Jan 13, 2010, 01:47 AM
FWIW, it was never my intention to get anyone permanently banned, and I was not aware of this until just now.
My goal was simply to expose Chronvict's wallhacking to stop him from doing it and to discourage others from doing it. Veteran players tended to have one of two attitudes when I approached them about others using wallhacks -- either (1) "it's life, some people abuse the system, just deal with it," and (2) "if you can't beat'em, join'em" (no one said that, per se, but I almost felt like that was the only other option people had). I feel like there should be a third option -- expose cheaters, embarrass them, and make them stop. I don't know if I achieved that, but hopefully this will discourage others from installing wallhacks to compete with cheaters.
Also, FWIW, Chronvict's attitude is generally a positive one on the server, and he will be missed. Hopefully he can come back soon. Though I don't like him spreading lies about my involvement with DesA, and his votekicking me ultimately led me to proceed with this public exposure (after I had asked him in private to stop), I don't think his attitude has been so awful to get himself permanently banned (assuming he stops cheating).
My goal was simply to expose Chronvict's wallhacking to stop him from doing it and to discourage others from doing it. Veteran players tended to have one of two attitudes when I approached them about others using wallhacks -- either (1) "it's life, some people abuse the system, just deal with it," and (2) "if you can't beat'em, join'em" (no one said that, per se, but I almost felt like that was the only other option people had). I feel like there should be a third option -- expose cheaters, embarrass them, and make them stop. I don't know if I achieved that, but hopefully this will discourage others from installing wallhacks to compete with cheaters.
Also, FWIW, Chronvict's attitude is generally a positive one on the server, and he will be missed. Hopefully he can come back soon. Though I don't like him spreading lies about my involvement with DesA, and his votekicking me ultimately led me to proceed with this public exposure (after I had asked him in private to stop), I don't think his attitude has been so awful to get himself permanently banned (assuming he stops cheating).