Why do EA Allow the Hacks?

wsjm1984 · June 3, 2013 3:33AM

wsjm1984 wrote:

I keep greeting PM's offering me old items and free money etc......

Why does EA allow these items into accounts and not just delete hacked accounts or suspend them or something like that?

PM's here? That is something that can result in a ban. If you want to take screenshots of these PMs and send them to a moderator? We can see about the bans, especially if this person is spamming people with these hack offers.

Edit: PM us the screenshot along with the link to the user profile sending them.

Linky2g · June 3, 2013 3:58AM

They dont allow cheating or exploiting... They just cant run their forums because too large. Also, pm's are really quite hard to pin people on unless you report them.

Samwellthefirst · June 3, 2013 4:27AM

This is a problem, albeit one that will always happen. To me, having spent about £100 on TSTO makes those premium items I have special, and that purchase is supporting the game for the future, which can only be a good thing.

but with the price of donuts, it doesn't surprise me in the slightest that people hack the game. I think with digitalisation people don't see things like donut hacks as STEALING. Which I was brought up to never do, and haven't in all my 24 years

Jay_Kay_4747 · June 3, 2013 4:33AM

Samwellthefirst wrote:

I think with digitalisation people don't see things like donut hacks as STEALING. Which I was brought up to never do, and haven't in all my 24 years

This. Well said. I work in a video store which is pretty susceptible to theft, and I hate thieves. When I was a kid I was taught that you have to work bloody hard for the things you have, and this game is no different, it doesn't matter how much anything cost these days, expensive or not. Stealing is wrong.

HomerSwapMeet · June 3, 2013 4:52AM

Jay_Kay_4747 wrote:

Samwellthefirst wrote:

I think with digitalisation people don't see things like donut hacks as STEALING. Which I was brought up to never do, and haven't in all my 24 years

This. Well said. I work in a video store which is pretty susceptible to theft, and I hate thieves. When I was a kid I was taught that you have to work bloody hard for the things you have, and this game is no different, it doesn't matter how much anything cost these days, expensive or not. Stealing is wrong.

I'm all for the stealing is wrong idea but I'd like to see the "other" people respond to this thread in defense of hacking. They are most likely partaking in the hacking as well.

Let's hear what they got to say.

Linky2g · June 3, 2013 4:57AM

HomerSwapMeet wrote:

Jay_Kay_4747 wrote:

Samwellthefirst wrote:

I think with digitalisation people don't see things like donut hacks as STEALING. Which I was brought up to never do, and haven't in all my 24 years

This. Well said. I work in a video store which is pretty susceptible to theft, and I hate thieves. When I was a kid I was taught that you have to work bloody hard for the things you have, and this game is no different, it doesn't matter how much anything cost these days, expensive or not. Stealing is wrong.

I'm all for the stealing is wrong idea but I'd like to see the "other" people respond to this thread in defense of hacking. They are most likely partaking in the hacking as well. Let's hear what they got to say.

nobody will post pro cheating posts on the official forums...

Skyrim-mrp · June 3, 2013 5:04AM

lissarv68 wrote:

wsjm1984 wrote:

I keep greeting PM's offering me old items and free money etc......

Why does EA allow these items into accounts and not just delete hacked accounts or suspend them or something like that?

PM's here? That is something that can result in a ban. If you want to take screenshots of these PMs and send them to a moderator? We can see about the bans, especially if this person is spamming people with these hack offers.

Edit: PM us the screenshot along with the link to the user profile sending them.

:thumbup: enuff said

HomerSwapMeet · June 3, 2013 5:04AM

Linky2g wrote:

HomerSwapMeet wrote:

Jay_Kay_4747 wrote:

Samwellthefirst wrote:

I think with digitalisation people don't see things like donut hacks as STEALING. Which I was brought up to never do, and haven't in all my 24 years

This. Well said. I work in a video store which is pretty susceptible to theft, and I hate thieves. When I was a kid I was taught that you have to work bloody hard for the things you have, and this game is no different, it doesn't matter how much anything cost these days, expensive or not. Stealing is wrong.

I'm all for the stealing is wrong idea but I'd like to see the "other" people respond to this thread in defense of hacking. They are most likely partaking in the hacking as well. Let's hear what they got to say.

nobody will post pro cheating posts on the official forums...

There are a few geniuses who don't seem to think before they post said topic :roll:
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9522177.page#28756788

lissarv68 · June 3, 2013 5:04AM

Linky2g wrote:

HomerSwapMeet wrote:

Jay_Kay_4747 wrote:

Samwellthefirst wrote:

I think with digitalisation people don't see things like donut hacks as STEALING. Which I was brought up to never do, and haven't in all my 24 years

This. Well said. I work in a video store which is pretty susceptible to theft, and I hate thieves. When I was a kid I was taught that you have to work bloody hard for the things you have, and this game is no different, it doesn't matter how much anything cost these days, expensive or not. Stealing is wrong.

I'm all for the stealing is wrong idea but I'd like to see the "other" people respond to this thread in defense of hacking. They are most likely partaking in the hacking as well. Let's hear what they got to say.

nobody will post pro cheating posts on the official forums...

The posts will be removed if they communicate how they are doing the hacking, it can also lead to banning. However, it's a massive leap to assume that just because somebody posts in support of cheating that they are themselves cheating.

Linky2g · June 3, 2013 5:20AM

lissarv68 wrote:

Linky2g wrote:

HomerSwapMeet wrote:

Jay_Kay_4747 wrote:

Samwellthefirst wrote:

I think with digitalisation people don't see things like donut hacks as STEALING. Which I was brought up to never do, and haven't in all my 24 years

This. Well said. I work in a video store which is pretty susceptible to theft, and I hate thieves. When I was a kid I was taught that you have to work bloody hard for the things you have, and this game is no different, it doesn't matter how much anything cost these days, expensive or not. Stealing is wrong.

I'm all for the stealing is wrong idea but I'd like to see the "other" people respond to this thread in defense of hacking. They are most likely partaking in the hacking as well. Let's hear what they got to say.

nobody will post pro cheating posts on the official forums...

The posts will be removed if they communicate how they are doing the hacking, it can also lead to banning. However, it's a massive leap to assume that just because somebody posts in support of cheating that they are themselves cheating.

it isnt that massive...

KMEO · June 3, 2013 5:47AM

Well, if you read the Terms and Condition (who reads em, right?) they actually don't allow cheating of any manner. The reason why they "allow" this is because there are probably so many people playing the game and there might not be that many moderators to deal with that sort of cheating. If the mods manage to overlook these, you can just report the hackers with concrete evidence (e.g. message logs/screenies ). Honestly, I really don't think they'll stop even if they get reported and banned for countless of times. They'll just end up changing their IP address and make a new email account. Rinsing and repeating.

>:3

jasonicus321 · June 3, 2013 7:06AM

Cheating happens in every game. When you finally accept that you can move on. Just always know you are not one of them, so you are morally intact.

Jay_Kay_4747 · June 3, 2013 8:17AM

jasonicus321 wrote:

Cheating happens in every game. When you finally accept that you can move on. Just always know you are not one of them, so you are morally intact.

Still can't help but feel a little ticked off even after accepting the fact. It does happen in every game, but it's different from say, someone inputting a code into GTA to get all guns. To know that some people are getting everything for free and others are working hard to save money for the stuff they have (whether it be digital or physical) is unsettling.

ecneralc · June 3, 2013 9:06AM

I think an exploit is different then a hack beings your using the own games programming against itself to gain something now they can always fix these exploits so you can't do them anymore and only a small precent have made gains and usually it's small gains. Where hacking your subverting the games program putting in your own programming to get things that don't exist anymore its still a small precent making gains but its usually huge huge gains.

Edit: so could give an example of an exploit. Can't remember the game right now but there was a multiplayer lvl that you could hide in a rock and no1 could kill you but you could kill everyone else now alot of people went up the scoreboard using this glitch/exploit but once it was fixed those players using it sucked because they hadn't been ducking and dodging and playing the game the way it was suppose to played and they started to drop down the board.

adruralo · June 3, 2013 9:09AM

wsjm1984 wrote:

I keep greeting PM's offering me old items and free money etc......

Why does EA allow these items into accounts and not just delete hacked accounts or suspend them or something like that?

Just simply delete the PM's and ignore them.

TRTX84 · June 3, 2013 9:53AM

If EA could stop hacks, they wouldn't be hacks. They'd be resolved bugs.

dominic115 · June 3, 2013 9:55AM

I'm pretty sure the negative doughnuts is detectable, my friend had his account removed for doing that.

shaygitz · June 3, 2013 11:10AM

Samwellthefirst wrote:

but with the price of donuts, it doesn't surprise me in the slightest that people hack the game.

It wouldn't matter how inexpensive donuts were, people would still steal them. And feel justified in doing so

sherryt07 · June 3, 2013 11:26AM

dominic115 wrote:

I'm pretty sure the negative doughnuts is detectable, my friend had his account removed for doing that.

Was he notified that was the reason they removed his town? Because I doubt they would do something about a glitch that happens because of a games mechanics, other than fix it from happening.

Skyrim-mrp · June 3, 2013 11:29AM

sherryt07 wrote:

dominic115 wrote:

I'm pretty sure the negative doughnuts is detectable, my friend had his account removed for doing that.

Was he notified that was the reason they removed his town? Because I doubt they would do something about a glitch that happens because of a games mechanics, other than fix it from happening.

Boom! +1 just what i thought. EA caused the loophole. If they did there test they could of picked up on it

jasonicus321 · June 3, 2013 11:38AM

Jay_Kay_4747 wrote:

jasonicus321 wrote:

Cheating happens in every game. When you finally accept that you can move on. Just always know you are not one of them, so you are morally intact.

Still can't help but feel a little ticked off even after accepting the fact. It does happen in every game, but it's different from say, someone inputting a code into GTA to get all guns. To know that some people are getting everything for free and others are working hard to save money for the stuff they have (whether it be digital or physical) is unsettling.

I agree with you. It's annoying at times, but I can't control what other people do so I just play the game they way I want.

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