I could not for the life of me understand why EA are so damned sensitive over screenshots that display an opponent's name. It's not as if the names used are something like "Peter", or "Peter Harris".
I can't think that anyone would be naive enough to ever use their own name, but instead go for a nickname that bears no traceable relationship to them. (Do EA believe that my real name is 'Humplemann'?) BUT even if some people did use their own name there have to be tens of thousands of people in the western world with the name "Peter" and thousands with the name "Peter Harris" so the chances of pinpointing exactly who they are is miniscule.
With recent revelations concerning the fact that Names/Nicknames chosen by players are altered by EA, so "Peter" or "Peter Harris" would be substituted with something like "Obiwan567" puts a whole different slant on the issue. EA aren't concerned about real people being 'Named and shamed'. Their concerns lie elsewhere.
The chances are that in instances where an opponent's massive score just doesn't stack up with their either low level or mismatched plants - OR their use of prohibited plants would indicate that the 'Opponent' was, in fact an EA Bot, and they don't want people broadcasting the names they attach to those Bots in case they crop up so frequently that it becomes too obvious.
Hell! They initially wouldn't even admit to their use of bots, or that there were cheaters. Now it seems that many of those 'Suspect' opponents and 'Cheats' could be traced directly back to EA.
I've stopped reporting suspicious opponents to EA because i think EA is the big "chEAt" and reporting suspicious play only helps them get better at it and less noticeable. I had to learn how to take screenshots just to capture dodgy opponents to report them and this strEAk killing, apparently also by EA is really p*****g me off. I had a streak of 10 just ended by another dodgy "opponent" and i STILL have no idea if I'm the only human being in one of however many jade leagues there are (they won't tell me) so i don't know if it's worth the getting the 180 crowns to become number one again this week.
I have noticed that the really blatant and obvious chEAting of a few months ago has stopped but I've been reporting suspicious play in good faith via the help center only for them to slap "case slosed" on it. My highest streak yet was 44 (not much to the big boys) got ended by one of these "chEAtbots" and i hadn't got 70 gems to continue and again nothing was done. Case closed.
This is a job for HUMPLEMANN!!!!!!
@MAGICDAVESHROOM wrote:
This is a job for HUMPLEMANN!!!!!!
I've reported several instances of dodgy play/players to EA before now and, like you, got diddly-squat by way of results. I expect they filed them all away in their dedicated "Complaints and reports of cheaters" storage unit. (You know the one - it's usually green, square, open topped and lives by the side of the desk.)
Like you, I now firmly believe that they use any details provided in complaints to fine tune their killer bots to make them less obtrusive.
The thing is that they seem to think we're so dumb we won't realize what they're doing. THEN they have a representative on Reddit who speaks openly about all the things they keep denying on here.
And they think WE'RE dumb!
And after all the so-called cheater reporting.. EA admitted they were not going to ban any accounts.
In my days, we would have got a rope.
So why should I not just also install a hex editor when I play?
@Humplemann wrote:
@MAGICDAVESHROOM wrote:
This is a job for HUMPLEMANN!!!!!!
I've reported several instances of dodgy play/players to EA before now and, like you, got diddly-squat by way of results. I expect they filed them all away in their dedicated "Complaints and reports of cheaters" storage unit. (You know the one - it's usually green, square, open topped and lives by the side of the desk.)
Like you, I now firmly believe that they use any details provided in complaints to fine tune their killer bots to make them less obtrusive.
The thing is that they seem to think we're so dumb we won't realize what they're doing. THEN they have a representative on Reddit who speaks openly about all the things they keep denying on here.
And they think WE'RE dumb!
Thsi is part of the reason I have now stopped playing Battlez for the league but only for the free gems.
