Free Kill Givers / Takers , its a sad day for the game

[Velete]

because the other post started when their was only 1 person giving and 1 taking and because you cant edit the topic ( well you can but it doesnt appear in post listing) ive decided to put the list in a seperate post, the old still contains some useful info and is at - http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1258.

please note all listed here are freqeunt Givers/Takers, a couple of n00bs have wanderd onto free killz unknowningly and so they havent been listed here ( i myself jumped him first time to see what was going on ).

This is on Banff.

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free kill givers:
FREE KILLZ - the main one ( has given out over 300 free kills , hangs at floor 5 constant ) , openly advertises , has also been spamming the chat with the advert/mmmmmmmm over and over

Strategist - also a taker and is openly advertising he cheats - is also calling the golds who are protesting the cheating cheaters for some odd reason.

Free kills on join - the name is wrong but its similar to that

RedFury - also a taker, openly advertises

free kill takers :
newguy16
hockeydog18
james_is_king
arrowmaster
redirxtml
XSTASY
nightboy99
me1
jaydee - sadly he is a gold member, who has even been asking free killz to meet him when hes been busy giving to others
masterwizard3773
liger-0
XxaxX

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ill update this as more give/take frequently ( in the case of the Takers, im only logging users that keep going back again and again to the givers )

at least its died down for now - we no longer have all 4 Givers doing it at sametime.

i urge anyone else to post cheaters here too.

this is a serious issue, worse than the abusive comments/spammers, it really sucks to see something you care about go bad.

Tonights Final Edit To The Post : well free killz has logged off for the nite ( he was the only one left doing it ), ive been sitting for the past 2 hours + logging all these and trying to convince people not to cheat so im just going to give up for the night, thanks for all the help from the several people ingame who are anti cheater/lamer, i dont need to list your names you know who you are ( #cough Isokora thanks #cough ). I really care about this game and its community and seeing this happen really sucks, i know ranking doesnt count to must people but it does to some, and it makes a mockery of the game system anyway when someone can advertise their cheating services and have people use then ( free killz has given away 350+ by now )

[Naabi]

I know! I hate that fucking Free Killz guy! He tricked me! I think cheaters should be punished if they do it FREQUENTLY. I'm a gold member! Whoo! I have the power!

[buttmonkey]

I hate that fucking Free Killz guy! He tricked me!

how may i ask did he trick you?

[Velete]

how may i ask did he trick you?

i think naabi means that he jumped him and found just a lighting tower and a cleric, naabi feels bad about it i think.

[Izzard]

free killz 2 was doing it with havoc in great lakes

[Eldar[TN]]

Thats why my stats are private, its too easy to multi and get 'wins' in this game.

[TheWhiteRider]

Maybe TAO should implement something to stop this. Like...
You only get a win on your current battle if it lasts more than 1-2 whole minute(s). This would prolong the freekills, but not totally stop it. Also thinking about it, if someone makes a bad move at the start, or gets their cleric killed real fast or something and jumps ship to avoid loss..... hmmm.. darn. my idea went to crap :P

[Ahab]

I think my suggestion that we use the chess model to rank players would stop this nonsense.

People who lose constantly will become worthless as opponents, and only games wtih similarly-ranked opponents would count much.

Win-Loss records mean little to me, what with so many noobs out there waiting to give free wins anyway, so this ranking scheme is the only way to promote better games.

How about that idea Bills?

[Half-Mad]

A simple solution (not sure how easy to program though), a win against a given unit will only be counted once per day or week.
This will cause the cheaters to continually make new accounts though.
So, put a limit of about 5 accounts per IP address (whole families may want to play).
Dial-up users don't have a static IP address though, and people can create accounts from school, work, libraries, friends homes, etc.
Just keeps getting more and more difficult, doesn't it.

I guess there is no simple solution to the cheaters.

But, if they are that desperate to get in the top 100 listing, let them. They can brag about it, and get bashed in the forums for cheating. The only people they will impress are the newbies.

Once they play a game against somebody good, they lose.

[Stats]

proxies can always evoid ip restrictions too, i personally like the chess ratin system instead of the simple win-loss. it would be hard to program however.

i would be willing to help if you did decide to implement it. i know that im new here and it may seem odd that im offering you help, but it would be my way of supporting this game since i have a real problem with monthly fees (i would pay 20$ for a gold account forever, but not 5 bucks for 2 months, weird isn't it)

[Isokora]

Heh, I'm sorry to say I am also leaving I have cancelled my payments for gold account it was fun owning most of you.
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Iso