TC Bulletin and Policy Change 10/18/09

[five9]

Originally Posted by cRush

And this statement is all we are looking to acheive here.

The "exploitation team" will not receive any server privileges, be recognized as staff, or be allowed to use exploits to grief other players. They will, most certainly, be watched with a careful eye.

We aren't looking to hand out a "free hack all you like pass" to these guys. We are giving those who were extremely helpful in the past, but at some point turned down the wrong path, and have shown remorse, one final chance to clean up. If they fail to do so, they are gone - end of story.

If you guys see someone exploiting/hacking, we expect you to report them, even if you think they are on the "exploitation team". Just please bring evidence to support the claims so we can nail them definitively if they are abusing their chance.

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On Ashur:
As I have been told, Ashur voluntarily asked to serve a 3 month ban as a good gesture of faith to the community that he really is sorry and wants to clean up. I'm sure some of you think it's all a show; maybe it will turn out that way. I still think he deserves the chance - he was at one point one of the finest testers we have ever had at this project. He simply got mixed up in the wrong crowd with the wrong mindset.

a name change?

its good to see him step up , since noone else has when it comes to policy enforced

[blatantlyobvious]

Originally Posted by cRush

On Ashur:
As I have been told, Ashur voluntarily asked to serve a 3 month ban as a good gesture of faith to the community that he really is sorry and wants to clean up. I'm sure some of you think it's all a show; maybe it will turn out that way. I still think he deserves the chance - he was at one point one of the finest testers we have ever had at this project. He simply got mixed up in the wrong crowd with the wrong mindset.

I'm kind of beating a dead horse, but this is my first post on this thread and thus I have justified it in my own mind.

I was just thinking, though... Anyone want to take a guess at when SC might go live? I don't know... Three months? Four months?

Glad Ashur is doing his time now so he'll have plenty of time to come and test-third party software and other exploits for us on live.

[cashcamer]

GOGO!! get rid of the baddy hackers woo.

[Sixotoo]

I just want the rubberbanding to stop.

[Uli]

Originally Posted by Sixotoo

I just want the rubberbanding to stop.

Calm down its getting sorted.

[Labyrinth]

I want someone to get out there and solve world hunger, dammit.

[Joshino]

Originally Posted by Labyrinth

I want someone to get out there and solve world hunger, dammit.

Shame people are just so damn greedy.

[Bostwain]

Crush thats a joke right?

[Worlack]

Banned, unbanned, banned, unbanned, banned, unbanned, three month ban...

At this point my faith is in the toilet. I'm personally just going to forget about it all, give the benefit of the doubt, hope the project stays on track and see what Suncrusher is like. I'll continue to enjoy my time on Nova (if allowed) and report the bugs I find. If this corruption appears to still be leaking through to the community by 1.0, I'll find another community.

[DraGa]

Originally Posted by Worlack

Banned, unbanned, banned, unbanned, banned, unbanned, three month ban...

At this point my faith is in the toilet. I'm personally just going to forget about it all, give the benefit of the doubt, hope the project stays on track and see what Suncrusher is like. I'll continue to enjoy my time on Nova (if allowed) and report the bugs I find. If this corruption appears to still be leaking through to the community by 1.0, I'll find another community.

This appears to be how the community feels at this point, ignoring the STORM member's comments on this thread of course.

[Vlada]

Originally Posted by DraGa

This appears to be how a part of the community feels at this point, ignoring the STORM member's comments on this thread of course.

There fixed it for you.

[DraGa]

Originally Posted by Vlada

There fixed it for you.

It was fine to begin with, get out of my head AAaaaaAaaaAAaahhhhh


ps: I'm confused as to why people got the impression i was "raging" all over this thread about ashur? I wasn't angry, I simply feel you can't act the way he, or his guild, did by breaking rules and get away with it. Regardless if it's a testcenter or not, he broke the rules set in place by the staff for the testcenter. How was I in the wrong here?

[Alegis]

Originally Posted by DraGa

ps: I'm confused as to why people got the impression i was "raging" all over this thread about ashur? I wasn't angry, I simply feel you can't act the way he, or his guild, did by breaking rules and get away with it. Regardless if it's a testcenter or not, he broke the rules set in place by the staff for the testcenter. How was I in the wrong here?

Because u dont understand WHY they (the staff) did it.


To say it again, its right: Its wrong what Ashur and the others did. And i dont like him too for what he did.
But they got him to the staff to help prevent hacks like this, in the future.

[Bostwain]

mhmm

[fixit6]

If some of the more vocal and militant side of this fiasco spent as much time making long posts in here decrying the unfairness of it all, than writing detailed/well worded bug reports (other than "lolz it don't werk, wtf!! FIX PLOX!!11!!), we might be ahead a little further.

Ashur has been here a long time and help tracked down some the most pesky bugs, but many you would not know that since you weren't around. I am not supporting his recent antics that is for sure, but I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt due to his large part in helping this game along in the past.

At any rate, he agreed to a 3 month ban to attone for his mistake. The end.