03-07-2003, 08:46 AM
Mikedok, your heart is in the right place, but you don't know what your talking about. Dupers and hackers usually have multiple cd-keys and may even have the CD's themselves. When they get a cdkey banned, they just discard it, however, if they have the CD, they resell it on ebay. Now how fair is that when a person buys a copy of d2 online and can't play on B.net? Banning cd keys is a ridicilous idea that only hurts consumers in the long run.
So whats the alternatives? Banning accounts is next on the list, but I'm sure you know that any hacker or duper worth his own will use a proxy IP address and a fake account (one with barly anything on it but one character) to use and test their hacks. So banning the account does nothing, and same with the IP. Even a static IP can't fix the proxy problem.
So how do you stop a duper or hacker? Well, I dont have that answer for you, but I can sure tell you that a CD-Key ban is a really bad idea because I myself bought my copy of diablo 2 off ebay and so did my friend which means, so did lots others who play legit and I'd hate to see all these legit people getting screwed over because of a banned cd-key.
Any thoughts or suggestions on my own thoughts welcome.
So whats the alternatives? Banning accounts is next on the list, but I'm sure you know that any hacker or duper worth his own will use a proxy IP address and a fake account (one with barly anything on it but one character) to use and test their hacks. So banning the account does nothing, and same with the IP. Even a static IP can't fix the proxy problem.
So how do you stop a duper or hacker? Well, I dont have that answer for you, but I can sure tell you that a CD-Key ban is a really bad idea because I myself bought my copy of diablo 2 off ebay and so did my friend which means, so did lots others who play legit and I'd hate to see all these legit people getting screwed over because of a banned cd-key.
Any thoughts or suggestions on my own thoughts welcome.
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