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10/2/2010 2:15:48 AM
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Credit Resets
Good evening,
We are in the process of applying credit resets to approximately 15,000 users who we have identified as the most egregious Challenge Reset abusers.
A one day credit earning ban has also been applied, mostly to ensure that recipients receive an in-game notification of the action taken.
As with any such measure, we have taken the time to carefully select our criteria to eliminate false positives.
A more comprehensive pass will be occuring in the coming week as our automated Banhammer mechanisms grow accurate enough to satisfy our high bar for burden of proof. If you are thinking about getting an easy 50k credits by using this exploit, I would strongly advise you to reconsider.
Thank you, and please direct any discussion of these resets to this thread.
[b]Edit 1[/b]: a point of clarification. No bans were handed out tonight for
a) Playing too much Gruntpocalypse (no such thing!)
b) Using the target locator too much (no such thing!)
Specifically, we targeted an exploit that allowed players to complete a Challenge 20+ times via itentional network manipulation (i.e., disconnects.)
Spot checks have revealed the telltale signature of this behavior on every denier so far, so don't be fooled by the protests of innocence. We aren't.
[b]Edit 2[/b]:
1) If you have lost your Legendary Helmet or any other downloadable offers, you can re-download them via your Download History. We're not sure this is affecting anyone (we haven't reproduced it internally), but just in case it is, give this a try.
2) We won't be resetting Commendations, as we do not feel that the exploit used affected them. It would not be fair to people who did use the exploit but who wish to retain the record of their playstyle, and we cannot differentiate between the two systematically. Sorry.
[Edited on 10.01.2010 9:02 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Emperor Erno I haven't really done much research on it all, only just starting to pay attention to what's happening in politics. Yeah, people using the army as some kind of superiority badge are ridiculous. Oh, gives good credits, does it? xD Take care to avoid pulling cables out of patients and plugging them back in to redo operations 20 times in one day![/quote] BEST COMMENT IN THE HISTORY OF COMMENTS :D :D :D I'm going to make a promise to myself right now - if/when I join the Army, I am never, [i]ever[/i] going to use it in an effort to make myself look cool on an internet forum. Instead, I'm going to use it for useful things, like getting tax-free income, sweet health benefits and the opportunity to, you know, [i]make a difference[/i]. That's why I'm slaving away in a six year degree, after all. :P KIDDMNKY: I have a ton of respect for people who have been there and done that. God knows I've found myself wondering a lot of times if I'd be as strong as my dad if I found myself in some of the situations he was in. The stories I've heard are just the tip of the iceberg. I know there's stuff he doesn't want to talk about, probably stuff he [i]can't[/i] talk about. Most days, I'm just glad he survived long enough to be my dad, you know? He went through things so horrible he still has nightmares about them, saw friends dying before his eyes when he was only a couple of years older than me, and that's not even the worst of it. I'm just glad he's here to tell the tale (or not), even if survival came at such a high cost. Anyway, of course I can't pretend to understand all that stuff. I never said I did. That's one of the reasons I get a little annoyed when people use "I'm in the Army" as an excuse to be a douche. It trivialises and demeans the work of so many decent people. There are people out there laying down their lives, and some idiot thinks he can use this like some instant status badge on a forum? Give me a break. ...Whoa. I've clearly found one of my triggers. Sorry to get all SRS BIZNESS on people. I'm going to take five. Remember, cheaters: keep whining! Our continued amusement depends on it. [Edited on 10.03.2010 5:58 AM PDT]
