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BeI

Member
Dec 9, 2017
5,980
Why isn't hardware ID banning more of a thing? Or at least it doesn't seem like it is.
 

kurahador

Member
Oct 28, 2017
17,558
Are they seriously whining about not being able to cheat without getting banned? Damn.
 

JustinH

Member
Oct 27, 2017
10,398
I don't know if this makes me a shitty person or something... but I love seeing people get bent out of shape for getting banned when they were cheating in a multiplayer game (if they were actually cheating that is).
 

Mik2121

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,943
Japan
Hard to feel bad for people banned for cheating. And if it's HWID ban then that makes it even funnier, lmao. That's what you get for actively trying to screw up the game for all the other players.
 

Clowns

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,867
hardware ID banned? so if you purchased a used cpu/gpu/mobo/whatever, you could potentially be barred from certain games? 🤔
 

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Banned
Oct 25, 2017
7,564
Hilarious that actual adults want to pull off dumbass bullshit like this and get off without consequences when they're caught
 

L Thammy

Spacenoid
Member
Oct 25, 2017
50,029
I feel that somewhere in human history, there must have been someone who cheated at solitaire and lost.
 

Fat4all

Woke up, got a money tag, swears a lot
Member
Oct 25, 2017
92,773
here
you know what would be cool, if there's a person who works at Respawn whose sole job invoves acting like one of these cheaters and getting in deep in their communities/forums so they can come up with ban detections as they are rolled out online
 

Jeeves

Member
Nov 21, 2017
411
hardware ID banned? so if you purchased a used cpu/gpu/mobo/whatever, you could potentially be barred from certain games? 🤔
I'm no expert (at all), but I would assume it's based on motherboard. Personally, that's not a component I would buy used in the first place.
 

Clowns

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,867
you know what would be cool, if there's a person who works at Respawn whose sole job invoves acting like one of these cheaters and getting in deep in their communities/forums so they can come up with ban detections as they are rolled out online
what if respawn are the ones making the hacks
 

Jacobson

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
1,444
it's always fun reading through those forums when banwaves hit. lots of cheaters lacking self-awareness.
 

Fularu

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,609
Hardware bans are bad because it means getting second hand parts could get you banned for no reasons
 

Cipherr

Member
Oct 26, 2017
13,435
Afaik Blizzard also does it. It's becoming more popular as time goes on.

And they got shit for it IIRC. But I love it. Nothing deters cheaters like hardware bans. Eating the money they spent on the game (if it wasn't free) plus the microtransaction money they spent (assuming they spent it) plus hardware banning them so they can't return without another monetary expense/motherboard swap is so hilariously effective. It really lowers the number of people willing to bother with it.
 

Pein

Member
Oct 25, 2017
8,230
NYC
I don't even understand why you would want to win constantly with cheating, the best matches are when its neck and neck.

such dickheads, got what they deserved.
 

Blackage

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
1,182
As long as the companies have tools in place to unban people who buy second hand(And can provide a receipt) I'm all for HWID bans.

However I'd wonder how hard this actually is to get reversed and if the CS teams are up for the task.
 

IIFloodyII

Member
Oct 26, 2017
23,977
I don't even understand why you would want to win constantly with cheating, the best matches are when its neck and neck.

such dickheads, got what they deserved.
It's because they are terrible players and just get shit on and rage, instead of try and get better. So getting their turn, even if not legitimate makes them feel good.