About Action Taken Against Third-Party Tool Users : POL NEWS

The more I hear about who got caught up in this wild, scattershot "sting operation," the more I become convinced that it was conducted in a yawning, disinterested, haphazard manner.

They pulled 2000 random names out of a hat, and whether the offense they felt they could pin on the names they pulled was spitting in public ... or grand theft auto ... they were all dealt a hefty prison sentence.

Utter nonsense. Once again, this was something for the rest of us to see ... it's not really an "effort" to clean things up. If they were serious about that, they would have started with the characters that were ridiculously easy to recognize in seconds as botters with one's own, naked eyes ... they wouldn't be conducting unnecessarily complex investigations for people with minor/no offenses in the past.

Pyoih wouldn't still be monopolizing Mee Degi as we speak ... there's almost nobody more obvious than him/them, and he made it through unscathed. Meanwhile, Tymon, Tyrath, Dowzer, and others are gone.



What ... the ... HELL.
 
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Here's a hint. They can't tell you're not in fullscreen mode if you're just using windower. Just because they tell you you're banned for not being in fullscreen doesn't mean that windower was what caught them.

SE banned those who they could tell were not in fullscreen mode. All those banned were told they were banned for not being in fullscreen mode. And they weren't. But that's not all they were doing.

Come on...what's more likely? Old cheats cheating again, or SE putting old cheats in double jeopardy and saying lolol just kiddin you're done.
 
I don't know if anyone else was given this reason, but a ls mate was given the 4 day suspension at the same time for supposedly selling gil. Myself and atleast 20-30 people can vouch for her that she does not sell gil what so ever. Between that and other people I know being banned and not given a real reason I think they're screwing over a lot of random people just because they can.
 
I just got home from my 5-day trip. I have to say I was rather worried when I got home and checked playonline.com, as I constantly play with windower on (although in full-screen mode).

Luckily, I was not suspended. Although I'm sorry to see Tyrath, Tymon and Chasym among others banned/suspended =/
 
Oracle said:
Tons of players don't even play other FF games, let alone any Square Enix, or Square games. Take me for example. I've only played Final Fantasy VIII. Nothing else. I find most FF games just repetitive. I don't even think I can pick up FFVIII and play it again..
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FFVIII wasn't a game, it was a 30-40 hour movie.
 
Stouter said:
FFVIII wasn't a game, it was a 30-40 hour movie.
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And a horrible one at that.
 
alanon said:
I'm curious. I use "the program that shall not be named". I don't use ANY of the plugins. No partyTP or anything. This morning before work, I went to log in to check my plants, an during the whole disclaimer screen about work and family, a windows installer screen popped up and tried to install something from FFXI. I cancelled out a bunch of times and eventually got to the character select screen. Long story short, after seeing this, I wonder if that was some sort of detection program.
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This usually happens when something is wrong with your client install. The Windows Installer repeats some sort of installation which takes a very long time. Cancelling it usually restarts it, however, cancelling it three or four times will skip this event and will launch the client as usual.

There isn't anything to be alarmed about Square Enix installing some sort of spyware into your client. This just happens when you encounter a problem with your client launcher and usually requires a reinstallation.

This event may happen by messing around with DAT modifications and use of any third party application, including the notorious one.

I hope you find this useful. Take care!
 
Tyrath said:
Lies.
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It's true, he's been brainwashed. BAJ, GET THE HOSE
 
Peregrine said:
Here's a hint. They can't tell you're not in fullscreen mode if you're just using windower. Just because they tell you you're banned for not being in fullscreen doesn't mean that windower was what caught them.

SE banned those who they could tell were not in fullscreen mode. All those banned were told they were banned for not being in fullscreen mode. And they weren't. But that's not all they were doing.

Come on...what's more likely? Old cheats cheating again, or SE putting old cheats in double jeopardy and saying lolol just kiddin you're done.
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might wanna check on that info again there tex, The guys who made windower have said it before, it can be detected, even without plug ins, Based on your resolution of windower compared to resolution of your desktop. Even if you use both at 1280X1024, it makes it harder but still detect but still possible. that whole -1 ffxi terminated, lost full screen mode detection message, has alot to do with it.
 
It got super homo after the second disc.
 
Bustaballs said:
It got super homo after the second disc.
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It did not!

FF9 was ALOT more fantasy like than the others, it reminded me of the old fashion style FF's, but still a great game... not one that you would play over again tho.
 
Cua said:
not one that you would play over again tho.
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Never did the 12 hour excalibur did you.
 
Cua said:
It did not!

FF9 was ALOT more fantasy like than the others, it reminded me of the old fashion style FF's, but still a great game... not one that you would play over again tho.
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ive played ff9 4 times...what?
 
Chasym said:
might wanna check on that info again there tex, The guys who made windower have said it before, it can be detected, even without plug ins, Based on your resolution of windower compared to resolution of your desktop. Even if you use both at 1280X1024, it makes it harder but still detect but still possible. that whole -1 ffxi terminated, lost full screen mode detection message, has alot to do with it.
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I read the Windower forums somewhat regularly, and I have not seen Azaril or Cliff say this at all. Azaril's own statement was that he wouldn't use it himself (and SHOW HIS CHARACTER in Windower screenshots) if he didn't consider it bulletproof!

The whole -1 Lost Full Screen error isn't always correct. Last night when I finally grabbed the update, I did it with no Windower. After the update finished, it went fullscreen, my monitor blinked on and off a few times, and then it bounced back to POL with the error. The only thing open besides XI was a Windows folder.
 
Chasym said:
indeed they are lies! loved FFVIII, its my most replayed one! number 2 in the series for me.
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I'm sorry that you haven't played any real games before and that you think that. FF8 was pretty to look at, but the game mechanics sucked(lolstealyourmagic) and the plot and characters were so 2D it was almost impossible to care about them. I quit playing in the final area because I just didn't care in the slightest about the game anymore, there was no motivation at all for me to keep playing.
 
Bajaratt said:
I'm sorry that you haven't played any real games before and that you think that. FF8 was pretty to look at, but the game mechanics sucked(lolstealyourmagic) and the plot and characters were so 2D it was almost impossible to care about them. I quit playing in the final area because I just didn't care in the slightest about the game anymore, there was no motivation at all for me to keep playing.
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lol, SO i liked the game and dont whine and complain because it didnt follow the fan boy guidelines. Ive played every FF there is, Gameboy and all side games also. Your probly one of them FFVII fanboys eh? The game that was really just an ok game but has become nothin but a fanboy money ticket. 6 was also the best story line in the series.
and ive played probly more games than you can account for, been playin games since atari and dont plan on stoppin.
So dont claim i havent played any "real" games because i like a game that you didnt get.
 
Bajaratt said:
I'm sorry that you haven't played any real games before and that you think that. FF8 was pretty to look at, but the game mechanics sucked(lolstealyourmagic) and the plot and characters were so 2D it was almost impossible to care about them. I quit playing in the final area because I just didn't care in the slightest about the game anymore, there was no motivation at all for me to keep playing.
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qft... I think that is where i left off as well. What a lolshitty game.
Also, I played ff9 a few times, spaced out enough so i remembered hardly anything about the game. My favorite one ever.

And windower is totally bulletproof, if they banned you for "windower" it is either because they are lying out the ass, or you were using another 3rd party program they could detect, possibly just a more advanced windower plugin.
 
Bajaratt said:
I'm sorry that you haven't played any real games before and that you think that. FF8 was pretty to look at, but the game mechanics sucked(lolstealyourmagic) and the plot and characters were so 2D it was almost impossible to care about them. I quit playing in the final area because I just didn't care in the slightest about the game anymore, there was no motivation at all for me to keep playing.
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Ive played plenty of "real games." RPGs are mostly all I play. I liked FF8, I'm easy to please. But really I liked the system, it was new, it was different, it was FUN. If you didn't like it, don't try to force your opinion on others.
 
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