 Posts: 40
    Definitely!

    *Tips hat to Alve

    Thanks
  • DaisukeK
    DaisukeK Posts: 35
    QB police is finally at work icon_e_smile.gif
    Hope that poor guy with 500pts/hr I reported got what he deserves.
    Always watching manawhite.png
  • losdamianos
    losdamianos Posts: 429 Mover and Shaker
    bken1234 wrote:

    DO YOUR PART -- because I think we already know they ugly graphics and new sets are more important to Hibernum than actually developing code to stop the cheaters.
    You forgot laggy* but other than that fully agree
  • Steeme
    Steeme Posts: 784 Critical Contributor
    edited January 2017
    DaisukeK wrote:
    QB police is finally at work icon_e_smile.gif
    Hope that poor guy with 500pts/hr I reported got what he deserves.
    Always watching manawhite.png

    BOOM!


    Edit: So this doesn't get modded for one-word replies. 500 pts/hour is just ridiculously brazen. Hopefully Hibernum can just automatically detect it now and flag the accounts.
  • Machine
    Machine Posts: 856 Critical Contributor
    Stormbringer0 wrote:
    Sounds great. I heard a lot about that cheaters, but how do I detect them?

    I would also like to know how to detect them / how they were detected by other players? I'm glad cheaters got what they deserved.
  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited January 2017
    Stormbringer0 wrote:
    Sounds great. I heard a lot about that cheaters, but how do I detect them?

    I'll PM you.
  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    I am a bit dismayed to see a known cheater at the top of the Platinum leaderboards for Terror. Did no one bother to get screenshots on him?
  • buscemi
    buscemi Posts: 673 Critical Contributor
    bken1234 wrote:
    I am a bit dismayed to see a known cheater at the top of the Platinum leaderboards for Terror. Did no one bother to get screenshots on him?

    You'd almost think it wasn't our job to do that.
  • Astralwind
    Astralwind Posts: 98 Match Maker
    +1 for the good work.
  • The_Cheater
    The_Cheater Posts: 10
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  • James13
    James13 Posts: 665 Critical Contributor
    A positive step, but also a little scary in a way.

    If they are relying on community reports to erase people's accounts I really hope they are triple checking everything. And not just a "This guy scores well in events more than I do; erase their account".

    Given what I've seen of both bugs and community, I'm not sure I trust either to wield that kind of power, honestly. icon_lol.gificon_e_confused.gif
  • Dan40s
    Dan40s Posts: 1
    The AI is one of the worst offenders at times.
  • Springs
    Springs Posts: 29 Just Dropped In
    Just my two cents. I won my first platinum QB over the weekend. It took me approximately 18 hours of play and over 2000 points. When trying for this achievement (just to say I did it) I screenshot the leader board every few hours. If you are attempting to finish doing the same I would advise you do the same.

    Happy gaming everyone
  • octal9
    octal9 Posts: 593 Critical Contributor
    Dan40s wrote:
    The AI is one of the worst offenders at times.
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    AI doesn't cheat.

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