Back in the DC days, we had a "severe hacker problem" just like everyone is complaining about now. Lots of players ran around crying "The sky is falling the sky is falling!! What are we gonna do, OMG this is the end of DC/Battlefield 1942." Back then the hacks were free downloads too.
You know what we did? We got over it. The honest players kept playing honest and got better. The honest clans cleaned their house of dishonest players and quit having friendship with dishonest clans. After a while, it just wasn't a big deal. We kept killing, and putting hackers in the dirt.
It came to the point that you could spot a hacker because he was the one accusing every body else of hacking when he got killed. The hacker relied on the hacks so much that his skill devolopment actually receeded and the honest players became so good that the hackers became victims.
So here is my honest opinion. Don't worry about it. EA will most likely never be able to fix the problem. And if they do, hurray for us. Its a game. Don't lose sleep. Fuck the stats. Just have fun. And when you kill a hacker, teabag his ass before you move on to the next victim.
This, in my opinion, would be the best thing for EA to do if they ever do anything about the hackers.
When a hacker is discovered via whatever punkbuster type program, there should be an instant change in the following codes:
1. Hacker appears to all players dressed in a bright pink ballarena outfit and his location be visible to all players on the mini map.
2. Hacker has enough health for anyone to kill him with one shot.
3. If Hacker gets in a vehicle, the vehicle should instantly explode on the first speed bump it hits.
4. Hacker's weapons should be negative values so that it adds health to any player that he hits, with the exception of other hackers.
5. Hacker should instantly die when trying to grab med packs, ammo packs, or comes in contact with a crate.
6. Point value should be triple for everytime a player kills a hacker, regardless of which team he is on.
7. When the hacker is killed, instead of crying for a medic, the following should be substituted, "I'm such a pussy". A nice sobbing voice would be perfect.
8.When a hacker is identified and the neccesary coding has been changed, the same hacker should also be permanently global banned after 48 hours of being identified. No ifs, ands, or buts.
But until EA does that, I am not going to lose any sleep over hackers. I am just going to keep honing my skills and teabagging the poor bastards. Eventually, they will become the easy victims because they have no skills.
SOS
You know what we did? We got over it. The honest players kept playing honest and got better. The honest clans cleaned their house of dishonest players and quit having friendship with dishonest clans. After a while, it just wasn't a big deal. We kept killing, and putting hackers in the dirt.
It came to the point that you could spot a hacker because he was the one accusing every body else of hacking when he got killed. The hacker relied on the hacks so much that his skill devolopment actually receeded and the honest players became so good that the hackers became victims.
So here is my honest opinion. Don't worry about it. EA will most likely never be able to fix the problem. And if they do, hurray for us. Its a game. Don't lose sleep. Fuck the stats. Just have fun. And when you kill a hacker, teabag his ass before you move on to the next victim.
This, in my opinion, would be the best thing for EA to do if they ever do anything about the hackers.
When a hacker is discovered via whatever punkbuster type program, there should be an instant change in the following codes:
1. Hacker appears to all players dressed in a bright pink ballarena outfit and his location be visible to all players on the mini map.
2. Hacker has enough health for anyone to kill him with one shot.
3. If Hacker gets in a vehicle, the vehicle should instantly explode on the first speed bump it hits.
4. Hacker's weapons should be negative values so that it adds health to any player that he hits, with the exception of other hackers.
5. Hacker should instantly die when trying to grab med packs, ammo packs, or comes in contact with a crate.
6. Point value should be triple for everytime a player kills a hacker, regardless of which team he is on.
7. When the hacker is killed, instead of crying for a medic, the following should be substituted, "I'm such a pussy". A nice sobbing voice would be perfect.
8.When a hacker is identified and the neccesary coding has been changed, the same hacker should also be permanently global banned after 48 hours of being identified. No ifs, ands, or buts.
But until EA does that, I am not going to lose any sleep over hackers. I am just going to keep honing my skills and teabagging the poor bastards. Eventually, they will become the easy victims because they have no skills.
SOS