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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: UnplayedNamer on June 12, 2006, 07:07:52 am

Title: Crying 'HACKER'
Post by: UnplayedNamer on June 12, 2006, 07:07:52 am
Just played a game as human on ACTS, I was doing OK..about a kill a minute or so and not feeding when a player by the name of Invalid@Ubuntu (I'm embarrassed - a fellow Ubuntian)  starts with the HACKER shouts as I..err..shot him (as a dretch) with a shotgun and (unsuccessfully) tries to vote me out.  This annoys me and spoilt what would've been a good game, I mentioned that someone could spectate me if they wanted to AND that the fact that I was bottom of the pile the previous game (I can be pretty sucky as alien) was suggestive of the fact that I wasn't..or I had special 'crap hacks' on  ("miss bot"?)..but he just carried on and on..he cried off eventually, but it did spoil my game - spesh as I spent a couple of minutes typing in an undermanned team.

Anyhoo, thats the rant, and the question is:  What do you do if someone starts doing that?
Title: Crying 'HACKER'
Post by: kozak6 on June 12, 2006, 07:55:53 am
I'd laugh and laugh and laugh.

There is no way I'm good enough in any way for someone to accuse me of being a hacker.
Title: Crying 'HACKER'
Post by: PHREAK on June 12, 2006, 09:41:43 am
Whenever that happens, to me or another player, I go to a different server.
I simply refuse to fuel someones stupidity and ignorance.
While hacking might be possible, I'm yet to see it in-game. Someone accusing me of hacking simply cuz they die of my dretch deadshots need to go play against [FU]Orc and such. I'd be currious to see what they think of them.
Title: Re: Crying 'HACKER'
Post by: Teiman on June 12, 2006, 09:58:32 am
Yea. Theres not hacks for drench.  But is a WMD in skilled hands.

To stop skilled players, you sould use teamwork. Because teamwork > skill.  A good player will be anoyed If his team can't help then and lost :D
Title: Crying 'HACKER'
Post by: Vector_Matt on June 12, 2006, 02:40:17 pm
Quote from: "PHREAK"
Whenever that happens, to me or another player, I go to a different server.
Except that would be letting the griefer get it's way, and we don't want griefers to ruin the game.
Title: Crying 'HACKER'
Post by: Neo on June 12, 2006, 05:19:42 pm
I've had it before a few times, even being kicked once just for playing too well as a human(admitted by the people in that particular game).

Most usual outcome is that if someone keeps spamvoting you, then just create a vote against them afterwards and normally everyone will vote them out.

Also getting irritated by the 'rader = wallhacking' crowd of newbie aliens.
Title: Crying 'HACKER'
Post by: Stof on June 12, 2006, 05:32:57 pm
Quote from: "Neo"
Also getting irritated by the 'rader = wallhacking' crowd of newbie aliens.


What ? And even considering there's the bug which causes all radars to not work through some walls !

Noobs :evil:
Title: Crying 'HACKER'
Post by: UnplayedNamer on June 12, 2006, 06:40:30 pm
Quote from: "PHREAK"
Whenever that happens, to me or another player, I go to a different server.
I simply refuse to fuel someones stupidity and ignorance.
While hacking might be possible, I'm yet to see it in-game. Someone accusing me of hacking simply cuz they die of my dretch deadshots need to go play against [FU]Orc and such. I'd be currious to see what they think of them.


I wouldn't leave as I'd feel that it would reinforce the guy's paranoia - "he's been found out".  I'd agree with your last bit - people like him must bubble over with annoyance if they play against someone who is actually good.

Teiman - I was the one with the shotgun and he was the dretch...that was what made it even more ridiculous.  Shotguns regularly make Dretches mincemeat..thats why I use it at S1/2.

I guess you could suggest that they temporarily change name and then spectate and record the person they are suspicious about...but I suspect that crying 'HACK' is more about frustration at not being very good than any real concerns.
Title: Crying 'HACKER'
Post by: next_ghost on June 12, 2006, 06:47:43 pm
I was once voted out from transit by noob aliens. After one especially noobish dretch got killed after he wallwalked right into the lower left corner of my screen thinking I can't see him (while he could very clearly see ME), they started accusing me of using wallhack. :eek: :roll:
Title: Crying 'HACKER'
Post by: Paradox on June 12, 2006, 07:50:17 pm
Usually mute them.