Questioning GM Decisions

[murrayh81]

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

Actually, MQ developers are without a doubt working on something undetectable by Rogean's code. Fewer will cheat knowing the risk but this is not the end of cheating.

QFT. This appears to be a classic 80/20 circumstance. For a while, whatever was being done to cheat was undetectable. The hard-core cheaters (~20%), who likely live their lives that way, are working or asking for new cheating tools, or probing to find work-arounds.

The ~80% who only did it because everyone they knew was doing it without getting caught or punished were what the GMs were probably trying to save.

So, by not treating everyone as the 20%'er, the staff now has to devote extra resources and effort to keeping ahead of the hard-core cheaters. I applaud their decision to give a break to some who no doubt were drawn in by peer pressure or loyalty to their friends. The punishment dealt is probably sufficient to keep them rolling straight.

Unfortunately, the threat is not gone, and hopefully the GMs/Devs will the arms race in future.

As one new to Project 1999, I have to say that this has not deterred me from coming on board, because this server is what I have been looking for since I quit Live. I see a lot of passionate people here on these boards and making posts in this thread, and I have met a lot of pleasant folks online, so the darkness of this event has not obscured the game.