SC 2 bans SP cheaters
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The Shadow
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It still doesn't mean that you blacklist their keys. It's just retarded. It's not like they're re-distributing it or anything. Just ban them from the achievements.
I'm more protestin' that they're doing this with their powers. Not the actual banning, but rather the fact they can, is what ticks me off.
Aren't games for fun?
It's not like starcraft is a profession or anything.
If some insecure 11 year old kid wants the achievements, so what? We're talking about the spirit of the law versus the letter of the law. It's still a game. It's point is still enjoyment. So ban them from it forever? Or just make them spend an extra $60
I'm more protestin' that they're doing this with their powers. Not the actual banning, but rather the fact they can, is what ticks me off.
Aren't games for fun?
It's not like starcraft is a profession or anything.
If some insecure 11 year old kid wants the achievements, so what? We're talking about the spirit of the law versus the letter of the law. It's still a game. It's point is still enjoyment. So ban them from it forever? Or just make them spend an extra $60
Necrolancer
Squire
Bolkonsky said:
Go tell Koreans that
Pjoo
Master Knight
It might be in a single player game, but they are hacking to affect the online parts and other players of the game. There would be no argument if this happened in WoW and people hacked them some of the achievements with rare special titles and mounts, with no gameplay effects. It would simply ruin the point of trying to get the achievement, as anyone could get it. Where's the E-peen!? While there are probably less focus on the achievements in SC2 community, being able to hack achievements basically ruins that aspect of the game for everyone.
Because I clearly shouldn't be allowed to modify files on my own hard drive.Austupaio said:
That's because WoW quite sensibly doesn't have anything on the client machine you can hack to do that. Presumably SCII does, in which case it's Blizzard's incompetence which is the problem, not people cheating.Pjoo said:
Austupaio
Duke
At both Archonsod and Bolkonsky..
They're allowed to do whatever they want with your key as soon as you agree to their EULA. Don't like it? Don't agree to the EULA by not buying the game. The EULA is legally required to be available for anyone to read prior to purchasing the game.
They're allowed to do whatever they want with your key as soon as you agree to their EULA. Don't like it? Don't agree to the EULA by not buying the game. The EULA is legally required to be available for anyone to read prior to purchasing the game.
Actually they're not. The EULA is not a formal contract, and even if it were a contract cannot supersede the rights granted to you by law. EULA have no legal basis whatsoever, whether you're provided with it before purchasing or not. They'd need a service contract to do that, but then of course they'd have to admit they're providing a service.
Austupaio
Duke
Are they not? I figured they were considering how easy they are to find for pretty much any game before you buy it. On the other hand, even if a EULA isn't legally binding, they carry a lot of weight in American courts. Just like most contracts that have no real legal basis, American Judges will usually give people, or companies, a lot of leeway if a signed piece of paper is in their favour.
Pjoo
Master Knight
Austupaio said:
Even so, along with "Is Blizzard allowed to do this?", there is question "Should Blizzard be doing this?"
Uhm... What?Archonsod said:
Because Blizzard's game allows for hacking, that means it's their fault people are doing it? (Btw, can that be used as an argument versus God if you go on a killing spree? ^^) Ok, might be partly true, but it doesn't mean they can't punish people for hacking. While the legal issue might mean that, they can basically keep doing that until someone succesfully sues them for it.
It's not hacking. The trainers edit memory addresses. The question is what kind of muppet allows for an exploit that was once popular. In the seventies.Pjoo said:
The Shadow
Recruit
I'm not defending the cheaters, I'm protesting the whole situation.
The best of both worlds is people can cheat, they just disable their achievements.
Blizzard has gone waaaaaay over the top here.
Austupaio
Duke
They told everyone who played Starcraft II in a giant community notice like three monthes ago that bans would start soon. Those who had already cheated would be fine, provided they stop before Blizzard starting doing checks. People kept cheating, they got banned; I don't see the problem.
Pjoo
Master Knight
Bolkonsky said:
I'm not defending the cheaters, I'm protesting the whole situation.
The best of both worlds is people can cheat, they just disable their achievements.
Blizzard has gone waaaaaay over the top here.
People can cheat. It does disable achievements. These people chose to cheat in a way that doesn't disable the achievements, apparently in effort to get the achievements.
Taimat396
Baron
The point is that leaving MP stuff on the HDD is stupid because people WILLL cheat, and they WILL find a way of doing it without blizzard knowing.
It's like if warband used the item stuff from your own native folder instead of the server - I could easily change my free sword to 999 damage.
It's like if warband used the item stuff from your own native folder instead of the server - I could easily change my free sword to 999 damage.
