Hacked weapon on US 249 LA

[The Real Barnabus 0]

Hey just wanted to let our server admins know I found an AS50 TWS this morning. I didn't realize this weapon doesn't spawn until Beez57 (TATER SALAD) texted me about it so I currently have it in my inventory (I'm not logged in right now). I know that according to a recent post by Rocket using an already hacked-in weapon doesn't result in a global ban, but I wanted to make sure I'm not banned from the server or labeled as a hacker until I can log back in and drop it. I would prefer to put it in a dead body and hide the body to completely despawn it so no one can find it and dupe it but I'm in a remote location and I just want to get rid of this thing before it brings me trouble. Kinda sucks, I was so excited to use it (before I realized it was hacked) but using a weapon that you know is hacked is no better than spawning it in yourself.

If any of the server admins want to get in touch with me I can tell you exactly where I found it if that helps find the person who spawned it in. Reply and we'll get in touch.

[patakiorama@gmail.com 3]

Don't be so squeamish. Use it for a good case, like blasting snipers killing noobs.

[mullinsjesse@ymail.com 19]

Don't be a pussy, Use it because its a beast gun i got a 1v4 with it because i had a thermal and they couldn't even see me.

[The Real Barnabus 0]

Don't be so squeamish. Use it for a good case, like blasting snipers killing noobs.

Well like I said, using an item that someone else hacked into the game is in principal no different than hacking it in yourself. I agree with you that snipers sitting outside cherno or elektro picking off people running around with marakovs deserve to die, but I don't need to use a hacked weapon to do it.

Don't be a pussy, Use it because its a beast gun i got a 1v4 with it because i had a thermal and they couldn't even see me.

I'm glad to see your integrity is worth so much. I understand the advantages of the gun, that's not the issue here.

Also, I wouldn't call it squeemish or being a pussy I'd call it considerate. If our server admins did happen to ban me, I'd have to ask our whole playgroup to move to another server. I'll take my friends over a scope any day.

Edited August 5, 2012 by The Real Barnabus

[Aire 0]

Banning for hacked weapons is at the discretion of the server admin. If he sees you with it in the logs, yes, you could be banned.

That said, I use one and have been for ~3 weeks now just by finding it in a camp and still have not been banned.

By the way, it's an infrared sight, not a thermal.

[tandwan 250]

It's not at the admins discretion honestly because the rules and guidelines put up for what an admin can and can not ban for are very clear. You're not a vigilante and therefore are not allowed to just piss on the rules and the word of Rocket because you decided to start making up your own rules of what you can and can not ban people for. People who do this are in direct breach of the rules placed on a server admin for how he can govern a server. Do I think it's bad? Yep, I do. Do we ban people for hacked weapons? Nope. Why? See above. Being an admin doesn't mean you can take the law into your own hands simply because you pay for the server.

[Aire 0]

It's not at the admins discretion honestly because the rules and guidelines put up for what an admin can and can not ban for are very clear. You're not a vigilante and therefore are not allowed to just piss on the rules and the word of Rocket because you decided to start making up your own rules of what you can and can not ban people for. People who do this are in direct breach of the rules placed on a server admin for how he can govern a server. Do I think it's bad? Yep, I do. Do we ban people for hacked weapons? Nope. Why? See above. Being an admin doesn't mean you can take the law into your own hands simply because you pay for the server.

Maybe you do not, but I know a few that do, and I can say that what is allowed and what is done are often two very different things. Just because the rules say that an admin cannot do something does not mean that he or she will not do it, and really, whether due two lack of fucks given by the people that are banned/kicked/etc. or some other factor, a lot of the cases in which an admin breaks the rules aren't even ever seen let alone dealt with.

By the way, I'm not down-talking administrators here; this is just what I've seen first hand and I know there are a lot of cases in which punitive action -is- taken against offending servers (and, more commonly, unsupported accusations).

[The Real Barnabus 0]

What admins can and can't do is for another thread. I'm against hacking in DayZ period, and that includes using items that are obviously hacked in by someone else. Just wanted to get the word to our admin what was going on as a preventative measure and that's why I posted this.

[Aire 0]

What admins can and can't do is for another thread..

Why, thank you for your suggestion.