Regarding US 403

[digwood 0]

A friend of mine and I were playing on Aug. 1st on this server with minimal problems. Aug. 2nd, however, we invited other friends to play here, my first friend and I had found a boat, and set up a tent. Our group of friends and I thought it a good idea to set up a camp on this server.

Then, my second friend and I, on Aug. 2nd, started to get booted because of "Error #79". We weren't sure what that was, so my 2nd friend went back to the server he usually played on and I went and had dinner.

After dinner, my 2nd friend and I had decided that maybe his server he had been playing on might be a better fit. I figured that was cool, so I logged into US 403 to start the trek (I had died) to our tent to transfer it. That's when the kicks started.

Initially, I spawned in Elektro and noticed Roasthawkmoon flying around. NBD. I tried to stay out of the way, and eventually found my way, along the coast, to either Kamyshovo or Solichny - it was one of the two. The time was around 1:39am EST. I saw a heli crash. It was Roasthawkmoon's. I traveled back to the town to look for bodies and loot - but I was kicked with the message, "You were kicked from the server."

I figured it was fine. I logged back in, and was kicked after a few seconds (maybe 15) with the same message. I thought it was a bug, so I thought, "you know what? Even if it is the admin, I'll leave the area if I can log back in and just grab our tent."

I trucked off the area and was fine...for a while.

Then I hit the next town along the coast. Some vehicle came hauling ass through town, then blew up around a bridge. I thought, "Hm. Could be the admin again, maybe there are bodies around I can loot," as the same four died in that crash as the heli crash. I'm kicked again with the "You were kicked from the server." message.

At this point, I'm figuring something fishy might be going on. I'm also drunk as hell. So, I log back into the server, but before I spawn my character, I type, into the group chat, "Hey, I saw you crash your vehicles twice now, and I've been booted off the server twice. Quit being a dick, Roasthawkmoon." I'm not sure if BOTH were his vehicles. I'm still not sure, as I was drunk. But what convinces me is this:

I logged back in before writing in group chat. Instead of night, it was now 1pm, and there was a lot of automatic gunfire coming from where the crash would have happened. I was kicked (with the same "you were kicked" message as earlier).

I logged back in after posting to group chat. A minute or so later, I get a message from Roasthawkmoon saying if I logged into this server again, I would be banned. I logged in again to ask why - was it my tone? I just wanted my tent.

About a minute after I logged in the most recent time to this server, Roasthawkmoon sent me a message stating, "you've been warned. have fun paying another 12-30 bucks for a new copy. i'm reporting you to battleeye."

I've had zero problems before (admittedly, it was a short time), or since playing on the server. I've never cheated, I love the game, but I felt that I had to share this.

I also tried to take screenshots. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. turned out flat black. I haven't checked Steam to see if there's anything I could recover from there regarding the issue, but it's been a couple days, and there's been no arbitrary ban, so I haven't checked.

Not complaining, not trying to get anyone in trouble, but just warning. I won't pretend to know this particular admin's reasons for the ban (mostly, because he wouldn't tell me), but know that SOME admins will threaten you with a super-ban-hammer to ruin your key.

Heads up.

[digwood 0]

I can't find any way to delete this, but I did wind up getting a chance to talk with Roasthawkmoon.

Their server rebooted and we got a chance to speak and we hashed it out. Turns out, there was someone that was hacking and crashing their vehicles, and they assumed it was me.

I never mentioned the part about the time shifting, his friends were hostile until he started speaking, but the fact is, they paid me, at the very least, lip-service so I could get my shit and get out.

Maybe they're good. But I don't know of any script that just crashes or blows up vehicles...yet. Maybe it's a new one. Anyway, that's what they claimed, "some hacker was blowing up our vehicles".

I still think it's weird. But whatever. I got my tent.

EDIT: This is what I was using to cross-reference possible/feasible hacks: http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/55030-hackers-what-you-need-to-know/. The logic is sound, but it doesn't detail what could have been done within the past few days. So, don't hate these guys just because.

Edited August 4, 2012 by digwood