TC Bulletin and Policy Change 10/15/09 - Page 2

Vou23 · #16 10-15-2009, 07:47 AM

Fantastic post. I fully agree with this.

Mahonra · #17 10-15-2009, 07:48 AM

I want to applaud the professional manner in which the EMU team handled this. It restores any lost faith the player base may have had. Good job Dev team.

five9 · #18 10-15-2009, 07:48 AM

Thanks Max

You and the rest of the team never cease to amaze us when it comes to listening to the community and finding ways to best serve the projects overall growth.

Mahonra · #19 10-15-2009, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hedley

so....a number of people were banned for, among other things, griefing. i really hope that means something truly bad and not people complaining about a good old fashioned 3 cap lol

Nobody got banned just for "griefing". There was a lot more to it than just than.

caramon majere · #20 10-15-2009, 07:52 AM

Well done Max. I am glad to hear that the devs are listening to the community. /salute to you all.

nee2earth · #21 10-15-2009, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Itek

This is what makes you guys different from soe you listen to the community and thats why you have our full support.

QFE

/salute Emu team on this one for sure.

(In contrast, y'all should see how the SWG team has kow-towed yet again to the shamefully lazy & un-skilled NGE crowd about the latest challenging yet superbly designed Game Update 14)

carpathian · #22 10-15-2009, 07:59 AM

/echo agree

Vuzen Rai · #23 10-15-2009, 08:02 AM

I support this course of action 100%... good job emu team!

Kilnik5565 · #24 10-15-2009, 08:03 AM

Man You guys rock

Joshino · #25 10-15-2009, 08:03 AM

I'd like to see zero tolerance on hacks , but exploits arent as fine line.
There would need to be a set of known exploits that you get punished for.

Ekaika · #26 10-15-2009, 08:03 AM

If you don't know if you're cheating, you're likely not cheating. We know the difference. This has gone on far long enough. It ends now.

Broon_2009 · #27 10-15-2009, 08:04 AM

Definetly zero tolerance is needed . The devs don't have time for crap like this so you cheat and you're out .

Problem solved.

Excellent job SWGEMU team

WETODID · #28 10-15-2009, 08:05 AM

ty...hackers nothing but cancer to the gaming society

zetlaux · #29 10-15-2009, 08:08 AM

Thank you Max

Ishamael · #30 10-15-2009, 08:12 AM

*shrugs* I've been sitting on the sidelines during this debate. However, I guess I should at least share my opinion.

I agree with this change in policy.

I would also welcome a hack prevention system if/when it becomes fine tuned to a point where it does not interfere with the activities of normal players in the game.

It is very important for players and testers to realize that a very rough form of speed hacking prevention was implemented very recently. Given time, this system can and will maximize the efficiency of a hack-free atmosphere in swgemu when it is working in conjunction with the zero tolerance policy.

It is equally important for developers, staff members, csr's, and anyone with authority in the realm of SWG to be as transparent as they can possibly be in this kind of situation. Smedley lost the support of the overwhelming majority of the player base in the official Star Wars Galaxies franchise not just because of the implementation of a combat upgrade or some new game enhancements, but because he mislead and even deceived his fan base, discounted their opinions when his actions and the motivations behind those actions became clear, and destroyed the basic principles of marketing that any freshman business student has learned in college. Like it or not, democracy has power. I think the "pebble" and its speculated correlation with this announcement proves that.