Hacking spike recently, in particular "Thunderdome"...

[fourty7 11]

Hey again guys...

Seems I come here on a sad note again. In one server today, this happened five times. It happened once yesterday. Here is a video of what I did with their weapons crates hours after logging off from hearing about a player using teleport hacks on teamspeak. Also it seems the crates are variable? The ones we saw had 200 or 20 of every item/weapon in DayZ, and nothing that wasn't a 'legit item'.

(Sorry video got screwed after multiple edits and conversions)

I noticed a while ago (I posted a video before, over a month ago) that part of the hack changes the MOTD of the server, including a link (Which I originally thought was fake). I do not want to post the link here because of how much attention it seems to have gotten already. Trying to help figure a way to prevent or disable this from happening, I decided to type the MOTD link into google... The description of the website explained that it was arma 2 hacks and ***s.

Today the first attack happened early in the morning, and... To me, it felt kind of too coincidental that it happened 5 times again (player(s) banned each time). Kind of seems like their MOTD is getting some attention. Personally, I don't agree with fighting back I believe solutions are by creating an answer not destroying a problem, BUT; an undisclosed entity is attacking dayz via DDoS, and more. If anyone has the bots or resources out there to DDoS the site that's hosting these hacks/cheats, please, I think I speak for the community when I say, "We'd would absolutely love you." DDoS is only temporary though. If possible, get dirty to take it down, it's not like they haven't done the same.

I recently read something saying along the lines of... "The hacking is getting overwhelming, and players are resulting to using hacks just to have fair game".. Kind of disgusting, and I don't think it will come to that. There is a solution to this, but it would require people to actually care... After the 5th time of this happening today (Was there for every one, but we logged out every time as we were teleported), I decided to go back into the server and (attempt) to reason with the actual players. When this script is used, players should realize that everyone in that area (Thunderdome) are no longer enemies... You need to work together.

Step 1: Don't fight each other, and don't fight back. There's nothing you can do, and you have nothing to loose at this point. Doing nothing will possibly demotivate hackers.

Step 2: Attempt to initiate conversation with the person using hacks without an offensive attitude (Most likely rare you'll get one to talk to you, let alone find them).

Step 3: Help cleanup after they're done. Be understanding to others and if you spawn where thunderdome was or you were teleported with others, don't kill each other.

I have very strong feelings about all this stuff, having seen real cared for things destroyed by making the community devide and fight itself. We can't let it happen to DayZ. This mod (Or to be game) has the potential to change the eyes of gamers. The ammount of people I know who buy it just cause they hear about it, would never have handled arma2, get to learn it just from the experience it presents. The popularity it's attracted in such a short time at alpha stage, and potential the general concept has, in my opinion has game companies scared. Do some reasearch and you'll figure it out.

946,062 (Current unique dayz players)

$30 (Price of ArmA 2 Combined Ops)

$28,381,860 (Highest possible net income with current players)

It's not just money, in my opinion it's more the idea of average gamers accustomizing to a game like ArmA with Realism and made by a media-deprived and foreign company. I really wanted to refrain from saying this on here, because I mean no offense to rocket or any of the dayZ team, and I hope if you strongly disagree or I am wrong that you forgive my insane theorizing...

The first time I saw a ***er, or hive got laggy, the first thing I said to my friends on the game was that it's probably some game company scared shitless. I think I was on the right track, but in the wrong direction. I think this was made possible by someone making something similar. Their goal is nothing but a delay, and the community has to realize, even though we might shoot each other in the face for beans every other day, we have to know when to stick together, weather in a server, on the forums, or however you deal with this bullshit.

P.S. Thanks for giving a shit, sorry I talk so damn much. ;)

[redfield-77 315]

Best soloution for Thunderdome is ALT-F4. Dont try to start a conversation with the culprit it will only make it more fun for him/her. Let there be empty thunderdomes.

[Maroite 48]

You would think that with the amount of items being scripted into the game for 'Thunderdome' that BattleEye would pick up on it. Kind of a complete failure on their part.

That being said I agree with the OP. Its all good to take anothers beans and have yours taken as long as its all in fair play but the Thunderdome hackers aren't making it fair and they're ruining the game for all of us. Whether you enjoy killing other survivors or not, Thunderdome should be boycotted by all of us, bandits and friendlies alike. Falling into their plot will only hinder the game in the end.

[Sam Entropy 7]

I had this one pulled on me yesterday, I wasn't that annoyed because I had only played on that life for an hour, and had nothing of value, BUT it is an inconvenience that no one but the hacker (and maybe his/her friends?) enjoys. Also I am not sure if this is related to someone hacking on a server, but when I was playing all the zombies were 'highlighted' with a transparent circle, even through walls, I'm wondering if this could be because there was a hacker on that server? (again I do not know if that is a server option or not, just thought I'd bring it up)

I made the mistake of not alt + F4'ing and hanging around to see how it panned out, I didn't get shot or melee'd to death, but after diving for cover behind a crate I instantly had all my bones broken and was in a state of shock, which abruptly followed by instant death (hacked command?)

Even though it was an inconvenience, for a first time it was exciting; but I would not like it to happen if I had have been surviving for a week and had some wicked gear.

I agree with boycotting the thunderdome, I will never attack someone if I have been ported there. But there is that instant death if you dont alt F4 fast enough.

[Redshift 58]

Also I am not sure if this is related to someone hacking on a server, but when I was playing all the zombies were 'highlighted' with a transparent circle, even through walls, I'm wondering if this could be because there was a hacker on that server? (again I do not know if that is a server option or not, just thought I'd bring it up)

This is a server setting typical to [Recruit] servers. It "can" be on other difficulty levels, or absent from Recruit servers but it is most often found on them.

[Massacerist 14]

Just happened to me and my buddies while we were flying around in a newly procured (stolen) helicopter on US 691 =/

Very sad day indeed.

[DarkRaven123 602]

Report the server you were on immediately.

If enough thunderdome's are reported, there will be a database wipe.

[Guest cRy]

I say find some of them, by IP tracking. Go to their house. Beat ass. Profit.

I am thinking about setting up a server just for this.

FEAR!

That is all these twats listen too. It is human nature. Funny how it also works on subhuman scumbags who think this shit is funny.

[Zarathustra (DayZ) 87]

Yes, the hacking is now rampant. I've managed to avoid Thunderdome, but it seems it's only a matter of time before it gets me. Today, the text "HAXXX" appeared on the center of my screen in white letters. I've no idea what this means, or what was going to happen next, so I immediately logged off.

[thetraveler12 1]

i ran way form the guy in the ghillie suit( hacker) and disconnected. when i logged into another server i was at the NW airfield. and promptly got shot by someone else.. i spawned in the middle of the runway..

[SmashT 10907]

I say find some of them, by IP tracking. Go to their house.

How's that supposed to work exactly?

[Mah0gan-3 0]

Yes, the hacking is now rampant. I've managed to avoid Thunderdome, but it seems it's only a matter of time before it gets me. Today, the text "HAXXX" appeared on the center of my screen in white letters. I've no idea what this means, or what was going to happen next, so I immediately logged off.

That was probably some noob reject fixing to get BE banned, using a very low tech and old (from like 2008 or something cant remember) scripting tool, you can download from some forums. (I used to use it to fool around and have fun in the armory, or train with vehicles like helicopter and planes and such before i learned more advanced scripting tools, because it and a lot of programs like it have a lot of preset scripting commands, for very easily spawning vehicles, carpet bombings, teleportation, etc, all kinds of things and the ability to put white or other colored text in the middle of the screen was one of the presets, and you could change the text very easily, but the default text was set to HAXXX.) He was probably testing it out or something, unfortunately for him, its BE security bypass tech is out of date by literally years, i assume he got banned nearly instantly afterwards.

[lukasaurus 1]

Just happened on NZ 15. I just quit, but now, when I log in, I'm going to be stuck in the middle of a runway on an airfield, with only an M9 with one bullet (because my enfield bugged out when I dropped it and disappeared).

[Azelbaum 2]

There is a new twist to this one that we experienced. The abort and respawn buttons are disabled and alt f4 causes you to die. The only way to safely quit out of a thunderdomed server is to ctrl alt dlt and end the game from there.

[lukasaurus 1]

It really sucked for me, because 5 seconds prior to being thunderdomed, a zombie broken one of my bones (fell on a staircase). I was about to start crawling to the hospital in Berezino which would have taken 5 minutes or so, and I had a bag full of cooked meat, and then boom "welcome to the thunderdome". I log and when I come back, I'm stuck in the middle of the airfield with a broken leg, 1 bullet and it is pitch black.

I just fired my gun, got the attention of some Z's and let them eat me.

So, for anyone on ANZ 15 this morning, there is a body on the airstrip that has matches, which I hear are pretty rare. All my other loot was in a tent somewhere else, and I'm not giving that position away.

[Hinaru 96]

Sorry for this question. But lol, whats thunderdomed? :D

[Varicose Veins 14]

Sorry for this question. But lol, whats thunderdomed? :D

Didn't you actually read the OP and watch the video?

[smiffotw@hotmail.com 2]

Sorry for this question. But lol, whats thunderdomed? :D

Why ask questions when theres lots of information on it already, a youtube clip and, perhaps, try using google if you dont understand the reference?

How do you like your own medicine?

[lukasaurus 1]

Meh, the Thunderdome is a reference to Mad Max III, where people fight to the death in an arena. The hackers teleport you there and force you to kill each other with high end weaponry.

[dimak415 62]

Me and my party were thunderdomed 3 times last night on US 232... Some were teleported, some were not. The hacker than proceeded to port us one by one to a bus in the woods, where we lost all of our stuff and he sat in the middle of us in his ghille with some sweet gun picking us off.

At one point, I was in the heli during the thunderdome challenge. I shot about 5 people from the gunner seat, we took off with some random guys in the back and hacker sat at the bottom and picked us off out of the chopper one by one. He was invulnerable to machine gun fire.

We lost a UAZ and a GAZ. We lost ghille and as50. We lost all sorts of stuff. But such is the way of DayZ. It gives you these little things to be happy about, then rips them out of your hands in the most ridiculous ways.

On a side note, 2 days ago I was teleported into the air as a fresh spawn. As I dropped to the ground, I saw many many parachutes. As I fell through the sea of parachutes, I realized they were all cows... parachuting cows.

In closing, people (myself and party included), have stopped taking this game seriously. Our camps have been erased, vehicles looted, we have been ported and dropped and killed and hatcheted and blown up and we are kind of tired of playing for days establishing sweet camps, only to all get taken out by hackers. We still play, but no one takes it seriously anymore. We run around cherno and elektro and other hot spots because we just don't care anymore. Even that is losing its novelty.

After 15 beta releases and seemingly daily BE updates, this game is still run by hackers, and if it doesn't change, its ova hova

[dimak415 62]

Tat said, the standalone will limit hacking to client side hacks like wall hacks and player locators. Thats much better than scripts being run on the server. So, maybe its time for a month long hiatus.