Popular Post Dr_Mayus Posted May 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2015 I was just wondering if we could institute a thing where if you are flagged for a trophy and then are caught again cheating you are permanently off the leaderboards. I see a user that I know I (or someone else) flagged and they just hide the contested game and are right back where they started. The #1 on the Canadian Leaderboards has over 3000 trophies hidden and I just reported another one of his games. All of games are platted in under a years time so that is 642 platinums in like a 12 month period. I know we shouldn't do call out threads, but I was just wondering if there is limited amount of times you can get flagged or can you just keep hiding and hacking games? 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExHaseo Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I like this idea. I've always thought it was a bit pointless to let hackers just hide any list they get flagged for over and over. Since if they're hacking that much, there's a very good possibility that some of the games that look legit are hacked too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I love how people who hack themselves to the top like that guy not only make it obvious with so many plats, but they hack impossible games like Moto GP 09/10 and Moto GP 10/11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STFUxDxD Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I thought Sly or Parker had said the limit was 3. Someone can hide their cheated game and return to the clean leaderboard but only 3 times. Anymore after that and they're in the dirty cheater pool for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memnoch Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 For some reason I think this thread may go astray. Probably down to déjà-vu. To be quite frank Mayus; better hackers don't get caught at all, so I wouldn't worry too much about the top spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zallera Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I was just wondering if we could institute a thing where if you are flagged for a trophy and then are caught again cheating you are permanently off the leaderboards. I see a user that I know I (or someone else) flagged and they just hide the contested game and are right back where they started. The #1 on the Canadian Leaderboards has over 3000 trophies hidden and I just reported another one of his games. All of games are platted in under a years time so that is 642 platinums in like a 12 month period. I know we shouldn't do call out threads, but I was just wondering if there is limited amount of times you can get flagged or can you just keep hiding and hacking games? I don't get why people bother to do hacking this blatant, but in my opinion someone hacking this badly should just be "one and done" in regards to how many chances they get. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 But why? If they hide the hacked games, they are showing only legit trophies. If there are other hacked games on display, just flag them too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrickenBiged Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 3 chances seems reasonable, with a clear warning on the third strike that they should hide all their hacked games or else they'll never be seen on the leaderboards again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr_Mayus Posted May 20, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2015 But why? If they hide the hacked games, they are showing only legit trophies. If there are other hacked games on display, just flag them too but they don't hide the hacked games. They hide the one you reported them on and then continue on. So you have to report them again. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkthur Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Just flag his games one by one. Having to hide games every day or so might piss him off a little. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Archon Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I see a user that I know I (or someone else) flagged and they just hide the contested game and are right back where they started. I once reported someone who hacked games too and after that (s)he hid all the games and a while later I saw that same person on this site again. Took a look at the profile and the timestamps from the hacked game had been changed so it wasn't obviously hacked and seemed legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StrickenBiged Posted May 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2015 I once reported someone who hacked games too and after that (s)he hid all the games and a while later I saw that same person on this site again. Took a look at the profile and the timestamps from the hacked game had been changed so it wasn't obviously hacked and seemed legit. If retroactively changing timestamps is an option open to hackers, then surely we must have a "there's the door, bye-bye" policy with regards to hackers on the leaderboards. 1 strike and you're out. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskdocx Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 But why? If they hide the hacked games, they are showing only legit trophies. If there are other hacked games on display, just flag them too No, I'm with Dr_Mayus on this one. I think there should be much less leniency. I can understand someone playing a hacked game at one point in the past, and wanting a second chance. But when you are dealing with serial cheaters, or individuals like the one in question whose entire profile is a cheat, they should be one and done. I looked at that profile when it popped up, and there are numerous days with multiple plats - I found a dozen on one day. When you look at the time stamps, trophies from a half a dozen different games are being earned within minutes of each other. That is either a shared account or multiple hacked games. If you already have 3000+ hidden trophies, you are a career cheat and do not belong on the leaderboards, period. I would otherwise support a system of; 1st Strike - Flagged and warned - offending game removed from the profile 2nd Strike - Moved permanently to cheater section. Option to apply for reinstatement only upon request, and with the understanding that you have removed ALL illegitimate trophies from your profile 3rd Strike - Permanently removed with no option for reinstatement, or outright ban from the site (I would favor the latter) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonemankane Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 how can you tell if they hacked it? cuz I don't want to be called a cheater for I got to level 50 in one go by mistake for I joined a guy who hacked his game to make all the enemys level 100+ in borderland 1.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskdocx Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 how can you tell if they hacked it? cuz I don't want to be called a cheater for I got to level 50 in one go by mistake for I joined a guy who hacked his game to make all the enemys level 100+ in borderland 1.5 That's not gonna get you flagged (IMO). We are talking about people who have loaded save files from hundreds of games onto their profiles to add thousands of trophies they didn't earn. Using a glitch/exploit is a different situation. Even in your example, that is a single trophy, not entire game(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madbuk Posted May 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2015 If retroactively changing timestamps is an option open to hackers, then surely we must have a "there's the door, bye-bye" policy with regards to hackers on the leaderboards. 1 strike and you're out. This. So much this. Please. Hackers have proven themselves to be untrustworthy, unsportsmanlike, and devious troublemakers. We have proven that they hack games, and yet that doesn't stop them from coming straight back on the leaderboards. There was one guy I reported for LBP2, and then I checked his profile after a month, and he was right back on the leaderboard with some more hidden trophies. I then reported his Bioshock Infinite trophies - and nothing was done about it btw - and I'm sure there are more he's hacked. Please, stop going easy on the hacking scum that plague this website and others' leaderboards, It would be such a better place without them. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goekie Posted May 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2015 I have an even better idea Get flagged - instant ban from leaderboards 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScooloV Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 (edited) I thought Sly or Parker had said the limit was 3. Someone can hide their cheated game and return to the clean leaderboard but only 3 times. Anymore after that and they're in the dirty cheater pool for good.That's not working, cause I know several cheaters, who left leaderboard and returned again for more, than 3 times. In fact they all have at least 300-500 trophies hidden (that's more than 10-20 games!!!). May be there should be a limit for hidden games count or what? Edited May 20, 2015 by ScooloV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegirlruka Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I have an even better idea Get flagged - instant ban from leaderboards The problem with that is that if you go out of your way to get the fastest possible time and others report you because they don't think it's possible, you are permanently banned from the leaderboard for being good at a game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbuk Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 The problem with that is that if you go out of your way to get the fastest possible time and others report you because they don't think it's possible, you are permanently banned from the leaderboard for being good at a game. The method that Goekie suggested would mean that they are only banned from the leaderboard, not the site, which means that they can dispute any hacking claims by posting on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegirlruka Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 The method that Goekie suggested would mean that they are only banned from the leaderboard, not the site, which means that they can dispute any hacking claims by posting on the forum. So pretty much what is done now? When I hear ban, I think permanent. I would have used the word removed. It doesn't have as absolute a connotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbuk Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 So pretty much what is done now? When I hear ban, I think permanent. I would have used the word removed. It doesn't have as absolute a connotation. No, with the way it's done now, you can simply hide the game and get back on the leaderboard. I assume what Goekie meant is that once your flagged, that's it - you can't get back on the leaderboard at all, not even by hiding. However, being kicked off the leaderboard isn't a ban, so they are still able to dispute on the forums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryToxteth Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 (edited) The problem with that is that if you go out of your way to get the fastest possible time and others report you because they don't think it's possible, you are permanently banned from the leaderboard for being good at a game. TheGuyTom, I don't think that's the problem. We are talking about chronic cheaters. Gamers earning 10-20 plats in one day. I've come across dozens of cheaters on this site where, when you pull up their profile, they platted and completed 50 games in 2-3 days. I have alerted the mods to these cheaters, but only on the games I know personally. So they might have 50 titles that have been hacked, but if I only turn them in for three games, they can hide those games, become legitimate again, And go back into the standings. I don't have a solution, I like having premium members have the option to turn people in. Funny thing is, I don't even fully understand how people are able to even hack their games. Lol. Edited May 20, 2015 by PerryToxteth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonemankane Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 ah was thinking about stuff like that could get you banned like that, well why not put a ban on them if they do that, like tell sony that they are hacking and all that so that get banned from here and on psn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Hyper Balls Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) Cheaters are the worst, I've noticed a few gamers getting the worlds biggest welch fan in Star Ocean without killing the ethereal Queen and you need her feathers for item creation. They ruin leaderboards and mess with the rarity of the trophies that actually take pre-planning, skill and patience to get. shitty side is hacker are gonna hack because they are ass hats. On the other side I think Microsoft is going to have a tough time because they are going to hand out prizes for achievements and gamer scores, lets see how that rolls out Edited May 21, 2015 by nevetsteven2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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