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Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

if their serfer is so good why do they have to post 500x on this forums?

oh wait you are staff/moderator/dev over there... makes tons of sense to me

enjoy RoZ secrets, but don't trash rogean cuz he thor smited a bunch of weebs for bein toxic scum on a server

It is GREAT that the devs have showed up at all to show any interest in this box, pras the fuk out of it, and get a grip babe

Few things you're forgetting or not informed about here:

1) I only do anti-cheat for Rise of Zek. That's literally the only reason I'm still 'staff/moderator/dev/virgin smasher/whatever you want to call it' over there. I disagree largely with the notion that EverQuest PvP is worth anyone's time, whether you be a player or an administrator on these servers. That being said, I get off to banning people who are hacking, cheating or exploiting. I have always been interested in ensuring those types are unable to prosper, ever since I started doing emulator stuff in 2007 and to this day that hasn't changed.

2) Rogean and I are good pals. I spend a ton of time talking to him in private, casually and for other reasons, and I am not 'trashing him' by posting on Project 1999 defending my interests, and his interests. I am glad he is taking precautions to protect Project 1999 from false accusations on these forums like the ones posted by The Heretic in the Red Server Discussion subforum. I also would like to mention that I fully respect the project and its many contributors over the years. There is zero need to accuse me of hostility when I have said nothing hostile in this thread, and outside of this thread, I constantly rush to the defense of this server. My words in this thread prior stand, and I will not take them back as doing so would be lying to myself.

3) I like to protect everyone from undesirable players. If someone is acting out on Project 1999, it's within my interest to protect my friends from threats in the same vain that I protect myself. I do not advocate for those players who were banned for cheating to go to Rise of Zek, or any other EQ server. In fact, it would be nice if they went away forever. I have no desire to advocate for those people.

4) I have no financial, physical, or otherwise tangible investment in EverQuest. I have an emotional investment in making sure that this game is available for many years to come and that the playing field is even for everyone to enjoy as long as they play fair.

5) I disagree with how EverQuest is designed fundamentally. I would go as far as to say that the game was only successful because of the lack of options at the time for other games to select from, and is only successful now because of rose-tinted nostalgia glasses that everyone sees the game through. However, classic EverQuest must be preserved so that we learn from the good parts of the game; namely the $15/mo subscription model, the lack of paid options to progress in the game through cash shops or loot boxes, and no time gated progression mechanics that are held behind financial investment.

Project 1999 (and thus EQEmulator) exist so that we may not forget how successful that model was once, and likely still is - had it not been for greed polluting the gaming industry deeming the model financially unviable.

I think I touched on all the subjects here and I rest my case.

Are we 100% sure you can’t cheat on RoZ? I played version 1.0 for a bit and it was pretty shady.

I think the assumption of how the EQ community thinks an anticheat works is why they also think Project 1999 or Rise of Zek does nothing to prevent cheats, boxing, or VPN usage. You always hear about people 'bypassing' and having 'undetectable hacks' and such. You hear all about that, of corurse... they're normally loud and dumb, normally to drive sales or usage of these programs. How many people admit to actually getting banned for such a thing afterwards? Probably not that many for fear of community retaliation, especially in a multiplayer PVP game. So the number of people that brag about getting away with it is normally higher than those actually banned.

On top of that, most good anticheats aren't automatically banning for these programs. If you give people a nice notification that they are detected, you simply just have to change the program until they don't get the notification anymore. Doesn't seem very effective, does it?