Bring Back the Old Punishment System...with Some Tweaks

[Qin Shihuangdi]

So, I found 15 hackers just yesterday. That's more than I found in the first three months on 1.9 combined.

Spoiler: The Threads

https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/ip-hackers-99-101.140836/
https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/hackers-102-104.140846/
https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/hackers-105-and-106.140854/
https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/hackers-107-109.140882/
https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/hackers-111-113.140927/
https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/hacker-114.140921/

And the number will just keep going up...

 

[awesomebutter234]

So, I found 15 hackers just yesterday. That's more than I found in the first three months on 1.9 combined.

Spoiler: The Threads

https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/ip-hackers-99-101.140836/
https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/hackers-102-104.140846/
https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/hackers-105-and-106.140854/
https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/hackers-107-109.140882/
https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/hackers-111-113.140927/
https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/hacker-114.140921/

And the number will just keep going up...

RIP staff "You guys had a good run" Cause of death: An ocean of hacker reports caused by the new banning system drowned them. Also a quick check showed that about 501 and counting reports were made just today. ._.

 

[Thomas5200]

It takes time to create ban reports.
If hackers only get banned for 7 days then why make a ban report? Most hackers either claim they are hacking on their alt or that they don't care. If I was a hacker a seven day ban wouldn't throw me off very much. As a hacker I would probably have multiple accounts so I could just evade any ban.

I personally won't be submitting very many ban reports as long as a hacker will only get banned for seven days. It's honestly not worth the time, effort and it doesn't really help make Cubecraft a better server. While a few hackers get banned, other hackers seven day ban will expire. Within some time there might be 10 ban reports for the same player.

 

[telegamer]

It takes time to create ban reports.
If hackers only get banned for 7 days then why make a ban report? Most hackers either claim they are hacking on their alt or that they don't care. If I was a hacker a seven day ban wouldn't throw me off very much. As a hacker I would probably have multiple accounts so I could just evade any ban.

I personally won't be submitting very many ban reports as long as a hacker will only get banned for seven days. It's honestly not worth the time, effort and it doesn't really help make Cubecraft a better server. While a few hackers get banned, other hackers seven day ban will expire. Within some time there might be 10 ban reports for the same player.

It's only the first time they get banned for 7 days, the second time it's a month, the third time (I believe) 6 months.

 

[LunariusFlare]

IMO it needs tweaks or they need the old one. Many people said the old one was "unfair" because of 1 year bans. There's something called an "appeal." While banning them for longer stretches of time each ban may seem great to many, they're not gonna learn till a 2nd ban (or maybe even a 3rd.)

 

[betty's oldies]

IMO it needs tweaks or they need the old one. Many people said the old one was "unfair" because of 1 year bans. There's something called an "appeal." While banning them for longer stretches of time each ban may seem great to many, they're not gonna learn till a 2nd ban (or maybe even a 3rd.)

Not really. Some continue hacking. Look up "CloakedGiant" (without quotations) and you'll find at least 4 videos of his reported hacks and at least 3+ instances of hacking on Cube. If that's not enough, he's banned from multiple networks. Even xturtle, after 5+ bans on Cube and hundreds on other servers, won't stop.

I wrote this in an earlier post on this thread: appeals are designed for people who were unfairly banned/muted, not for those who want to be unbanned/unmuted because they want to. This is what it should be for appealing instead of a 1 week ban for hackers to "learn" or a lengthy "unban ticket."

 

[Mac]

Just to end this conversation - The old punishment system will NOT be coming back. Ever. The new one is much better and much more versatile. That being said it isn't perfect yet and things such as punishment times are still being tweaked. Please bear with us as we make it the best punishment system of all time.


I understand you all have opinions on how the system should work, but trust me when I say we as a team have put hours of time and thought into designing what we believe will be the best system for CubeCraft.