Oowomp permanent despawned?

[SirAlvarex]

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

I have never seen a community so quickly to rally for bannings and punishing the slightest malfeasance. I love it here.

The GMs have set a precedence on banning people for breaking one of the rules. Whether good or bad, as long as you don't do something cool that you just found out about that isn't documented on Alla, then you should be fine.

*Insert joke about exploits being classic*

[Slave]

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

The GMs have set a precedence on banning people for breaking one of the rules.

That rule being 2-boxing.

Even people who have run intensely invasive and advantageous 3rd party programs as a matter of course, have gotten their accounts (full of illegitimate items) handed right back to them. Hundreds of these accounts.

It is one thing to ban people for 2-boxing.

It's something completely different when you then DON'T ban hackers and exploiters.

I don't know the exact rules for Guides but I suspect Ephi is either taking some liberty with them when he sees people exploiting, and his reaction is to remove the source of the exploit rather than punish the offenders, or has received instructions from the developers or Ambrotos. (Er, who is server GM now that Ambrotos has been deployed?)

[Ephi]

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

I don't know the exact rules for Guides but I suspect Ephi is either taking some liberty with them when he sees people exploiting, and his reaction is to remove the source of the exploit rather than punish the offenders, or has received instructions from the developers or Ambrotos. (Er, who is server GM now that Ambrotos has been deployed?)

Sirken has also removed Oowomp on occasion for the same reason.

And if people don't get the message that exploitation means punishment, well my ban button will work just fine later too.

Everybody wants heads to roll lately. This whole thread is a bit sad, honestly. Trust me, they're rolling anyway.

[Slave]

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

Sirken has also removed Oowomp on occasion for the same reason.

And if people don't get the message that exploitation means punishment, well my ban button will work just fine later too.

Everybody wants heads to roll lately. This whole thread is a bit sad, honestly. Trust me, they're rolling anyway.

Everybody wants heads to roll, because there is a (well-earned) perceived softness in the developers when it comes to exploiters on P99.

We are going to be talking about the Great Wrist Slap of 2011 forever. Get used to it.

[fishingme]

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

Sirken has also removed Oowomp on occasion for the same reason.

This, is why i don't believe this

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

And if people don't get the message that exploitation means punishment, well my ban button will work just fine later too.

Everybody wants heads to roll lately. This whole thread is a bit sad, honestly. Trust me, they're rolling anyway.

I think if you guys were serious about this exploit and any future exploits then you would suspend, you don't even need to give them a long suspension. Just something to let them know "hey, you screwed up for repeatedly using an exploit. You get a 3 hour suspension now, and if you do it again you're getting a 24 hour suspension."

[Slave]

Look, there's a big younger population out there right now and how you take care of business is going to reflect on how they behave later.

Do we want the next generation of high level characters to think it's ok to cheat until you remove the exploit, or do we want them in fear for their goddamn characters if they cheat?

[Bamzal Sherbet]

On live, to prevent bind rushing they implemented respawning with zero mana on pvp deaths. On P1999 red, to prevent bind rushing they implemented experience loss on pvp deaths.

Apply that same type of troubleshooting, critical thinking, planning, and foresight to this scenario, and instead of a logical fix, you have NPC deleted from the game.

Sometimes I wish i was paying a subscription fee, just so I could cancel it on you.

[godlovesninjas]

Oh I wasn't being sarcastic, I do genuinely love it. I love seeing a community that doesn't tolerate shit — especially when it's blatantly against the rules and goes unenforced. I would love to see a more strict enforcement of things.

I played a guide back on Live during Velious and for Live, things were pretty strict back then. I can tell you, I'd start right off with namechanges for about 30 characters I've already bumped into.

[Itap]

The only reason the undead bard was an exploit is because he is perma rooted upon spawning, which means root rot classes didnt need to root to DoT/nuke

[Knuckle]

oh is that the only reason