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I really have no idea. I've got 2 tickets in regarding the Whitelist; and I've been sending PM's to a few of the Dev Team via the IRC Channel - Hopefully we'll have them back tonight/tomorrow. Really sorry for the delay guys; I was hoping that this transition would go smooth. I had thinks prepped 3 days in advance... and the easiest thing is turning into the hardest.

Looks like something has caused Objects (of all kinds) to stop spawning back in during the Scheduled Reboots. Don't fret.. they'll make it back once the server restarts again during the scheduled time. They're just making the game a little more fun right? Just think of it as another challenge for you out there in another Day Z! -Hopefully the next patch/hive/update/etc will fix that issue for us- On another note - I'd like to say that we're lucky enough to be upgrading our current dedicated box so we can bring you some more servers with various changes; want a Veteren server? Need Crosshairs back on? How about NO 3rd Person? (teehee) Let us know! I certainly do have plans to toss up a 70 Slot server for hopefully some MORE stories!

Updated to 1.7.2 - Enjoy! If you come across any odd issues just let us know here!

Thanks for the heads up - I've added some flags. Don't want to say too much but we appreciate the report!

Updated Server Names to the proper Convention

@Kata - Scypheroth is not an Administrator with that kind of access. It's only me. To be completely blunt; I don't care if you have a jumbo-jet on another server. It's highly impossible that you could guess/Know when a friend of yours would die; then be ready and available to 'pick him up' or 'bring him supplies' within the extremely short window of 4 minutes. It takes just a minute for the player to respawn and be 'aware' of where he is; leaving you 3 minutes to "get there". The only way you could "get to your boat" quick enough to even have a shot if you were out adventuring with your friend that died; would be to teleport to him... or spawn a plane. You guys aren't teleporting around and spawning planes right? No, so that's good. (At least not that I've found yet) It's also extremely suspect that every single [MiG] member has now all changed their Nicks roughly at the same time at the single sign of a ban; one of them was even Global Banned which is through BattlEye (It's like a super-confirmed Hacker ban pretty much). Digressing - The ban was valid due to highly supporting evidence of hacking/scripting. I followed more than enough procedures to verify it and be confident in the ban to uphold it. In response you've posted your appeal; you have that right and I certainly acknowledge it. It will be dealt with if they choose to do so; we will go from there. This is the last comment I make on the issue gentlemen. @Nikolai - Suspected Hackers should always be reported either to our Website or in our DayZ Server thread.

There was no disconnect from the server during the time-frame. Without going into too much detail... it was a consistent time/date that show you going from nothing, to everything in matter of minutes. We attempted to try and logically come up with some situations where that might happen; but couldn't really pin anything with a legit chance. I then personally dug into your PlayerID/IP/GUID information in more detail and saw a lot of 'Odd' scripts/additions/Inventory Magic. You're not the only person I'm looking into; however it takes me a lot of time to go through all the logs and verify. @DorianGrey - First off, the logs would show all that happening. The removal of items from one location and into another; from one person to another. Also, I find it extremely unlikely that someone could locate and drive safely, in such haste, to someone that had just died. If there was a 15-20 minute difference.. then that's another story, but it's not... its much, much shorter than that. You think I like tossing out bans to legit people? Certainly not! That is why I took the time, out of my personal life, to triple-check everything before this ban; knowing well that it would likely have an attempt to Appeal it. This is also why I discussed these logs/files with multiple people in the Admin/Dev DayZ channels. As I said; good luck with your Ban Appeal - That's why this area exists. If your friend is cleared then I will be more than happy to lift the ban. There is just overwhelming evidence of foul play against your friend. I certainly don't appreciate you calling my 2 hours of research into your friends activities 'Bollocks"; he wasn't just randomly rage banned.

I'm sure they won't want them publicly displayed for security reasons; you won't either because it would show information that you wouldn't want others getting a hold of.

We do the Banning via PlayerID (Numbers), GUID and IP Address. (All in Combination) There is no mistaking the issue. The name is the last thing we look at since people can easily change those. I cross-checked everything and the logs evidence is telling us a story. I looked over it for 2 hours tonight to verify it. Your GUID never verifies as well; which is just one of a few Red Flags that were lighting up in the Log Files.

This is the evidence that finally made us pull the trigger. If a Dev wishes to allow it then we'll lift the Ban. Without naming the person; it was verified highly unlikely chance this was possible. We have a Server Log if your character have base items and then just 4 minutes later was completely stocked. This shows you spawning in with nothing and then just minutes later you had (pretty much) every single item in the game. We presented this Log File to the Dev Channel before moving forward with the ban. Good luck with your Appeal and if all goes well you will be un-banned from our servers.

Upon researching a report of players Spawning Planes... I came across this in the logs: 30.06.2012 17:05:54: /// (//:2304) //1c80f58b - #13 icopter" || _v iskindof "plane") then { _v setVehicleInit "[this] spawn BIS_Effects_AirDestruction"; 30.06.2012 17:05:54: /// (//:2304) //1c80f58b - #36 "Die"; }; I've censored the username/IP/GUID information in this example with the // marks. I took time to look over a total of 3 server logs and only found a total of 5 users that had this script; among many hundreds of users that log on and play. I then spoke with other Admins in IRC for opinions and we are currently issuing bans for users that this is detected against. We will continue to do so until we can confirm that this is a legit part of the DayZ Game and not a scripting exploit. To us this suggests that the player spawned the plane and crashed in the air; or was in the plane and died/crashed in the air; or both. Confirmed that this is actually legit code for when any vehicle blows up. Bans have been lifted and we appreciate the patients while we sorted this out.

Help us keep these servers running smoothly, hacker/exploit free, and as up-to-date as possible! (Takes a lot of time) Click the link below to send the servers some love; cash love. Donating is so delicious!

I've checked in with the DayZ Super-Admins (Devs) and can only warn that person at this time for such behavior; since "Disconnecting" isn't a true exploit/hack at this time... it's just "Bad Form". It certainly does sound like that "Disconnect Upon Damage" script I've been hearing rumored around though... I believe it's all client-side. However, 2 more offensives will earn the user a ban. So if anyone sees 'Spactic' hit one of our servers and behaves in this manner; please let us know.

Thank god for the scheduled restarts! BOOM! ;) I'd like to announce that we've opened up another server now: Dallas 55! It's a fresh map so GIT IN while it's yummy!

We have been updating the servers as quick as possible; if anyone comes across something "Odd" while playing on our servers please let us know. We also now have BEC Installed and we're hooked into the Ban Database. We also have script monitoring so those evil hackers shouldn't be teleporting anyone around; or spawning nukes.

Hey all - I just wanted to let the community here in DayZ know that we're hoping to find some fun/awesome Gamers to join up with our Gaming Community at VigilantAddiction.com We currently have a few servers that we manage and are hoping to find some people throughout the Central/Eastern US that is also looking for people to hook up with and DayZ with on a daily basis. You don't have to be in the Central/Eastern US, but that's about the timezone (prime time) we play in... the majority of us. You can check our website out at: www.vigilantaddiction.com

I want to welcome Scypheroth and Trav to our Community - These awesome guys (well one's Canadian but we love 'em) have been making some awesome stories in DayZ with us the past week. We'll also be recording our sessions and tossing them online shortly. Once we have that up and running I'll provide a link in the original post.

You mean the 'Angelic Grey' tones didn't soothe you? =O

Thanks Wustenfuchs!