Blizzard Banning Single Player Cheaters?

[Exort]

What the. Last time I checked, I do what I want with my single player game. Because it's SINGLE PLAYER.

The fuck acheivements are doing there... or even have weight for my silly experience with the computer... I don't get.

Game developers would like to control how you interact with a game. Nintendo tried it when the Game Genie came to market and got shot down and now Blizzard is using technology to do it.

I just can't believe that so many people support this kind of nonsense.

With the amount of mod support Blizzard put up they definly want to contrul us all.

 

[HellsingerAngel]

Banning your B.Net account does not limit your ability to play the single-player campaign. All function that came with the disk are still useable, just not under your B.Net ID name.

What Blizzard did was effectively ban them from achievements and multiplayer forever. That is it!

And skirmish. Which for some people is 99% of the game.

I'm not sure if you're agreeing with me here, saying that people have the content they want, or are trying to say that skirmmish mode is blocked as a Guest sign-in. For the former I'm glad to have support in this extremely stupid argument of Blizzard now being the bad guy because someone cheated to get online e-peen and feel cheated because they're now banned. For the latter, I say to you, any single-player features of the game are open to use with a Guest sign-in. Campaign, Skirmish and Challenge are all open and cannot be taken away. That is the single-player experience so Blizz has effectively just destroyed your online presence.

 

[Kelthurin]

Disable the ridiculous achievements altogether. Problem solved.

 

[spartan231490]

they cheated. end of story. blizzard is correct. single player affects multiplayer through gamerscore. A permenant ban might be a bit much, but a) it's blizzard's right, and b) they shouldn't have been cheating.

 

[spartan231490]

...Really?

It's just single player damn it! It's not like I'm going online and spamming on how much Blizzard sucks anyway.

It's really simple. TURN OFF THE DAMN ACHIEVEMENTS! IT DOES NOT TAKE 50 SCIENTISTS TO DO IT!

Look, what I do with my single player, MY damn buisness. What I do online, Blizzard monitors it. But if I want to use cheats that are built-in to the game and use them for single player, I WILL.

the cheats they used weren't built in to the game, they were external hacks.

 

[HellsingerAngel]

Just like to shed some further light on this issue...

Instant Cooldowns(built-in), Unlock Research(built-in), Unlimited Credits(built-in), Minerals(built-in), Gas(built-in), Troops(built-in), Kill Enemy Resources(map editor), Reveal Map(built-in), Instant Build(built-in), Instant Units(built-in), God Mode(built-in), Super Damage(built-in), Unlimited Unit Energy(built-in), Heal Unit/Structures(built-in), Drain Unit/Structures(map editor), Add Kills(map editor), Save/Load Position (Teleport)(built-in), Speed up/Slow Down Units(map editor), Increase/Decrease Fire Rate(map editor), Increase/Decrease Unit Range(map editor), Instant Control of Entire Map(map editor), Control Enemy Units(map editor), Increase/Decrease Mission Timer(map editor).

So everything here can be done within the parameters Blizzard has set. I see no reason to fuss about not using trainers. BUT WAIT! There's more to this an meets the eye...

Made exclusively for Cheat Happens. WRITTEN FOR THE PATCHED (1.1.0.16561) RETAIL VERSION OF THE GAME. May not work with all versions. Read the included readme file with Notepad for important instructions on using the trainer. This trainer features customizable hotkeys. SINGLE PLAYER OFFLINE USE ONLY. USE AT OWN RISK.

So they had a warning up, on Spetember 28th (the release date of this trainer) to not use it online, which is exactly what these people are getting their B.Net accounts banned for. They even had warnings on the August 24th update. This is not news to cheathappens.com people. They're willingly lying to the community about this entire fiasco, trying to place blame on Blizzard for banning people using their programs. Why, you may ask?

Ultimate Trainer 1.1.1.16605 UNLIMITED MEMBERS ONLY!

To fill their own pockets. These trainers are usable only by paying customers to the cheathappens.com site. This is causing frustration within the player base that have paid good money for a product that is recognised as illegal to be online with. So what does cheathappens.com do? Why, point the finger at Blizzard, of course! Anything to muddle the heart of the matter so that people keep paying for their service for other titles. This website recognizes the dangers, they know that work arounds and proper ways to use said trainers without attaching it to your B.Net acocunt, but feel that just blaming Blizzard is easier because then they don't get the flak for something they did wrong.

The article first posted in this thread is a down right lie, as they're telling people they've been banned from playing the single-player game! This isn't true, as that's what Guest sign-in is there for: to circumvent having to register online and not having to authenticate your actions to Battle.Net. Overall, cheathappens.com seems to be the bad guy here and have gotten away with it thus far because the other side happens to be a large corperation. People, get your facts straight and stand up for the one who's in the right here! Support Blizzard like you know you should, because they are morally correct. They've done what needed to be done in the face of cheaters within the online community and cheathappens.com is lying about it.

 

[HellsingerAngel]

I am not a pirate and I care about this. I care about this because internet access is something that the average consumer can't control. You can pay for it but when it goes out, you can't do a thing about it.

When the server on the authentication end goes down it's also out of your control. I think that depending on the internet to play a game is bad. I don't want to see the game industry go in that direction, so I care.

I'm not sure where you're getting your information from but StarCraft has no dependancy with an online connection save for registering the product. Even when the Blizzard servers are down I can still play StarCraft 2, I just don't gain achievements because they have to be authenticated by Battle.Net. You can play the enitre game offline if you so choose. I can understand where you're coming from, not wanting single player to be dependant on multiplayer aspects (like having to be online) but Blizzard has not done this so I'm not sure why you're all up in arms about it. Cheathappens.com lied about this, or at least omitted it and worded their article in a way to make you believe this is fact, which I still think is lying. They were not honest and Blizzard has done nothing wrong. They've protected the integrity of online play by banning B.Net acocunts, something you don't own in the first place.

For further insight, check out this post: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/9.237974.8540298

 

[spartan231490]

they cheated. end of story. blizzard is correct. single player affects multiplayer through gamerscore. A permenant ban might be a bit much, but a) it's blizzard's right, and b) they shouldn't have been cheating.

Why is single player tied into multiplayer?

gamerscore. I said that. Blizzard said that.