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market bug using development server - crime and punishment
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:44 pm
by Forum
it has been brought to my attention people were abusing the development server, in order to gain unfair trades on the market.
The following players --who clearly traded on both dev and main server - have lost covert levels equal to the quantity of trades they did on the development server market.
This list will also act as a 'have been warned about abusing bugs is illegal' list, wherby account deletion (as stated in the rules) will be looked at for future abuses.
6426
8634
10526
11962
13782
14389
15959
22083
22325
23167
24650
24991
26377
26900
27039
27693
27999
31048
34402
40013
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:46 pm
by SSG EnterTheLion
just how I like it!! punish the ********.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:48 pm
by chunkysoup
whats the development server lol?
and 6426... thats jtest10... now im just freaked out
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:03 pm
by SSG EnterTheLion
chunkysoup wrote:whats the development server lol?
and 6426... thats jtest10... now im just freaked out
well that's for admin to know
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and 6426 was used to test the exploit. that's why it's there.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:13 pm
by chunkysoup
well how come i didnt get invited!!!
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:21 pm
by Mango
I am one of those players listed, I was informed that the site in question was a mirror site to help with the loading to prevent what happened last week.
I have been stripped of 5 covert levels, I started with level 21 and am now level 16, I find it impossible to believe that I did 5 trades on that server.
I have no reason to hide, as I am not a cheat, if Forum thinks this is just punishment then I will take the rap but my intent was never to cheat. Due to a war between myself and ETL (Omega/Grand Alliance) I would like an independant arbiter/mod to judge on this decision.
- Lord Mango
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:26 pm
by chunkysoup
ill do it, id say im pretty fair dude, explain what happened, both sides s'il vous plait
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:28 pm
by Forum
mango - i invited you to answer a few questions i PM'd you.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:29 pm
by SSG EnterTheLion
first of all I didn't make any decision regarding punishment. Hell I had to check who was on that list by using stat links just link the rest of you. NO ONE ELSE but admin has access to the database.
The punishment was admin's decision without any input from me.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:32 pm
by Lørd Søbek
wow, over half those ppl are in the [Eternal Knights] Alliance, and a little less are officers of Dynasty
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:36 pm
by chunkysoup
yea i noticed that myself heh, funny how those things happen, eh?
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:19 pm
by joshephe
we were told about this loophole by Bahamut the leader of the AK alliance.
I am also sorry for doing it and will not complain about the punishment being to harsh. Because the punishment is fair.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:22 pm
by Lørd Søbek
and u all just jumped on board eh? sounds like a backhanded policy to me. U must wonder that if they get caught once doing this how many other times they dont get caught.... just wondering to myself
but at least its something to look back on to think about next time u want to cheat... like when my parents took my laptop away for a month when i lied to them to go out with some girls to a party and they found out.... yeah, bad memories, not gonna try that again!
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:25 pm
by ohknee0
Justice is sweet
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:49 pm
by [AG]Ra
but i assume that girl was more sweeter
and yes, Bahamut told me about it, with the words "it's cheating, do not use it"
oh and btw: how did you know that josephe? maybe you should stay on EK forum
