Repeat offender - Can't get rid of him

[Noobsack 0]

So I have a situation that I cannot control.

I have 3 people(they are friends) that have been joining my server a lot lately. As such, some fishy things have been happening. At one point with 1 of the 3 was on, I just said striaght up, look, your pal is using scripts, not sure if you know this but they have popped up, and beyond that, I have seen him logging in on multiple GUIDs.

He softly denies this and continues playing. A short time after he asks me to join their teamspeak because the 'suspected' friend had just logged in. After joining, the culprate immedately admits to using scripts and hacks. Spawning weapons, vehicles, telporting, going invis, refueling/fixing vehicles...

The kicker is, he says he buys these GUIDs from a guy that somehow aquires them from "youtube" through a banner/program/ad type of thing(in his words). He has 20+GUIDs and he admited to me that there is nothing I could do to stop him because he can just change his GUID at the drop of a dime. A few times i seen him join and immediately was kicked with a message saying the GUID was banned or bad.

With that said, he told me he wouldn't drop any bombs on people, or teleport them out to kill them. Instead he only will use them to "help his friends" by spawning guns and other items. At one point he even joined the server, popped in a few meters behind me, and said "hey, your only 50 meters from me!" then giggled.

For now, i have covered up his info until i know something can be done, otherwise he might some how get bothered/harassed and trace it back to me... I do not need my server or myself becoming a victim of countless attacks, I just want him banned, can i IP ban?? and how, he seems to change his PORT often, but IP the same. I'm not a computer/network guy, I just play games so im hoping for some good advice.

Edited February 21, 2013 by Noobsack

[Dancing.Russian.Man 1631]

Just looking at the screenshot gave me the instant fix for all of it. Ban his IP.

(Edit; Yes, an IP can be changed as well, much easier than a GUID, but still. More effort on his part, which will eventually make him want to just find another server.)

Edited February 21, 2013 by Dancing.Russian.Man

[Acix 132]

Ban his IP or just keep banning the GUID's... eventually hell run out of them. Hopefully he'll realize he's wasted a shit ton of money just to be able to cheat at a game he would otherwise fail at... Anyway... best of luck getting rid of this piece of shit.

[Noobsack 0]

So regaurdless the port is changing, if i ban the IP that will work? or like you said, continually ban him till he leaves.

Worst case he kills me, and allt he vehicles.. I can respawn those, even roll back the vehicle, although they would lose their loot.

[novogeek 253]

Ban his IP ... Ban his GUIDS ... he will eventually get the point and move on. About 3 times a day, I am banning players from my Public Hive Server, because of events like this. Typically I catch them in the logs after the fact ... but my player base continue to remain strong on the server.

It is a constant source of frustration and annoyance ... but my players know that they can contact me anytime using the forums if the situation gets out of hand and I will take remedial action and then reboot the server to try and rectify some of the damage.

It tends to work for me.

The bottom line is to make it as uncomfortable and unpleasant for this player without resorting to trolling or insults ... just use all the tools at your disposal. Good luck, I hope you get control of the situation.

[trichome (DayZ) 198]

Ban his IP if he comes back run a whois on his IP and ban the whole range its in. I don't bother with GUID bans as they can pick up GUID's far too easily; IP bans all the way stops them dead in their tracks.

[novogeek 253]

Ban his IP if he comes back run a whois on his IP and ban the whole range its in. I don't bother with GUID bans as they can pick up GUID's far too easily; IP bans all the way stops them dead in their tracks.

Unfortunately it can also stop legitimate players as well ... I would be careful about doing a whois on an ip ... if it is a shared ip from a internet service provider you are going to ban all users on the shared ip range. This is sad ... as far as I am concerned ... this should not be an option.