>For weeks, an Overwatch exploit that lets players use Mei’s ice wall ability to get outside levels and become invincible has been wreaking havoc on 3v3. Good and righteous players who abhor cheating in all its ghastly forms are sick of it. After prolonged silence, Blizzard’s finally said they’re gonna do something about it. >Blizzard’s plan, announced by game director Jeff Kaplan on Overwatch’s forums, has two components: 1) eradicating the exploit and 2) “aggressively” punishing people who use it. The first part should happen today, but Kaplan’s not 100 percent certain the fix will get the job done. “There is always the chance that our fix could fail,” he said. “We’re currently testing to verify the fix.” >“We will be taking action against those who abused this exploit,” said Kaplan. “Overwatch is a PvP experience so that means exploiting game mechanics like this comes at a cost to those you are competing against. We take aggressive action against people who abuse game mechanics, hack or cheat. This case is no different. We may test out new forms of punishment this time instead of a simple ban or suspension including removing an offender's loot boxes, skins, or charging them a fee if they have a credit card on file.”
Based Blizzard fixes shit quick. Meanwhile Valve dicks around.
>We may test out new forms of punishment this time instead of a simple ban or suspension including removing an offender's loot boxes, skins, or charging them a fee if they have a credit card on file.”
Is that shit even legal?
Joshua Moore
>For weeks >fixes shit quick
LMFAO
Kevin Cruz
nothing will come out of it, exploiters are going to exploit and bug is not going to be fixed.
Alexander Anderson
> charging them a fee if they have a credit card on file.
I haven't looked up the source for this article, but regardless if this article is real or not, could Blizzard legally charge someone's credit card as a punishment? I've never heard anything like this.
Owen Wood
Yes, you have basically zero rights when it comes to digital purchases because
>lmao license
Thomas Wood
Why don't they just fix the game instead of fucking people?
Dominic Diaz
>exploit in game they put in >punish players for using it So blizz was literally cucking their player base for playing the game to it's fulliest?
Aiden Scott
Actually, I didn't see the "fee" part, yeah, that's pushing it legally
Cameron Green
There's no fucking way that's legal
Samuel Reyes
>use exploit that is a fault of the games code, not a third party program >Uuuh you get punished Fuck kapcuck this is him and his teams fault, he's a fucking pandering retard anyway and is already trying to ruin the game
Caleb Perez
the source is kotaku and op is a faggot, he added that part
Hunter Parker
>punish people for exploiting their shitty game instead of just fixing the problem >or charging them a fee if they have a credit card on file Bravo Blizzard!
Cooper Foster
Well, if you go to a building and break through a wall, you don't think they are going to charge you for it?
Matthew Richardson
>OP posts no source >puts something inflammatory in post
hmmm
Ethan Allen
>We fucked up while designing this, and instead of just figuring out a fix and moving forward, we are going to actively punish anyone who does it, perhaps by stealing their money.
Is this a fucking joke?
Asher Allen
they should've constructed the wall better so i can't punch through it
Ethan Watson
I understand their perspective. Sure, they could fix the game, but does that do anything to the actual people who take the time to find these cheats and implement them?
Blizzard thinks that punishing those who do this could make the person think twice about doing it rather than simply fixing it and having the person go and do something else that negatively impacts the game.
Hudson Nelson
It's not, it's an unauthorized purchase Aka credit fraud
Mason Perez
They didn't make you abuse the glitch you turboautist
Brayden Anderson
Tell it to the judge.
Robert Wright
I hope they give people who didn't use the exploit a special cosmetic, the butthurt from the TF2 halo was incredible
Nathan Adams
Hey, faggots, pay attention to this post. OP is trying to rile you retards up.
David Carter
Can someone show me the part about the fee, because I didn't see that in the article and it sounds fake as fuck
Liam Bell
You probably authorized it somewhere in that giant list of terms and conditions you pressed OK on.
Nicholas Cruz
>didn't post a link
Mason Nguyen
I've lost 3s matches because of this. It's straight up cheating and I reported all of them.
Get fucked fags.
Hudson Morales
>Good and righteous players who abhor cheating in all its ghastly forms are sick of it. After prolonged silence, Blizzard’s finally said they’re gonna do something about it.
What kind of cunt writes like this?
This reminds me of the pretentious way I used to write in high school before I realized just how awful it sounded. This writer is jumping between indulgent purple prose and extremely casual slang from sentence to sentence with no mind for flow or consistency.
Somebody got paid to write this.
Alexander Ward
>punish people for thinking outside the box, and working within the system They do live their blizzdrones after all.
Liam Ramirez
It won't be as good as the TF2 halo though.
Especially because you can't trade items in OW
Ryan Reed
>tfw was idling on couple of servers >tfw got a halo
shit was glorious.
Daniel Turner
>CHARGING THEM A FEE IF THEY HAVE A CREDIT CARD ON FILE
Samuel Jackson
>What kind of cunt writes like this? Well, it IS a kotaku article
Blake James
You couldn't trade in TF2 when the halo came out
Nathaniel Kelly
If the exploit gets out of hand and makes the game unplayable cant they disable the character like riot does every two patches or so?
Evan Nguyen
>based blizzard >punishing players for using an available game mechanic
Chase Baker
>wanting link to Kotaku >pastebin /pR4dzM2r >kotaku /blizzard-says-theyll-punish-overwatch-players-who-use-m-1790809796 Here.
Gavin Anderson
>use a legitimate game mechanic >get banned
Lincoln Powell
No you didn't, only the person who owns the credit card can authorize the purchase. You can't sign away your rights. You aren't purchasing some service with a renewing contract like a wow subscription or some shit. They're gonna attempt to steal your money as arbitrage? That's illegal
Christopher Foster
Not if the wall is made of data that costs absolutely nothing to repair and is one instance of millions of said wall existing in virtual space.
Real world comparisons to digital issues like this are always stupid because data is not physical matter that is finite and costly.
Easton Bailey
Clipping through a map is not legitimate.
Ryder Gomez
If it's in the game, it's legitimate. It wasn't done using hacks or any other 3rd party cheats.
Elijah Anderson
This. If it's in the game and you don't use third party software then it's fair game. Don't release broken garbage.
Carter Jenkins
Article doesn't actually say that, nor the "charging them if they have a card on file". OP is baiting.
Please investigate for yourselves before flipping out.
That said, Blizzard is a shit company and Overwatch is a shit game regardless of whether or not they literally steal from you.
Alexander Rogers
Still cheating.
Dominic Myers
Get cuck'd cheater.
Evan Wilson
Is charging a fee legal?
Jeremiah Taylor
By your logic, rocket jumps and combos are "cheats" too only because they were originally bugs.
Jace Rogers
>Not if the wall is made of data that costs absolutely nothing to repair and is one instance of millions of said wall existing in virtual space.
You think fixing the bug is free? They gotta pay somebody.
Children, I swear.
Xavier Wilson
It's a glitch unforseen by developers that's not intended at all
It's not a fair legitimate mechanic at all
Robert Nelson
Its not. You're a literal idiot if you believe it. Everything int he game is legit for fair use in play.
Owen Gomez
It's the best mode, so you should care
Justin Nelson
I doubt that feature will come to OW
Wyatt Hughes
>get punished for playing the game ????
Jack Cook
By my logic exploiting a bug is cheating, yes.
Bentley Bell
I can't believe I have to deal with retards like you on a daily basis.
Zachary Turner
>abuse game mechanics
How far we have fallen to the hugbox age.
Joseph Mitchell
>If it's in the game, it's legitimate. I don't know what kind of fucking sand monkey you are, but exploiting glitches and bugs should always be a bannable offense. >but i-it's l-legitimate!111! Making yourself invulnerable using a game glitch is not an intended feature nor a legitimate one. Why am i even replying to you, as you are probably eating your own feces in this precise god-given moment.
Xavier Diaz
Just make a kill zone volume if Mei leaves the initial fighting area
Ian Lewis
Gaining an unfair advantage via glitches isn't cheating? You're fucking retarded and you probably play soccer with your hands
Adam Campbell
>punishing the players for uncovering glitches It wouldn't be a glitch if it was foreseen by the developers you fucking retard.
Colton Richardson
>ANYONE at all even thinking for a second this is legit >ANYONE seriously questing if anyone making unauthorized billings to your account is legal or not
what the fug
Liam Baker
So you're a retard. I get it.
Julian Murphy
Blizzdrones.
Logan Morris
Just like combos or wavedashing in fighting games.
Joseph Barnes
It is a glitch Jesus christ you're so thick developers patch games all the time for glitches you retard
Jace Brown
Quake players learned to bunnyhop, a mechanic not intended or expected by Id. In response, did Id threaten to punish people who bunnyhopped? Fuck no. They incorporated it and added more movement mechanics in subsequent Quake games.
Punishing players for exploiting your fuckup is terrible practice. Blizzard is a joke, and you are a braindead fanboy.
Juan Nguyen
Of course it is legal goy.
Owen Gray
Your not allowed to use hands in soccer.
The rules say nothing about wrapping the ball in your legs and crawling into the goal though.
Carter Moore
The intelligence of Sup Forums
Camden Mitchell
This thread is full of falseflaggers who only pretend to be retarded Blizzard fans, right? Right?
Joseph Brooks
You can't pick the same characters and do the same thing?
You can't come up with a counter strategy? Shit metagame.
Eli Robinson
Were you kid born before 2001? No, were you "men" born before 1984?
Zachary Lee
Wave dashing isn't a glitch >Your not allowed to use hands in soccer You're not allowed to clip through a wall to make yourself l either
Hunter Gomez
>wreaking havoc >righteous >abhor >ghastly Hah, who's this hack >Nathan Grayson Can't make this shit up, one of the Five Guys?
Josiah Robinson
t. Rational person
Samuel Sanchez
> did Id threaten to punish people who bunnyhopped
Cheaters like that should be punished.
Andrew Sullivan
>We may test out new forms of punishment this time instead of a simple ban or suspension including removing an offender's loot boxes, skins, or charging them a fee if they have a credit card on file That's extremely jewish, even for actiblizz standards
Owen Harris
>You can't come up with a counter strategy? >Shit metagame. There is no counter play for invincibility
Luke Powell
Mei is just a conceptually broken hero.
AoE freeze ult that sometimes glitches and freezes vertically
Ice wall can be used with 2 meis to block one of the many chokepoints in every map forever
Freeze gun, losing control of your character is not fun, at least the tf2 devs knew this and shot down every weapon idea that included stuns
Connor Richardson
depending on what they mean by it im sure there are ways. such as banning the account but allowing it to be transfered in repurchase. they couldnt just charge the account but they could charge to unlock for rule violations
Tyler Gray
epic trole bro!!
Jaxson Kelly
Blizz literally fixing shit and laying down the law first week after their holidays. If only all companies were this good.
Carson Clark
>or charging them a fee if they have a credit card on file.”
lol
Gavin Williams
This situation is a bit different because clipping through a wall wouldn't serve as a game mechanic, but you're correct in assuming that banning for it is retarded. Just patch it and thank the players for discovering the bug. That's all Blizzard has to do.
Brayden Hall
Maybe since all the characters are free and available from the start there's no way to remove them from selection? Seems like something they should be able to do though
Hudson Flores
The overall effect in Tekken was initially a glitch.
Caleb Sullivan
They were already paid to make the game. If devs were too retarded to make it properly shit's on them. Of course people exploiting it are bad, but saying they need to pay for abusing a failure the devs put in so they can fix it is retarded.
Adrian Moore
Beat them to the punch or apply it to your team as well.
Christian Cox
Except the sandman, evidently.
Ayden Anderson
So fucking what, you cockgobbling motherfucker? Should we allow fucking idiots to go through walls because some old farts who used to make good vidya thousands of years ago did the same thing? You pissdrinking fucking niggerfaggotlord, why are you even defending this if not for the sake of going against apparent ((((blizzdrones))))?
Thomas Ramirez
I don't understand how anyone can take anything written here on Sup Forums at face value.
I mean holy shit guys of course it's not true
Anthony Cruz
>yfw you did not fall for the Overhype meme
Elijah Martin
Mei exploiters have already been punished with a temporary suspension. First time violators have received a 7-day suspension from OW. Repeat offenses will have the amount of time doubled.
Nolan Brown
>Ice wall can be used with 2 meis to block one of the many chokepoints in every map forever except for the characters that have mobility skills Also TF2 includes stuns and knockback. Stop being a baby
Michael Jackson
>abuse an obvious bug that gives an obvious huge advantage >get punished for it >WOOOOOW