cheaters said:
When you ban people based on opinions of others it turns into a witchhunt. For judgement to be fair there needs to be concrete evidence. Maximou admitted himself that he tried using cheats. That is the main evidence that justifies the ban. Everything else would have been arguable as it could have been faked by others. This is why I disagreed on ban of Hokej for presumed autoblocking. From an analytical standpoint people that are experienced can potentially conclude who is using cheats. However, it is still not concrete evidence and remains a subjective view no matter how experienced the player that is doing the judgement is. Therefore punishment on such basis won't be truly objective.
People cannot prove that it is indeed Maximou who made the forum account as anyone can use any nickname. But like I said, the main evidence is his own words. Did he make a mistake by admitting it himself? Yes. Is the judgement unfair? No. Words and subjective judgement can be used in a manipulative and abuse way, that's why we need to rely on concrete evidence. For example, if Darklight himself in the future admits that he casually used hacks I would support banning him from any future events. There should be zero tolerance against any kind of cheating or attempt at cheating. It is absolutely frustrating to hear people support casual hacking, when any form of software cheating is damaging to the game and the community. However, in his case it is other people that used subjective evidence to accuse him. Until objective concrete evidence is provided he is innocent and has never used cheats in any way in my eyes. Innocent until proven guilty.
This is the reality and it is the only way to be objective when dealing with cheaters here. It is sad, but hopefully Bannerlord will really have some sort of anti cheating software solution. Time will tell.
