To kill the rumor-mill and confirm some things for you guys, Saturday afternoon Dark Ascension was prohibited from engaging major raid targets for a week. This was put in place by the Project 1999 staff as a result of one of our members being caught using third party programs to 'track'. I am not posting the details of how it was discovered, as I hope the method CONTINUES to be employed to find people using these programs and remove them from our community. The offending player was permanently banned by the p99 staff. Were he simply suspended, he would be removed from the guild upon the suspension being lifted. Neither this server nor Dark Ascension has any place for people using third party programs, who are, to be clear, cheaters.
I would like to say well done to the GM staff on this. I don't say this ironically or facetiously. I mean it. It is nigh impossible to detect people using these programs and whenever it is done I tip my hat in response. The penalty also fits. Anyone using those programs needs to be gone, for good. While many of our members are not thrilled with being punished for the acts of one member, the penalty to us is appropriate as well. It sets a good precedent for the server in that when you do these things, you are not risking just your account, but also the right to play unrestricted on this server of your friend and guildmates.
It is my understanding that as a rule the server staff does not discuss a ban or suspension with anyone but the offending player. Furthermore, our members are discouraged from getting involved or starting any forum thread that will inevitably degrade into a flame war. The current situation, however, warrants a response both on our end and as reminder to the community as a whole the ongoing efforts the GM staff go through to curb this nonsense as much as humanly possible. And, just in case it wasn't completely clear from the previous paragraphs as well,
this kind of behavior is not tolerated in Dark Ascension.
Some things to note:
I am not a Dark Ascension officer, though this post was OKed by leadership. I post here with the full expectation that replies will get this post moved to R&F, but I figured it was important enough that folks that opted out should at least have a brief chance to peruse it. You will
not get a response to replies on this thread; if you want to discuss things in game with me, feel free to shoot me a tell, though I won't give any more explicit details than I already gave here.
Happy farming.
-Jayko
50 Shaman, Dark Ascension
www.darkascensionguild.com
(Yes, I always type this way, even in game.)