False Hacking Accusations

(Supa) #1

Not sure why, but recently there has been a huge increase in the “OMG YOU ARE A HACKER. REPORTED…” accusations in public matches.

One thing that really bothered me during my time on CoD4 was getting banned from servers simply for doing well. Though annoying, CoD4 wasn’t that big of an issue because they were private clan servers. This meant that most of the time you could upload the demos from that game to their forums to prove your innocence. (Which brings up the importance of demos, hope they activate these soon!) However, we obviously have servers maintained by the devs. If someone is falsely banned (if this even occurs) how do they go about proving their innocence? So far all I can do is run OBS in the background but it is such a huge performance hit. Even with the “AMD VCE” GPU encoder it is difficult to play while it is running. (I have a good GPU and a terrible stock CPU)

My question to you guys is, how do you deal with these false accusations in-game? Normally I would just ignore it but I am not sure if it is the best idea in this case. Also, should I be worried that people have allegedly reported me simply for doing well? If at all, how common is it for people to be banned for false accusations? I am sure it is hard for the team to go through all of the reports and actually know if the accusations are factual, so I would not blame them if these slip-ups occur.

Not sure if anyone else has been experiencing this or if it is even an issue, but I figured i’d ask…
This is one of the best gaming communities I have seen and I am happy to be involved.

Thanks guys, much love.

-Supa

(Verticules) #2

Embrace them as the praise they are. I ss them so I can reflect on the complements when ever I feel down. W/o a red flag or video documentation of you actually hacking these hackusions are just complements.

(Eox) #3

If you have nothing to hide, you should have nothing to be afraid of. There’s no way that SD/Nexon would ban you without any real proof that you are cheating.

The best way to deal with cheat accusations in my opinion is to reply once (for some reason people think you are even more suspicious if you don’t reply). Just say something like “I am not cheating, I am just good”, and ignore that guy for good. If the guy keeps harassing you, screen the chat conversation and report him to the support.

(Supa) #4

[quote=“Eox;75883”]If you have nothing to hide, you should have nothing to be afraid of. There’s no way that SD/Nexon would ban you without any real proof that you are cheating.

The best way to deal with cheat accusations in my opinion is to reply once (for some reason people think you are even more suspicious if you don’t reply). Just say something like “I am not cheating, I am just good”, and ignore that guy for good. If the guy keeps harassing you, screen the chat conversation and report him to the support.[/quote]

Couldn’t agree with you more. I always make sure to at least say something. I think I am just so used to incompetent admins banning people left and right without any proof that I felt like this may be an issue in DB as well. Thank you for the insight.

(neverplayseriou) #5

I just say “feel free to report me if you think I’m hacking”

(Resine) #6

Once they sets theirs mind that your are cheating, there is nothing you can do. I simply ignore those poor souls and move on.

(Sussepus) #7

the funniest thing is that some of them are convinced you are cheating because you are pulling off, in their mind, impossible shots. then you go watch the scoreboard after wards and find the hackusater on the bottom with a kd at 1/30 and a score of 650. lol
If you point it out then you get the usual: i only play for fun!

(Ghosthree3) #8

Pretty much this. Not only do I not care if people hackuse me I even tell them to go ahead and report me if they want to sometimes.

(chicHouse) #9

i encourage others to spectate me. When lvl50 says after spectating me I am good but not cheater you know… its compliment.

(_retired_) #10

In what kind of situations and with what kind of mercs these accusations appear?

I have been blamed to be hacker as well. What can you do with Arty but spam with artystrikes and get headshots with br-16 if opposition is lined up perfectly for them?

Then again there are cheaters out there and it’s very unfortunate spectate takes one place from the team spots since there are some dudes I’m really vary off. Mainly what weapons they use and from what distance with amazing accuracy instakilling players.

(Malkovich) #11

I get accused of hack in every FPS I’ve played to date, (apart from Titanfall, funny that). Each time I just laugh at them in chat, then proceed to teabag them every time I kill them for the remainder of the match.

Now that I got it written down, it seems kinda dick-ish.

(Supa) #12

Funny enough it happens the most when I am running around with the Proxy Hochfir loadouts.

(Supa) #13

Pretty much this. Not only do I not care if people hackuse me I even tell them to go ahead and report me if they want to sometimes.[/quote]

That is a load off my shoulders, glad to hear this. Thanks for the input everyone!

(frolicsomeCrane) #14

I get accused of that so often (even when using only melee) that it’s not even funny.

People can’t deal with the fact that sometimes, maybe just sometimes, you meet some guy that’s way better than you at the game and he wrecks your stuff and they’re like omg haxx.

I laugh it off.

(LifeupOmega) #15

Take it as a compliment.

These are the type of players who will never strive to get better, and will instead try and bring the skill level of the server down to their tier.

(SteelMailbox) #16

I got accused a few times, I gotta say when they say that it makes me blush and also laugh cause of how fucking stupid they are since I didn’t even top scored.

(watsyurdeal) #17

Just say, “I’m not cheating but thanks for the compliment, guess I am just that damn good.”

And leave it alone, don’t reply to anything else they say, just keep smashing them, destroy their will.

Anyone who openly accuses people like that without evidence is a scrub.

(Fleshpound) #18

[quote=“Supa;17179”]Not sure why, but recently there has been a huge increase in the “OMG YOU ARE A HACKER. REPORTED…” accusations in public matches.

One thing that really bothered me during my time on CoD4 was getting banned from servers simply for doing well. Though annoying, CoD4 wasn’t that big of an issue because they were private clan servers. This meant that most of the time you could upload the demos from that game to their forums to prove your innocence. (Which brings up the importance of demos, hope they activate these soon!) However, we obviously have servers maintained by the devs. If someone is falsely banned (if this even occurs) how do they go about proving their innocence? So far all I can do is run OBS in the background but it is such a huge performance hit. Even with the “AMD VCE” GPU encoder it is difficult to play while it is running. (I have a good GPU and a terrible stock CPU)

My question to you guys is, how do you deal with these false accusations in-game? Normally I would just ignore it but I am not sure if it is the best idea in this case. Also, should I be worried that people have allegedly reported me simply for doing well? If at all, how common is it for people to be banned for false accusations? I am sure it is hard for the team to go through all of the reports and actually know if the accusations are factual, so I would not blame them if these slip-ups occur.

Not sure if anyone else has been experiencing this or if it is even an issue, but I figured i’d ask…
This is one of the best gaming communities I have seen and I am happy to be involved.

Thanks guys, much love.

-Supa[/quote]

I simply try to ignore,troll or make a argument war in which i mostly win(since there was some pre-made dude with his team and that was my loss in that).

If they say that they will report you,then you have like 40% chance that they will do it.

If you ask him why in specified way and still says:“Because you are or simply call you cheater then 10% chance”.

(Amerika) #19

Ahh yes, hackusations my dear friend. What would a match be without you. Or level shaming. The worst part about the cheating accusations is that they do nearly as much damage to the game and the communities mentality then if you were actually cheating. People need to learn to go to spec and watch before tossing out accusations.

I usually respond with, “I’ll upload to Youtube” but that usually just makes them angry and they disconnect. Then I sometimes do upload it to YT if it was a decent run.

(_retired_) #20

I take these accusations much more seriously than most of the guys apparently.

People are seriously concerned about cheating/hackers and they might be right about some players.

Calling hacker out is of course bit nonsensical but it can happen especially in heat of the moment. I wouldn’t personally do it but then again I rather say anything out there unless it has to do with tactics and positivity.

But I SERIOUSLY don’t understand people who parade over people who have called them out as cheats?
Do you think it helps with the image of the game thinking that you are so good player and they are just scrubs?

[quote=“Watsyurdeal;75939”]And leave it alone, don’t reply to anything else they say, just keep smashing them, destroy their will.[/quote]Former part sounds ok, but I would try to reason with them while the latter part sounds really douchy.

Don’t you guys have any clue how this affects noobs?

Those people, if they are not met with reason might turn themselves away from the game.
That’s the community’s loss and the cheaters have won.