Dear community,
it has been a while since our last big community update. As some of you may have noticed, some of the behind-the-scenes investigations that have been happening for the past year have been recently leaking out. Nevertheless, I am here to share some details about them, without getting too much into the specifics, as well as our current stance on the situation.
I. Removed Head Demochecker Admin - skArp
Making this decision was not easy, and I will point a few of the reasons why:
- The majority of our democheckers agreed that skArp's original world records on one of our partner communities - cosy-climbing - suggest the usage of a cheating software.
- Head Administration also agrees that the behaviour is suspicious, and therefore it is enough evidence for us to remove skArp.
- Conflict of interest is also taken into consideration, because regardless of whether skArp was objective or not with certain suspicious people from the scene, this cannot be ignored when taking action against him.
Nevertheless, skArp, I publicly encourage you to defend your case. You will NOT be banned for the time being, because I will not ignore other evidence provided by some of the other democheckers suggesting your innocence. Of course, given that you are the main suspect, we will not share the details with you, but given your knowledge, you can figure this out on your own, and you can make a sound case for yourself.
However, providing this in-depth defense will not end the conversation. One of our Head Admins - g-Lp has been working on a new demo tool for the past few months. With time when it gets more solid updates, we will be able to also reach a more concrete solution. Until then, you will remain under investigation, and you can open up this investigation to the public yourself.
That means there is still a chance to clear your name, but for now, due to the current state of affairs of your case, it is only natural to remove you from the team.
Furthermore, and I have never revealed this to you before, but since we are revealing some of the investigation process to the public, it would be only fair to mention it - this decision is not based on what just happened in the past 2-3 weeks. This was a long process that started way before you learned anything about it.
So, long story short:
skArp will be removed from his demo position due to majority vote. He will also remain under investigation until more data comes along, and he will also have the possibility to publicly prove his innocence, as long as he explains in detail to both us, and the community, why his records should be deemed clean.
II. New Head Demo Admin position:
For now we will not appoint a new head demo admin. Once we reach a decision, we will let everyone in a community update.
III. Bibika's Permanent Ban
This has been also another long and arduous process. But I will spare the details and simply get straight to the point. Bibika will be permanently banned for the following reasons:
- Spreading cheats
- Excessive attempts of trolling both the demo team, and head administration
This should serve as a reminder not to waste our time when discussing serious matters such as cheating. Depending on how severe your attempt at misleading is, you can, as you just saw with Bibika , receive a permanent ban due to misbehaviour. So I urge everyone to think twice before attempting anything like that again.
IV. Cheating in Partner Communities' Public Servers Rules Update
We will be adding a new rule, effective today, in regards to cheating in public servers.