LinkBack URL
About LinkBacksAt the bold xP
BG Update
Thanks for the feedback. We've created a thread in Site Feedback to try and centralize discussion. However, there were many good suggestions, and we've made some changes as a result:
- we've changed the CAPTCHA frequency to 1 in 4. We'll try this level for a while and see how people feel about it -- we can raise it and lower it as needed.
- since users with slower Internet connections / computers were complaining about missing tanks all the time, we've both slightly increased the number of maximum players in a game, as well as slightly increased the glow time.
Short FAQ:
Why not put the CAPTCHA at the end?
That is a good suggestion and something we will look at. However, the way the game is currently set up, the gold is granted at the end of the game, so a CAPTCHA after you've played would be too late to do anything.
Also: putting the CAPTCHA at the front of the game stops some classes of bots from jumping into the game -- which means it's easier to get tanks, since you don't have a bunch of bots jumping in before you.
Bots don't exist!
They do. I hate to give these guys more views, so I won't direct link, but a ten-second search will reveal tons of booty grab bots, with accompanying videos. We have a bunch of these in house and have confirmed that they do in fact work (or rather, used trk).
Why so sudden!?
We've been saying for a while that we have problem with BG -- you can see previous AtAs and such -- but we've seen a recent sharp spike in the amount of botted gold, and it has become a problem. Fixing bots is a labor intensive process by our amazing but overworked mod team: not only do we have to go through and ban the bots, but we have to undo all the transactions that the bot completed. This means going through trade logs, holding trading passes on people that received botted gold, so on and so forth. Stopping bots at the time of gold grant with a CAPTCHA is far more effective and a better use of everyone's time.
I'll change the OP in the feedback thread as more FAQs come up.
Results 1 to 10 of 10
Thread: I lol'd
- 03 Mar. 2011 09:37pm #1
I lol'd
- 03 Mar. 2011 09:51pm #2
Aren't you supposed to be in EBU?
- 03 Mar. 2011 10:00pm #3 Would u shut up?
Originally Posted by Eli 
- 03 Mar. 2011 10:18pm #4
Shouldn't you be at EBU?
Disco is neat.
- 03 Mar. 2011 10:25pm #5Donator
Moderator Bachelor of Science in Virginity
- Age
- 31
- Join Date
- Nov. 2009
- Location
- Toronto
- Posts
- 5,421
- Reputation
- 546
- LCash (Rank 3)
- 1.96
- Awards
Now you wait for people to complain about Chad's bot lol.
Aspiring Programmer
- 03 Mar. 2011 10:36pm #6 Yes i do cause his bot is useless now Originally Posted by stapled
- 03 Mar. 2011 11:01pm #7
this. . Originally Posted by Kain
- 03 Mar. 2011 11:17pm #8 Originally Posted by Mx250z
- 03 Mar. 2011 11:51pm #9
Its not chad's fault, he made a bot that people bought knowing the risks of it possibly getting patched (adding captcha)
im sure everyone who bought it made there moneyback anyways, i made about 150$ from it in xbox live an ms points.
Go back to EBU. i mean, arent you an 'Extreme botter' that likes to be part of a "union'?yup this is really me gamersoul AVA
- 03 Mar. 2011 11:51pm #10
Can't even find pictures with good grammar in them. Sad
Reply With Quote
