"We Few Still Fear the Fog"
I haven't updated this section in years, namely because it is a waste of time but also because cheating is so rampant and commonly practised thesedays, that it has ceased to be amusing or the excpetion. However, on this occasion a new update merits a mention, in order to warn unsuspecting new players or remind old school players about a very old way of cheating.
Today's mention focuses on the use of rigged UMS maps. This was possibly the first form of cheating historically, even before maphacking, and in the early years it was so rampant that most competitive players would simply refuse to play anyone on UMS setting or would do so only friends they trusted.
This sort of cheating even offends the elite of cheaters because it leaves proof of cheating, thus being one of the dumbest ways to cheat. Cheaters in general don't give a flying phuck if you accuse them of cheating, but proving that they are dumb, that they do mind; it gives cheaters at large a bad rep, pun intended; yes all you need to catch the cheater is the replay.
The lads at teamliquid.net have done just that: taken the time to expose a known map hacker, who loves to boast about his skillz, that has ventured into the world of rigged UMS maps once again to cheat, when playing with his own friends and in serious competitions.
Today's Cheater mentions goes to: LastShadow
Last week's Map Hacker is Ok_cash_bag
This one speaks for itself. It needs no programs to analyze it and it needs no superior insight into the hackers mind. It is simply hilarious. Apparently this hacker is using a hack that has a bug that can make all his units auto-unally and thus all his units will simultaneously kill each other. The have no control over the bug and at present they do not know what triggers it. Still it is not often you can see a hacker get burned by his one chocolate.
This week's Map hacker of the week is SDUV2
This week's map hacker is the classical quasi-newblar 'me drop ur ass' map hacker. He is quiet and speaks little. Starts the game and always chooses Terran or Protoss at the last second in hopes you do not see him. He always tends to chose map with a choke where he can block it or defend it well. He then will proceed to drop your every weakness. He scouts little to nothing and he does not believe in expanding because he has great hopes you will be dead long before he needs expanding. He tries to pretend at the beginning but will not hesitate to throw away all caution if he can secure a win!
I have added this replay mainly because the unfortunate victim, Hasubacon actually manages to win despite much suffering during the game. It is a close win so close that towards the end the hacker sees one golden opportunity and makes a grab for it losing all pretence. He finally gets fed up with Hasubacon's refusal to give up and send all his SCV to attack a non-scouted expansion that Hasu needed desperately to survive.
Our hacker this week is no rocket scientist. This is a common trait for the vast majority of hackers i.e. they are almost all not too bright they fail to see that cheating just ruins the game for themselves. Suspicious moves are at around 12, 15, 17, 25 minutes. In this replay You can find an example of one of my golden hacker signs. I will post in a later date an essay on how to catch a hacker if time permits and I will describe all the signs you should look for.
In this replay apart for all the overt mistakes at pretending there is one that I have always found very valuable - this is when a hacker is abou to drop and he flies near a possible expansion spot for his enemy well into the game but because he hacks - he will never take the extra few seconds to scout the spot with the drop vehicle. Most non hacker when the lift to drop have an idea where they want to drop - but if they fly a possible non-scouted-near-enemy-mineral- patch ~ will take a few extra moves and scout it. Hacker just do not do this. See if you can find the hackers shuttle perform this hackers sign. I call it the 'scout ommision' sign.
Again for those who still believe in fairy coincidences here is BWchart proof. He has absolutely no vision until minute 5 or so because he never scouted. Check his mad clicking of all of Hasubacon's buildings. It goes on throught the game but I will save you time and just post you the start. Every single one of these cliks is an illegal click. He is an ansy hacker!
00:02:00
SDUV2SelectProbe 3618
00:02:28SDUV2SelectCybernetics Core 3604
00:02:46SDUV2SelectGateway 3598
00:02:46SDUV2SelectCybernetics Core 3604
00:03:03SDUV2SelectGateway 3598
00:03:03SDUV2SelectGateway 3609
00:04:57SDUV2SelectTemplar Archives 3569
Last week's hacker is Praticeman1 aka zion)Prime
This sort of hacker is what I classify as the:
'I am newbie I think I am clever - kind'.
He merits special merit here because he had the audacity to try and hack a game I was observing. His opponent was on a lap top suffering the little duda they call for mouse in a lap top and was testing him for entrance to clan Zion) now currently dead. After the game I told ZIon)Loser, the victim, that Praticeman1 was hacking just from what I saw as an observer. Unfortunately Zion)Loser chose not to believe me and give the hacker the benefit of the doubt. Thus iceman1 the 'prat' became Zion)Prime.
After the game I challenged the newbie hacker for a 1v1 which he 'accepted' but disconected on me three times around minute 5 to 8. I think the creature was copying my build orders because he kept chosing my same race. I told him to take a hike after his third disc and I forgot about that Praticeman1 until last night.
I normally try and include hackers that have something special - ie either a special type of moron or and interesting game or a hacker with many games in his stats. I will make an excepetion this time. This hacker has nothing special, the game sucks and he plays like a newbie. Zion)loser can usually play much better if he plays with a mouse - so do not judge him too harshly.
Why am I making an exception for Praticeman1? Because last night he showed up in our channel, apparently I was still on his friends list, and we talked about the death of Zion Clan - then he asked me who I was - I reminded him who he was: ie the hacker boy who disc. me 3 times. This caused him great amusement. He admits and rejoices the disconections as they were some marvelous achievment. After that I also reminded him he was the guy who had hacked the game versus Zion)loser that I had watched. Of cource then came the absolute denials and the insults. Thus you find him now in map hacker of the week.
How do I know he hacks? Its obvious from the game - but for those out there that still believe in fairy coincidences. Here is the analysis of the rep. by BWchart - supicious moves. He had no vision when he cliked on the drone in the first minute (what the phuck for I ask myself?) and probably the Spire at minute 4'30'' ( this one you can debate that lag could have caused a 4 second error - but the game had no lag - :) I was there). I confirmed it with the lasgo OBspack. In red - Praticeman1 has no vision of what he is selecting.
00:01:04Praticeman1SelectDrone 3627
00:01:30Praticeman1SelectDrone 3627
00:01:54ZioN)Loser SelectGateway 3611
00:02:18Praticeman1SelectSpawning Pool 3622
00:04:21Praticeman1SelectSunken Colony 3629
00:04:30Praticeman1SelectSpire 3599
00:04:43Praticeman1SelectDrone 3627
00:06:59ZioN)Loser SelectProbe 3613
00:07:09Praticeman1SelectMutalisk 3551
Last week's hacker is armageddon_rats
Hackers come in all sorts. You can divide them in pretenders and non pretenders. Within the pretenders you will find the type that are very disciplined and will take a loss rather than exposing themselves. Then there is a group of pretenders that will do what it takes to win, even if they expose themselves - hoping after their actions were missed or if not - being able to explain them with godly intuition or ESP. This weeks hacker is of the latter kind but with a twist. He had two very very experienced observers, and he was facing me, out of all paranoide people, in a 1v1 in temple. He had in the past admitted to hacking but that now he had 'stopped'. He was aware that he was being watched for signs of hacking - and yet, he could not help himself and map hacked. The disposition of his own expansion set him up to be an easy catch. Of cource, as usual, afterwards confronted he denied ever hacking. His pretending skill are awfull - he could not have made it more obvious. He also lost, LOL. Why people insist on dishonesty and lying on top of cheating is beyond me. What happened to the good old fashined korean map hackers that would not bother pretending and would say to you - "u no map? u suck. now u lose. gg no rm thx"
(Other members played him and he kept hacking, if you want we have the replays)
Last week's hacker is nperez
This hacker does not even warrant a replay. He does not even have enough wins to bother. So I will not even post it [ if you want it, mail me -pls do not :( ]. He is one of those rare newbie 'stack hackers'. He staked many cannons on top of each other and due to lack of real skills loses to guardians lol. Why do I even mention him? Because I want everyone to know a simple truth about stack hackers.
They are not too smart. All you have to do is save the replay and send it to battlenet at hacks@blizzard.com. He will be muted for several months if its his first offence. If its his second offence he will lose his cd key. If you find a stack hacker. rejoice and treat him well. Just save the replay and send it after the game - 2 weeks later he will get a surprise from battlenet. It is one of the few hacks battlenet will sanction without any delay or argument. I know. I have ruined 16 stack hackers so far.
'Nperez' sorry man I did send your replay to blizz. Try playing clean. lol
Last week's hacker was Jaeneri
Hackers come in all sorts of types. On the one side of the spectrum, there is the gosu player with awsome pretending skills that when you face them you are left with the feeling that you just got beaten by the the God of war Thor himself or Boxer smurfing. This is the worst type of all hackers.
On the other side of the spectrum, you find the newbie player power happy with his new hack whom you relish and take great pleasure beating despite the unfair advantage.
This weeks hacker is of the wanabe pretender type that upon facing a superior opponent while he is getting his arse serve to him, abandons all pretence and just blunty hacks the rest of the game.
Unfortunately for the victim, Pro)u-man(AUR, the victory was stolen from him just barely. This of cource only must have caused him greater pain. On watching the replay our heart goes out to him, we feel for you man. Although he didnt give us any detail about the game you can tell by the rep that during the game he realizes the enemy is hacking and becomes overly cautious. This caution and the unfair advantage that the hacker wields cost him the game. He almost had him though. Regardless the outcome we all know who the better player is. Pro)u-man(AUR, GG!
Last week's hacker was Chobo4321.
I joined a public 2v2 game and unfortunately he was my ally. Watch the replay and see if you can see the signs of his hacking that promted me to unally him. See how I turn against him as soon as I find out he is hacking. I have to admit that when I turned on him I had just a 'gut feeling' but as the game evolved he made it more obvious. Also note how one of the guys we were fighting had difficulty believing I had switch sides for real and how I had to keep him check. I played him again last night in another public 2v2 game, where this time he was part of the enemy team. I have that replay too if your interested -and yes he still was hacking - and yes the lamer lost again.
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