crate on server found. will I get banned for using?

[dewdewonu 0]

Found a crate with weapons and gear in it on US 3344 in the elektro school/office building. If i get some weapons from it will i be banned or no?

[Catheter Cat™ 7]

No one is banned for using non-hack programs (like Fraps, overlays, etc.), picking up or using hacked in-game items, weapons or vehicles, being on a server at the same time as a cheater, or other passive non-cheating activity. Therefore all requests mentioning these things as possible reasons for the global ban are ignored.

[dutch_miller 159]

While you can't get a global ban, some server admins can and will ban you if you even have hacked in gear.

[sorryforshooting 11]

C'mon kid play legit

[Geronimo (DayZ) 0]

You have enough legit weps to survive in game, no need for hacked in weps.

[Sula 1205]

My latest advice is "be very cautious and think about it". A lot of the Chernarus servers (that are not part of the official hive but may well share a hive) are now putting up messages that say things like "AS50-TWS use is forbidden, as are all hacked weapons. Automatic ban, NO exceptions. You've been warned". And these guys share a hive, so you risk being banned from a number of servers.

Personally, I don't like it and I agree with Rocket, players shouldn't be banned, the hackers should. Also, new players of a week or two just won't know about things like dayz wiki and what is and isn't a banned a weapon. But if these admins ban you there's little you can do about it. So I'd think carefully before picking up weapons I don't recognise. :thumbsup:

Edited October 2, 2012 by Sula

[dedoolb 157]

^^ What Sula said. I got a temporary Admin Ban at US303 because I logged in with an AS50 TWS (I didn't know it was a hacked weapon at the time). The ban was lifted, but yeah, read the wiki and avoid hacked weaponry.

[Sula 1205]

Also, I just read a message on a UK GB#00 server that said, any player logging in with no weapon would be banned immediately! That is ridiculous. My friend hasn't had a weapon since he spawned. Sometimes it's just not easy to find weapons, not even axes. Yet some daft admin who has no experience of the game, has decided to ban anyone who doesn't have weapons? Presumably because they're cheats, maybe?

Honestly, it makes me want to rent a server to run one properly without all these daft rules be some admins.

[tigerww2 24]

did the server restart O_O

i wants me some as 50 thermals