Corrupt server admins?

[soapmak3r 677]

So, I was just in a server, near Starry Soba. I was going around looking for a chopper crash and in one of the forests near there I found a fully working VW Camper wagon, with some ok supplies and a jerry cans.

It was the first vehicle I had come across in game...So, obviously I stole it... :D

I drove around for a bit and hid it in a forest to go and loot a town when all of a sudden, the screen warped, and everyone in the server appeared in a straight line, unable to move... and it seemed like the guy at the end of the line was just shooting everyone in front of him...

I'm just wondering, did an angry server admin do this because I found their (not very well hidden) vehicle and took it?

I think that I managed to leave the server before I was killed...I really have no idea. I caught it all on video though, so I'll upload that in a bit and update the thread.

I'm pretty sure quite a few people got killed before I was able to disconnect from the server. I got the feeling it was an admin killing everyone randomly because there was no one in the vehicle any more and he didn't know who took it.

I 'saved' the vehicle before I left it in the forest, does that mean it goes with me when I disconnect? If I am still alive, join another server, and go back there?

Is it possible for server owners to do stuff like this? Are there any plans to introduce counter measures for stuff like this?

It's kind of game breaking if admins that are butthurt can just start murdering everyone on the server.

[Legacy (DayZ) 1091]

Admins do not have teleport abilities. It was a hacker.

[Frissy 31]

I don't think it's possible for a admin or server owner to do something like that.

[Dingus (DayZ) 429]

It was a hacker.

Or was it an admin hacking? ~~~

[Techercizer 82]

Or was it an admin hacking? ~~~

Or it was a hacker admining?

Wait, hang on a sec....

Edited July 12, 2012 by Techercizer

[soapmak3r 677]

Hmmm...Maybe the person who had the vehicle before me was a hacker?

I felt like Hurley from LOST driving around in my VW Wagon! :D

[Dingus (DayZ) 429]

Hmmm...Maybe the person who had the vehicle before me was a hacker?

I felt like Hurley from LOST driving around in my VW Wagon! :D

Well, I don;t know if it's been stopped yet, but there was some Russian guy streaming a hack or whatever that allowed him to see the locations of players, vehicles, and tents. At the very least, someone with this could see their truck was in motion and get to it asap.

But I don't know if it still a problem.