Someone running scripts?

[Haikon]

Has anyone else noticed that there seems to be less naq out there today? Alot of my farms are 0 right after TC.

[Juliette]

Yes.. this was reported by various people.

It will be investigated. Admin knows.

[Haikon]

K Thanks

[Drahazar]

I know myself and a few others noticed this... todays farming amount was a good 80% lower than any other day...

[SVaRuN]

Lupus in fabula

[Juliette]

I know myself and a few others noticed this... todays farming amount was a good 80% lower than any other day...

Turn changes last and one hour ago do not seem to have any out-of-place results. When did this last happen?
Anyone have ID's of people who were stripped?

[SVaRuN]

The last time was about 15:40 game time give or take the last turn before that.

The next turn was normal

[Juliette]

Forum would appreciate it if you could for each turn (please give time in gametime) give about 10 IDs had 0 Naquadah, if you please.

Thanks!

[SVaRuN]

Ah yes... was planning to do so. The only problem is that the very next turn all was in order

[Haikon]

The last TC seemed better but still a little lite. I noticed it this morning around 6:00 gametime. Was on about every hour or so till about 10:00 gametime. Just got back on an hour ago and same thing. Now my farms seem to be reloading but I'll keep an eye on them for a few hours

[Sphinx42]

Rather than having to keep checking your farms right after turn change in the unlikely case that you find a clue, here's an easier way to catch a bunch of potential script-using accounts:

- have a member of your alliance (or yourself, if you're up to it) sit low ranked but well defended for a while
- periodically check the attack logs
- check any account that makes a failed attack on said low ranked member
- if it's a relatively new account (ID in the 1980+ range), unascended or at best prior, probably undefended but with a decent covert level, keep an eye on it; it will probably exhibit the following behavior: make a few quick hits for low amounts of naq (but often having large amounts out for a short time), repair its attack weapons and then bank really fast; it will do this for several turns without getting tired, and even if attacked repeatedly it will not attack back, send any rude messages or stop farming (like most newbies would normally do)
- if you observe this pattern several times, chances are it's a bad boy

A bunch of Slovenian accounts were taken care of almost a year ago, and a couple of others were recently ostracized (thanks to admin Sue, I would assume). But there is still a few of them out there, and they seem to be evolving (like mentioned above, some of them are now priors, and there are even some suspicious ones that actually have a defense).

[ƒëmmë]

does it really matter after Icebreaker's case and Duck Dodgers "wife" System Mistress script using and nothing done about it?

same as all the other cheats/multies nothing gets done anymore.. hell you can legally have multi acc now with the NewGrounds thing..

[Sphinx42]

does it really matter after Icebreaker's case and Duck Dodgers "wife" System Mistress script using and nothing done about it?

It does to those of us who spend a decent amount of time and effort to catch up in a free game without having to spend cash. Each bot seriously cuts into the honest players' profit, especially if they can't play the game 24/7 (unlike bots, who don't need to rest or work).

same as all the other cheats/multies nothing gets done anymore..

Actually, things do get done - I've mentioned a few examples above, but there have also been many other occasions when admin Sue has promptly replied to all kinds of e-mails (suspicious accounts, log-in issues, etc.). Of course, users need to do their part to help too - which is why this forum section exists after all, right?

hell you can legally have multi acc now with the NewGrounds thing..

While I'm also against the idea of 'legal multies', everyone having the option of having 2 accounts is not quite as serious an issue as having half a dozen accounts which constantly strip the battlefield of naq (some twice in less than an hour, as I've seen a little while ago).

[R0B3RT]

yep the script run again and i see 1 running today:(

[Sphinx42]

yep the script run again and i see 1 running today:(

It has been running for weeks, there's maybe half a dozen accounts or more doing it.