Continue with hackbuster's post

To summarize hackbuster's post:

Did z8games have ever reviewed his report?

Even though I personally have the same complain, I know the way you put it out will get the thread closed. Z8 might have more than enough complain, they need some understanding and a feasible suggestion to reach some better solution.

1. If I were them, I would start an official thread to claim the hacker identified, to:
a. let kids know that cheating is not cool;
b. let kids know they have to be responsible for their behavior and will get punished;
c. satisfy the legit player that I care their wish to play fair;
d. make the enthusiastic reporter's heart warn;
e. TO MAKE both legit player and hacker know the system is working;
The fact is, when the work is secretly done, the influence will be very low. People think hackers are not banned.

2. The report system is not easy to use for both reporter and reviewer. A button to create a report about hacker name, starting time and end time, etc during review (first person view) would simplify work a lot and made auto statistic possible when needed.

3. "One thing I'd like to see is for them to set up a database of reporters, and +1 their rating for every good report, and -5 for every false one. This would help them prioritize the checking of reports by user". ---- This is decent idea, I proposed a similar one before, (not taken). I would summarize the advantage.
a. It has educational meaning that reputation need to be accumulated, and can be ruined very quickly. Same rule works for both real and game life.
b. Higher rating people's report more worth reviewing. Some one with negative points is more likely to be biased, unless they correct this view by constantly correct report.
c. Higher rating player's vote on vote kick might have more weight, because they are known trying to make things right.
d. The community participate the managing in a right way.


Now talking about the assumption that z8 is afraid of argue with paypal. To my understanding, hacker's fun is ruining others' fun. They normally don't care the rank system (unlike farmers, they really need to set up environment). New weapons? If they kill 10000 per day, they sure will get all those bought. ZP weapons? Why do they care about it, a customized AWP is still an AWP, the extra magazine means how much for them? So we can conclude even though someone paid and hacked, they are just a minority. If there is no way to discourage them to do so, it might goes to majority. At that point, no one would pay to play the game, or even play the game. I think z8 should know this, the point that z8 is afraid of arguing with paypal might not stands.


For GhostBuster's statement,
"But one thing I am really asking myself since a moment ,If I was running a business and by banning so many people out of it ,will for sure decrease my profit by a huge percentage. So will it be in my interest to go in that direction ? "
My answer = I would be the biggest idiotic business man in the world .

I would post some questions here:
* How many percentage of players are trying to hack?
* How many hackers need better weapon or higher rank to make a kill?
* Will the hacker pay to buy customized weapons?
Now hacker is minority. But if there is significant sign to stop it,
* some kids will easily choose a way to revenge the unfair players,
* some kids in ambiguity with morality will choose to be winner,
* legit players will be expelled because there is no way to fight hacker,
* and legit players choose another game where a fair play seem possible,
* do you want to protect them from be exposed when you know that your business will be ruined by them.

I am a switcher from warrock, and I experience the process that from 100 games to play with to end with only several room remains. So there is always some question come to my mind -- If player like the game, why they choose to hack? (We need not answer).