I tried to find a hacker

[Swineflew 480]

I got on a nearly full server and played for an hour, then got on another high pop server and played for half an hour before I got greedy and died due to bandaging infront of HUGE BAY DOORS.

But my stupidity aside, did I find a hacker?

Was I able to see the fabled thunderdome?

Was I nuked?

Was I teleported to an island?

Did I fall and randomly die?

Did I fall victim to the dreaded "You can't play this game anymore because every server has hackers ruining the game 24/7"?

http://www.twitch.tv/swineflew1/b/327439275

[toastymcbutterbuns 34]

You have my beans. What servers btw? I might want to play on them.

[thorax336 17]

Doors: The silent killer

[Swineflew 480]

You have my beans. What servers btw? I might want to play on them.

I didn't even look, I picked low ping high pop. I know the quality is terrible so it's impossible to read from the stream.

Edit: My wife wanted me to let the dogs out so obviously she wanted me to die.

Edited August 4, 2012 by Swineflew

[random51 172]

Good for you. I guess since I've never been in a car crash I can safely assume that they don't happen and I shouldn't bother wearing a seatbelt.

You wouldn't happen to be the Dean at the Gary Busey School of Motorcycle Safety, would you?

Edited August 4, 2012 by random51

[Swineflew 480]

Good for you. I guess since I've never been in a car crash I can safely assume that they don't happen and I shouldn't bother wearing a seatbelt.

You wouldn't happen to be the Dean at the Gary Busey School of Motorcycle Safety, would you?

I haven't been to the car forums, but if they were anything like the DayZ forums all you'd hear was "YOU CAN'T GET ON THE ROADS WITHOUT CRASHING".

I mean, if that's the analogy you feel like using.

[Falcrist 119]

Clearly this whole hacking thing has been way overplayed… even though I met two hacking clans, watched my friend die to an invisible DMR guy, found hacked vehicles, logged into a server that had been completely flattened, been massmurdered, found a partially constructed thunderdome, and had my vehicles at several different camps satchel charged… all this week.

I'm sure that's all just my imagination. You've clearly proven that there aren't any hackers because you played on one server for a whole hour.

[syncmaster (DayZ) 63]

Yeah post the servers or gtfo.

Maybe the hackers just like their own kind, and make an exception for childish trolls.

[Sakeoe (DayZ) 115]

Thanks for the virus OP

Do not click his link, I am now posting this from my toaster.

[random51 172]

I haven't been to the car forums, but if they were anything like the DayZ forums all you'd hear was "YOU CAN'T GET ON THE ROADS WITHOUT CRASHING".

I mean, if that's the analogy you feel like using.

Drive in Boston and you'll hear those sentiments expressed on a daily basis. :)

What you're failing to factor into your analysis is that unhappy people are more likely to post about it and post more often than those who are happy. Naturally this will lead to lots and lots of complaints in every forum. This has nothing to do with the validity of the complaints, though. Is there a lot of hyperbole in many of these posts? Sure there is. Does that mean that cheating isn't the biggest issue currently plaguing DayZ? No it does not.

Hacking is rampant at the moment. Pretending otherwise is just that: pretending.

[Spoleto 25]

Battleye has finally pulled through and temporarily stopped the bypass hack from working! That would explain why you couldn't find any hackers today..

Not going to post the sites URL but if anyone else has been following the post just check the latest few responses from upset script kiddies and it will confirm it's no longer working!

Hooray!

[Spoleto 25]

For how long is a completely different matter...

[Swineflew 480]

I'm not trying to say hackers don't exist or that it isn't a problem. My point is that the sky isn't falling and you're not guaranteed to run into a hacker if you play on a high pop server like you're lead to believe.

I was in chicago once, that traffic kinda sucked. I'm just posting from the other end of the spectrum, a little glimmer of hope if you will.

Although I am sad I wasn't thunderdome'd kinda.

Thanks for the virus OP

Do not click his link, I am now posting this from my toaster.

You say posting from your toaster like it's a bad thing.

Yeah post the servers or gtfo.

Maybe the hackers just like their own kind, and make an exception for childish trolls.

I figured randomly picking the servers would make it more authentic than hand picked servers.

I know it's probably a bad habit, but I never pay attention to the servers. I sort by ping, pick a server with maybe 15-20 people with 3rd person, and join.

Edited August 4, 2012 by Swineflew

[reuben5150 83]

Not going to post the sites URL but if anyone else has been following the post just check the latest few responses from upset script kiddies and it will confirm it's no longer working!

Hooray!

You mean something like this -

http://www.***.me/forum/tags/bypass.html

These fucking arseholes do this shit in a public forum and still nothing gets done, BIS are one lame ass company.

Edited August 5, 2012 by Mutagen_7B4

[tuleg1t 50]

pick a server with maybe 15-20 people with 3rd person, and join.

LOL!

[DarkRaven123 602]

The global ban was for a Cheat Engine extender.

Another one bites the dust.

Looks like majority of the people aren't to phased to spend another "$10" and continue on their merry way though.

[Zarathustra (DayZ) 87]

Not going to post the sites URL but if anyone else has been following the post just check the latest few responses from upset script kiddies and it will confirm it's no longer working!

Ha, yes, I've been checking their forums to!

Some samples responses to the update from the script kiddies - check out these sweet tears!

"Yup just wasted another $10 bucks, never trusting this site again."

"Agreed. Out another 10$."

"used it a couple of times, on non-populated servers, joined one more (3rd or so) global ban 665, shame really because a hacker brought me to doing this o well my risk. your outta $10 im outta £15 thats like $22"

"*cough cough* brazilian piece of shit *cough cough*"

"So ur telling me that I spent 20€ for nothing ?"

THE TEARS, OH GOD THEY ARE WONDERFUL!

[Spoleto 25]

Ha, yes, I've been checking their forums to!

Some samples responses to the update from the script kiddies - check out these sweet tears!

"Yup just wasted another $10 bucks, never trusting this site again."

"Agreed. Out another 10$."

"used it a couple of times, on non-populated servers, joined one more (3rd or so) global ban 665, shame really because a hacker brought me to doing this o well my risk. your outta $10 im outta £15 thats like $22"

"*cough cough* brazilian piece of shit *cough cough*"

"So ur telling me that I spent 20€ for nothing ?"

THE TEARS, OH GOD THEY ARE WONDERFUL!

Hahaha I love it! you must be following a different thread to me but thats gold thanks for sharing :D

[Swineflew 480]

You mean something like this

*snip*

These fucking arseholes do this shit in a public forum and still nothing gets done, BIS are one lame ass company.

Linking stuff like that in the forums can get you banned.

What do you expect BI to do exactly about people on a public forum?

Edited August 5, 2012 by Swineflew

[Swineflew 480]

LOL!

Which part is funny, I don't get it.

[ken@thekab.com 37]

I saw a hacker once.

I banned him.

End of story.

[Zarathustra (DayZ) 87]

Hahaha I love it! you must be following a different thread to me but thats gold thanks for sharing :D

The quotes I gave didn't come from the site Mutagen linked to, they came from others. There's lots of these sites, sadly.

[Swineflew 480]

I saw a hacker once.

I banned him.

End of story.

Good story tbh.