N9mkOik botting
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:57 pm
Yet again, we have exposed another botter among us: N9mkOik
It will come as no surprise to many. A lot players had a watch on him early on, since he quickly started doing top ranks while his name was still unknown. We already obeserved him when replay-bots started to become popular, but there never was definitive proof - until now.
Ironically it was N9mkOik himself, who brought him to our attention again when we moved a presumed legit rank from a fakename to his name. In his mind he was innocent as it wasn't actually him who passed the finish line. He only created a botted save-game and then gave it away.. However, after further digging we found more cheated ranks:
For the record, N9mkOik has multiple times complained about botters, accused us of not punishing them hard enough and even wanted to review runs to help us spot them.
As a consequence, he will be name-banned for 2 months. The length of the ban will be increased should it be deemed necessary.
We estimate that he actively botted from 01.01.2018 to 30.04.2018. Due to the amount of potentially cheated relevant ranks (104 rank 1s and 34 rank 2-5s), we have decided to take special messurements. All of his top 5 Dummy, Solo and Race ranks he made during that time were deleted.
Allthough it may seem contradicting to our philosophy of not deleting legit ranks, this is the only way we can preserve the integrity and competitiveness of our rank system. Manually verifying ~150 ranks is simply not possible.
I also want to use this opportunity to quote my old friend Magnet:
It will come as no surprise to many. A lot players had a watch on him early on, since he quickly started doing top ranks while his name was still unknown. We already obeserved him when replay-bots started to become popular, but there never was definitive proof - until now.
Ironically it was N9mkOik himself, who brought him to our attention again when we moved a presumed legit rank from a fakename to his name. In his mind he was innocent as it wasn't actually him who passed the finish line. He only created a botted save-game and then gave it away.. However, after further digging we found more cheated ranks:
ProofShow
This shows he is not only a botter but also a hypocrite.
As a consequence, he will be name-banned for 2 months. The length of the ban will be increased should it be deemed necessary.
We estimate that he actively botted from 01.01.2018 to 30.04.2018. Due to the amount of potentially cheated relevant ranks (104 rank 1s and 34 rank 2-5s), we have decided to take special messurements. All of his top 5 Dummy, Solo and Race ranks he made during that time were deleted.
Allthough it may seem contradicting to our philosophy of not deleting legit ranks, this is the only way we can preserve the integrity and competitiveness of our rank system. Manually verifying ~150 ranks is simply not possible.
I also want to use this opportunity to quote my old friend Magnet:
Magnet wrote:Teeworlds is a game of skill. Don't insult those who make the impossible happen by experience, skill and talent with a program that ruins everyone's fun. What are you gaining? You thought you were earning victory, you got defeat. You think you're earning respect, you're getting despise. And don't even get started in the common argument: "oh, but others are doing it, even pros!". No, real pros are not doing it. Some fake pros might, but we'll find and expose them.