Please make a report cheaters feature

(madoule) #61

[QUOTE=SockDog;262798]Maybe there are some legs in making cheat detection a crowd sourcing task. At least for something like the first wave of detection where you need to filter a lot of information but accuracy isn’t a critical requirement. Attach some in game value/reward for people who contribute their time, make the process totally painless and easily accessible and you could have something.

Way I see it is the game would capture and upload random (ish) activity for reported users. This would then be rendered in a video format playable within the game and via a website. Users would then flag suspicious activities by timestamp or no suspicious activity at all. If enough users flag enough suspicious activity then the reported gamer is given a higher priority for scrutiny and ultimately banning and hack registration.[/QUOTE]

a very nice concept. i don’t mind to spare a few minutes a day to work as a referee. so my idea would be, a “ref.-button” where i am automatically redirected to a server where a possible cheaters has been reported/flagged and i as the assigned referee can judge by spectating that guy if he’s to be banned or not.

sure the referees have to be assorted from beta crowd or community to assure they are dedicated but that at least would be like voluntary work for “your” game.

(SockDog) #62

Exapanding the admin/ref tools to include notifications or paging and some kind of invisible spectator mode would be nice. Not sure people would like strangers banning people on their servers, we know how those rules vary quite a bit even in one clan/group.

(Nail) #63

I guess a “page an admin” button would be useful, but would probably have to link to an IRC channel or direct to admin

(SockDog) #64

Irc and email do seem the most flexible ways.

(madoule) #65

not the fastest tho. well as explanation to my solution plan, would be a sort of guide or maybe sort of online seminar. far fatched, i agree. but casting these referees from the tight community should assure a certain (e-)quality for the judgements

(Apples) #66

Picking ref from within the community will ensure e-drama and e-peen war I guess :wink:

(madoule) #67

that may be worst case scenario. but look at how blizzard’s done it. an old schoolmate of mine was a voluntary game master, later hired and now for the 5th year at blizzard france and ireland…
just saying it can work, tho maybe utopian.

lemme dream a little longer, will ya? :stuck_out_tongue:

(DonkeyDong) #68

[QUOTE=coolstory;250493]Man whiny people (who think anyone who’s better than them is hacking) are gonna love this.

Too bad they don’t work…cant remember the number of times people accused and reported me for hacking in source games and blackops…still didnt get banned.[/QUOTE]

Coolstory bro…

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i’m confused…

but really, too bad they don’t work? as in, you are posing as a hackerwannabe pretending to get away with it?

still confused bro…

(amazinglarry) #69

Only read through the first couple of pages, so I apologize if it’s been said before but, I personally think the ‘report cheater’ button is a terrible idea, for a few reasons:

  1. Who is going to be ‘on staff’ to review each submission?
  2. What’s to stop people who just flat out doesn’t like another player from spamming cheating submissions
  3. What proof will there be? Does it submit a demo each time? If so, refer back to 1. Good luck there.

Basically it’s too easy to exploit such a feature. I’m sure most people here have been accused of cheating after going on a nice killing streak or having a moment of ridiculous accuracy or anticipation. It’s certainly happened to me more than a few times in ET… and maybe less in QW but it’s still happened.

(SockDog) #70

I only read this far down your post before I felt the urge to be petty and respond sarcastically. I hope you accept my apology for assuming the rest of your post offered zero value to the thread in the same way you felt reading half the thread did. :slight_smile:

And yes all the points have pretty much been covered.

(amazinglarry) #71

[QUOTE=SockDog;263145]I only read this far down your post before I felt the urge to be petty and respond sarcastically. I hope you accept my apology for assuming the rest of your post offered zero value to the thread in the same way you felt reading half the thread did. :slight_smile:

And yes all the points have pretty much been covered.[/QUOTE]

But at least you finished reading it :wink:

(Apples) #72

I am soldier

(Nail) #73

prove it, surrender

j/k

(Apples) #74

[QUOTE=Nail;263212]prove it, surrender

j/k[/QUOTE]

I’m not proud of my country for its army indeed, we did bring you human rights tho… Go shoot a deer :smiley:

(Nail) #75

me, harm a furry woodland creature, never

well, maybe the occasional rabbit or two, but domestic bunny has no flavour

(SockDog) #76

Very very true but you could make it work by limiting the ref powers and or limiting the pool from which they are pulled. Keeping refs record of conduct would also be helpful. But now this is sounding like a game in itself. :slight_smile:

Of course but I’d rather be a liar than admittedly lazy. :slight_smile: