Cheating: Banned for life #5: Fact or Fiction
Hello community,
It has been quite some time since we last brought you an edition of our "Banned for life" news series, something which you've likely been keeping an eye out for since our last installment. We appreciate your patience and anticipation.
Its a bit of an unusual situation this time around because the player in question has already decided to end his Kreedz-playing career long ago, and thus has currently no records left in our present database. As you may have already gathered from the title of this post, FoF is the person in question. He is the latest player in this series where we uncover and expose to you, the community, who amongst us has been dishonest within their demos.
FoF: a long-time, old school player who established himself not only in demo recording competition, but was a worthy mapper, notable movie maker, and a helpful & friendly community member all together. Nevertheless, and just like the antiheroes involved in our previous Banned for Life unveilings, this man had a little secret. A secret which he has been hiding since the time of his first demo being released on XJ almost 9 years ago. The "secret" which assisted him in achieving those astonishing records may be more commonly known to the layman as simply: slowmo.
We know many of you reading this are probably thinking to yourselves about how this does not surprise you. Mostly because FoF had been widely accused of cheating back when he was most active. In the duration of his active years, a lot of these accusations stemmed from his mouse movement which was often described as "robotic". At the time, there wasn’t anyone who was actually able to provide any proof of it, and the only person who had knowledge on how to check demos for slow motion was assured that FoF demos were not cheated. Here, I am not going to be blaming eDark for having missed the signs in his checking of FoF demos. He has undoubtedly done more for this community than most, and will never be forgotten. That aside; all of us do make mistakes, and he is not an exception. An additional factor which allowed FoF to remain undetected for so many years, is simply the lack of a dedicated demo checking staff. There was a long period where eDark was the only person who could detect advanced cheats, and its not fair to assume one (very busy) man could check every last demo during our most active and heavily-trafficked time.
This exposure of FoF is a terrific representation of how eventually, everyone who behaves in such likewise and unsportsmanlike fashion, will end up receiving a ban just as well. As punishment for his cheating, FoF will receive a permanent ban from our website. Unfortunately, although you may desire to learn of all the details surrounding how this cheat was detected, Xtreme-Jumps will not be providing any further information regarding cheat detection, as this sensitive information may be utilized by other cheaters for their benefit.
Best regards,
Xtreme-Jumps
It has been quite some time since we last brought you an edition of our "Banned for life" news series, something which you've likely been keeping an eye out for since our last installment. We appreciate your patience and anticipation.
Its a bit of an unusual situation this time around because the player in question has already decided to end his Kreedz-playing career long ago, and thus has currently no records left in our present database. As you may have already gathered from the title of this post, FoF is the person in question. He is the latest player in this series where we uncover and expose to you, the community, who amongst us has been dishonest within their demos.
FoF: a long-time, old school player who established himself not only in demo recording competition, but was a worthy mapper, notable movie maker, and a helpful & friendly community member all together. Nevertheless, and just like the antiheroes involved in our previous Banned for Life unveilings, this man had a little secret. A secret which he has been hiding since the time of his first demo being released on XJ almost 9 years ago. The "secret" which assisted him in achieving those astonishing records may be more commonly known to the layman as simply: slowmo.
We know many of you reading this are probably thinking to yourselves about how this does not surprise you. Mostly because FoF had been widely accused of cheating back when he was most active. In the duration of his active years, a lot of these accusations stemmed from his mouse movement which was often described as "robotic". At the time, there wasn’t anyone who was actually able to provide any proof of it, and the only person who had knowledge on how to check demos for slow motion was assured that FoF demos were not cheated. Here, I am not going to be blaming eDark for having missed the signs in his checking of FoF demos. He has undoubtedly done more for this community than most, and will never be forgotten. That aside; all of us do make mistakes, and he is not an exception. An additional factor which allowed FoF to remain undetected for so many years, is simply the lack of a dedicated demo checking staff. There was a long period where eDark was the only person who could detect advanced cheats, and its not fair to assume one (very busy) man could check every last demo during our most active and heavily-trafficked time.
This exposure of FoF is a terrific representation of how eventually, everyone who behaves in such likewise and unsportsmanlike fashion, will end up receiving a ban just as well. As punishment for his cheating, FoF will receive a permanent ban from our website. Unfortunately, although you may desire to learn of all the details surrounding how this cheat was detected, Xtreme-Jumps will not be providing any further information regarding cheat detection, as this sensitive information may be utilized by other cheaters for their benefit.
Best regards,
Xtreme-Jumps