03-09-2003, 06:58 PM
I think you are misunderstanding my post.
One person at Blizzard spending time listening to the trade channels and trying to set up sting operations would not cost very much. Heck, I'm sure some people would volunteer for this job.
Only target hacked items with these methods. Since hacked items can not be legit, only non-legit players would be banned. Different methods would need to be found to deal with dupped items.
The purpose of these methods is not to scan every account. The purpose is to get a small percent of people with hacks. Even if only 5% of people with hacked items were banned, I think that most other people would be scared to use hacks. Sure this will not stop everyone, but it will stop a lot more then the current methods that Blizzard uses (none?).
I posted this idea as an example of a cheap, easy way that Blizzard could at least do something. I realize that it wouldn't be 100% effective, but even if it was 50% effective I think it would be worth while.
One person at Blizzard spending time listening to the trade channels and trying to set up sting operations would not cost very much. Heck, I'm sure some people would volunteer for this job.
Only target hacked items with these methods. Since hacked items can not be legit, only non-legit players would be banned. Different methods would need to be found to deal with dupped items.
The purpose of these methods is not to scan every account. The purpose is to get a small percent of people with hacks. Even if only 5% of people with hacked items were banned, I think that most other people would be scared to use hacks. Sure this will not stop everyone, but it will stop a lot more then the current methods that Blizzard uses (none?).
I posted this idea as an example of a cheap, easy way that Blizzard could at least do something. I realize that it wouldn't be 100% effective, but even if it was 50% effective I think it would be worth while.
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