Ahnalds account [MERGE]

The most concerning thing is the way they handle cheaters. Yuck.

CG yet again telling everyone how they really feel these days.

My thoughts on this:

1. Since Ahnaldt went to CG and asked them to move the account outside country of origin, they absolutely had no other choice, but to ban the account. Ahnaldt also had no choice, but to give it a shot with CG, as there was no possible way to keep whaling on that account at this point.

2. It’s clear as can be that CG has a contempt for content creators and even if they were all high fiving in the office over this ban, there was no way to not ban the account even if they saw value in content creators and personally loved Ahnaldt and his content.

3. The only issue I have with this ban is the lack of communication they had with Ahnaldt for the 2 weeks since the issue was raised. Again, this is just more evidence of CGs lack of respect for those promoting their game and probably Ahnaldt in particular.

4. If the correspondence from LD that was shown is real, that might be the most egregious thing I’ve seen from this studio yet. There should be a zero tolerance in regards to cheating and that should include staff who condone such behavior and allow a cheating account to remain open. Whomever was involved in that decision should be spoken to and that should never be allowed to happen again, period.

5. Simply compare the discussion with Ahnaldt to even just the one response to the cheater and you can see whom is valued more. It’s really weird and shows a complete lack of self awareness on their part.

6. There are thousands of accounts being played on right now that are currently controlled by someone other than the original owner. Either just taking over for free or bought, it’s happening and we all know it. Will those accounts continue to get a free pass because they haven’t been exposed as obviously as Ahnaldt’s was? Will they do anything about it if those accounts begin to be reported?

6. I don’t think CG needs to address the Ahnaldt shared account ban, seems pretty cut and dry to me, but I absolutely do think they need to address that LD correspondence to a cheater and why that happened. Seriously, if true, that’s highly disturbing and really bad for the game and the studio.

CG you need to get your intern's finger off the ban button. Y'all have been to trigger happy lately.

Shame on you CG. This is a direct attack on this community, this game, the content creators and most importantly Arnold. He is a role model to many so many people. Please fix this.

A lot of people have loved this game a long time and we still hold on to it through mismanagement, poor communication, low quality content releases, and inabilities to keep any sort of timeline. Then, today, we see evidence of just letting someone cheat with essentially no punishment, and Ahnald gets no communication, no warning, no “alternative to a perma-ban”? Did he hurt your feelings because he has offered constructive criticism of the studio? Or maybe you figured you made your money on the other account and you hope he keeps whaling on the one he has left so you fatten you’re wallets a bit more?

Ahnald broke terms of service, yes. Ban that account if you must. Now let me see some equity and ban every single cheater and account sharer in the game instead of just the ONE you have a petty feud with.

Lol fix what? He literally went to them not the other way around. No company in their right mind would support account sharing it’s bad business. If I bought an account that instantly makes me competitive (money is transferred to somebody else) the company that actually owns the account gets nothing. But if I had to start my own account and want to fast track to a competitive level well I’d have to purchase virtual items (money goes to the company).

Everybody with their pitchforks do realize he brought attention to the account himself with emails, text messages, and DMs

Your* because I know someone will catch the typo. Lol

Serious question for @CG_LucifersDaddy ... why?

"Ravens1113;c-2119871" wrote:

"Mayhem;c-2119868" wrote:
Lol fix what? He literally went to them not the other way around. No company in their right mind would support account sharing it’s bad business. If I bought an account that instantly makes me competitive (money is transferred to somebody else) the company that actually owns the account gets nothing. But if I had to start my own account and want to fast track to a competitive level well I’d have to purchase virtual items (money goes to the company).

Everybody with their pitchforks do realize he brought attention to the account himself with emails, text messages, and DMs

He went to them so he could keep spending money. He went to them so he could continue to pump money into an account that otherwise would’ve been sitting dormant not making any money.

So before this they had Ahnald pouring money into two accounts for content testing. Now they have him pouring money into only one and will guaranteed lose income from players either quitting or stopping their spending.

Not to mention they were exposed as to being selective with their punishments. Account sharing is nowhere near as bad as intentional cheating and hacking the game. Yet one got a week long suspension while the other a permanent ban.

So let me get this straight, you’re ok with CG doing nothing to somebody literally bringing to their attention he’s violating the rules.