POL NEWS: User Agreement Violators Terminated and info on Kraken Club

neophytal said:
really? windower? hmmm.



- Accounts confirmed using third party tools to illegally move their characters:400 cases

nope not windower only here.


- Accounts confirmed using third party tools to give an unfair advantage over other players in order to get claim on Notorious Monsters. 4400 cases

nope not windower only here.

- Accounts confirmed using illegal means to obtain items 100 cases

nope not windower only here.

- Accounts from people that were previously confirmed to have RMT connections, or that had violated the user agreements but re-subscribed to PlayOnline. 2800 cases

nope not windower only here.

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welp, according to their post anyways, it wasnt just windower that they are looking for.

lol Im sorry but dont be so thick-headed... They have other terms that fit windower just fine.

i.e. It IS a third party tool.
i.e. It DOES give an unfair advantage over players. (Not everyone has the means to look up map/area/mob info while playing)

Two big reasons right there "hmmm"


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taken directly from the site:

The following is prohibited:

- Use of any program or tool within any PlayOnline service that allows certain continuous actions to be performed automatically.
- Use of any item within any PlayOnline service that allows a certain continuous action to be performed automatically.
- Changing, combining, reverse engineering, analyzing game data, and creating or distributing related utility programs.
- Use of any unofficial program to the benefit of the user.
- Selling of in-game characters or items for currency, also known as "real money trading" (RMT).

The above actions disrupt the game balance and will be penalized.

Third-party program usage
Use of any third-party program that affects game play is prohibited, whether or not it benefits the user.


If investigation, including log checks and other standard investigation procedures reveals that the player has gained an unfair advantage, the account holder will be punished. If you have witnessed players moving at unusual speeds, please contact a GM so that we can look into the matter. GMs may also approach players during the investigation, and your cooperation will be appreciated.
 
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Ruffyreborn said:
lol Im sorry but dont be so thick-headed... They have other terms that fit windower just fine.

i.e. It IS a third party tool.
i.e. It DOES give an unfair advantage over players. (Not everyone has the means to look up map/area/mob info while playing)

Two big reasons right there "hmmm"


Edit:

taken directly from the site:

The following is prohibited:

- Use of any program or tool within any PlayOnline service that allows certain continuous actions to be performed automatically.
- Use of any item within any PlayOnline service that allows a certain continuous action to be performed automatically.
- Changing, combining, reverse engineering, analyzing game data, and creating or distributing related utility programs.
- Use of any unofficial program to the benefit of the user.
- Selling of in-game characters or items for currency, also known as "real money trading" (RMT).

The above actions disrupt the game balance and will be penalized.

Third-party program usage
Use of any third-party program that affects game play is prohibited, whether or not it benefits the user.

If investigation, including log checks and other standard investigation procedures reveals that the player has gained an unfair advantage, the account holder will be punished. If you have witnessed players moving at unusual speeds, please contact a GM so that we can look into the matter. GMs may also approach players during the investigation, and your cooperation will be appreciated.

we're not getting into a debate here about windower again, but they are usually pretty precise about why they ban/remove people in these bulletins, and they specifically stated what 3rd party users were targeted.

and not everyone has means to look up maps/quests/missions? please. 95% of the world that plays online games has at least a PC, and most people that can afford a PS2 or XBOX also have a PC, which does the same thing as windower. dont be so blind.
 
neophytal said:
we're not getting into a debate here about windower again, but they are usually pretty precise about why they ban/remove people in these bulletins, and they specifically stated what 3rd party users were targeted.

and not everyone has means to look up maps/quests/missions? please. 95% of the world that plays online games has at least a PC, and most people that can afford a PS2 or XBOX also have a PC, which does the same thing as windower. dont be so blind.
I play on pc, if I didnt use windower I couldnt do that. All agreements do remain in effect, whether stated or not. Im just sayin, because it pretty much seems like youre accusing me of using some other tool

Edit:

If I were actually a tool user, would I have made this thread? lol
http://www.qcdn.org/showthread.php?t=37480

Still havent got him btw D:
 
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lol

User Agreement Violators Terminated (Dec. 20)



Today, a number of accounts which were confirmed to have violated the user agreement by using unauthorized third-party software tools within FINAL FANTASY XI to enable abnormal in-game movement were discovered and have been suspended or permanently terminated.

Based on the results of our investigation, over 7,450 PlayOnline accounts were terminated while over 250 accounts were temporarily suspended indefinitely.

The breakdown for the suspensions is as follows:

- Accounts confirmed using third party tools to illegally move their characters:
400 cases

- Accounts confirmed using third party tools to give an unfair advantage over other
players in order to get claim on Notorious Monsters.
4400 cases

- Accounts confirmed using illegal means to obtain items
100 cases

- Accounts from people that were previously confirmed to have RMT connections, or that had violated the user agreements but re-subscribed to PlayOnline.
2800 cases

The results of our investigation resulted in the confiscation of over 6.2 Billion gil

Who the fuck reads this stuff before they release it.. Their number's dont even add up, not too mention this statement:
250 accounts were temporarily suspended indefinitely.
WTF?!
Temporarily is a fixed amount; no matter the amount.
Indefinitely is an unlimited amount.
 
Ruffyreborn said:
I play on pc, if I didnt use windower I couldnt do that. All agreements do remain in effect, whether stated or not. Im just sayin, because it pretty much seems like youre accusing me of using some other tool

Yeah I know what that's like. People are so naive to think that SE = 100% correct with all those bannings.
 
So mind your own business and shove it. (Neo)
 
Dowzer said:
Yeah I know what that's like. People are so naive to think that SE = 100% correct with all those bannings.

nah, im not saying that they dont ban for whats not listed, but for windower, its unlikely.


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mind my own business and shove it? wow. sorry i was unaware that i wasnt allowed to talk on general forum. lol.
 
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neophytal said:
nah, im not saying that they dont ban for whats not listed, but for windower, its unlikely.


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mind my own business and shove it? wow. sorry i was unaware that i wasnt allowed to talk on general forum. lol.

I'm just tired of people making false accusations...Windower or not, I doubt they will give him more than a reason of breaking their policies.
 
lolwalkuremask. I guess those are gonna drop down to like 10k now, which in turn will drop valkyrie mask down to like 20k since no one will pay more for it.
 
LadyKiKi said:
What does Lord of Onzozo drop now then? Minus the odd crystal and shall shell.

I got 1600~ seals ready. But is it worth getting one ... ? All the other drops from this BCNM will severely devalue in price (not much to begin with either). I nearly duoed it with a MNK/WAR and me as DRG/RDM but it hit way too hard towards the end of up to 600 damage in multiple succession. Depending on the drop rate of the club it'll end up like a Peacock Charm (7~8 million?) (added value because of it being a BCNM60).

I suppose WS Spam will be fun ... O_o

Hmmm.


I wondered this too. Once my BST gets to 74, I'll probably go /NIN a lot more and it might be nice to have a K. Club in the off hand. But then again, anything I write "nice to have" next to, is probably more of a desire than anything else. :D
 
Man cracking down on windower would blow, It's nice to be able to do other things when XI is running. I agree that its an open window (pun...INTENDED LOL AHHAH) to hacks and things. They do need to give us some sort of legit way to access our desktop. Even if they got rid of the 30 second log out while in town or something...Not like you're going to get attacked there.

That countdown is brutal and pointless would make the use of windower a little (just a little) less appealing.

I have two PC's close together so I guess I'll start making use of that.
 
Aither said:
Man cracking down on windower would blow, It's nice to be able to do other things when XI is running. I agree that its an open window (pun...INTENDED LOL AHHAH) to hacks and things. They do need to give us some sort of legit way to access our desktop. Even if they got rid of the 30 second log out while in town or something...Not like you're going to get attacked there.

That countdown is brutal and pointless would make the use of windower a little (just a little) less appealing.

I have two PC's close together so I guess I'll start making use of that.

I had been waiting years for them to add a legit windower.

Instead of risking another perma ban I bought a 360 a few weeks ago. Finally up and running. Also running on HDTV, looks really good.

Way better than PC, I had absolutly no lag in Dynamis-Xarc...Plus I have a PC right next to me.
 
Dowzer said:
I had been waiting years for them to add a legit windower.

Instead of risking another perma ban I bought a 360 a few weeks ago. Finally up and running. Also running on HDTV, looks really good.

Way better than PC, I had absolutly no lag in Dynamis-Xarc...Plus I have a PC right next to me.


I might take a similar route Dowzer, You had a K club with your drk I believe, how was it? Is it as sextacular as I have dreamed?
 
Aither said:
I might take a similar route Dowzer, You had a K club with your drk I believe, how was it? Is it as sextacular as I have dreamed?

That club should be DRK only. Yeah it's amazing, but you'll lose that "omg this weapon is insane" feeling after a week or so :)
 
Aither said:
It might take just a tad longer to wear off than that, I forsee a week long of being at half mast due to that club.

It was a lot of fun to be able to solo EM-Toughs with the 2 hour. Especially on Pots, nothing like seeing relentless 200+ and 250-300+ crits.

I went back and messed around with Maat, just for fun. Set the record at below 20 seconds. (Flee > Souleater > Bloodweapon)

It's fun don't get me wrong^^
 
Lol they always say exactly what they are banning for.

If they start banning for WINDOWER they will let you know. They are not going to ninja ban people for WINDOWER and call it flee tooling. They are going to make examples, and say, you see these poor bastards? The fuckers used windower they are banned, no more windower for you. The people who claim to be only using windower and get suspended and or banned are liars.
 
I wonder if they in theory did start banning people for windower, how many people would need to be banned before people stopped using windower instead of saying the banned people are liars and used other programs. Not saying this guy did or didn't get banned for windower, cause who the hell knows, but since so many people are sure he didn't, I wonder how long it would take to convince them if it was happening regularly.
 
Direwolf said:
Lol they always say exactly what they are banning for.

If they start banning for WINDOWER they will let you know. They are not going to ninja ban people for WINDOWER and call it flee tooling. They are going to make examples, and say, you see these poor bastards? The fuckers used windower they are banned, no more windower for you. The people who claim to be only using windower and get suspended and or banned are liars.

lol, well if you say Im lying, I guess you must be right, right? I mean, how can I know more about what I do than someone that has no clue who I am?

seriously, boggles my mind.

And no, it was for windower. I dont tool. Several people are familiar with me being a slow poke.
 
they finally got wwhee about time
 
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