World of Warcraft Hackers Kill Thousands in Minutes

[Terramax]

Was I the only one who immediately thought of the South Park WoW episode when reading the title?

 

[5-0]

Was I the only one who immediately thought of the South Park WoW episode when reading the title?

Nope, I did too. I raced to make a Facebook comment, but dammit, I was too late.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

I got a big kick when in the video the hacker realized some were getting away into the skies and then teleported up there and everybody that flew up dropped like flies as well.

Edit:

I would be pissed if this happened in LotRO and my low level character hadn't reached level 20 and hadn't died yet, considering there are four specific titles total awarded for reaching level 20 while not having died.

 

[tangoprime]

it's a prank, nothing more, people shouldn't get BANNED over this.

Yeah, if something like this was done in EVE at Jita 4-4 or Dodixie, CCP would add it to lore and cook up an RP news article to explain it. I miss when they used to post their bi-weekly chronicles.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

it's a prank, nothing more, people shouldn't get BANNED over this.

Yeah, if something like this was done in EVE at Jita 4-4 or Dodixie, CCP would add it to lore and cook up an RP news article to explain it. I miss when they used to post their bi-weekly chronicles.

No, I doubt that. Considering how much work goes into getting the ISK to get ships and equipment, I doubt they would let that slide, CCP would have to do a lot of work reimbursing the people that lost all their gear because some nut went around insta-killing their ships.

 

[bliebblob]

"It's not like I added 20,000,000 gold to everyone's inventory and broke the economy, but look at the big Chinese gold seller companies who are doing this every day," the hacker said in their defense. "Now ask yourself who is really ruining the game. It's not us. That's my justification."

B!tch please. Someone, somewhere doing something worse than you is not an excuse to do whatever you like, as long as it's less bad.

You found, nay actively looked, for a chance to embark on server-wide shenanigans. And you immediatly grabbed that chance with both hands. I won't blame you for that one, after all it's like you said: no permanent damage and a chance like that can be hard to pass up. But don't imply you didn't have a choice. Deal with the backlash like a man.

 

[Tiger Sora]

Mass murder, justifies it as prank.

Thanks for starting my day off with a laugh.

Captcha: one hit wonder

I guess it really was Captcha

 

[bliebblob]

One of the hackers confessed to the deed on a WoW exploits forum, explaining that the "kill hack" did no permanent damage and, despite being highly inconvenient to its victims, was hardly game-breaking. "Some people liked it for a new topic of conversation and a funny stream to watch, and some people didn't. The people who didn't should be blaming Blizzard for not fixing it faster (four hours of obvious use is sad).

"Now ask yourself who is really ruining the game. It's not us. That's my justification."

"Don't blame me for stealing your car, blame the car manufacturer for not make it secure enough in the first place! You can't blame me for showing them where there's an exploit in car-stealing to be found. It's not like I destroyed your car like those joy-riders would; no harm was done. Some people hate having their car nicked, but who doesn't like watching cop-chases on TV? Without us they wouldn't be so fun to watch!

And besides, who is really letting you down? It's not us - the cops should've stopped this from ever getting out of hand to the point where it pissed you off. That's my justification."

/sarcasm

Excuses excuses. They did something bad because they'd get kicks out of doing it, and now they're trying to justify what they found fun to the hundreds of people who's fun they had hindered.

That comparison is really bad. Like, wow. That's so insanely bad. You're saying a person exploiting an in-game killcode that inconveniences some players is akin to someone stealing a car.

Actually I'm with him on this 100%. The point of a comparison like this is not to compare it something equivalent. It's to apply the same logic to a similar but much worse situation so it suddenly becomes clear how little sense it makes.

The point to take away here is not that hacking = stealing cars, it's that his justifications make 0 sense.

 

[Lunar Templar]

'lol'

that's really all i got here, its sorta funny and slightly amusing.

 

[excalipoor]

"It's Blizzard's fault that we're pricks! Blame them!"

 

[lancar]

haha

look at the top comment in the hack source video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb-1FpPpBRI


"I see they've made raiding even more casual in latest expansion.."

rofl!

Captcha: go berserk

indeed

 

[CoL0sS]

*ahem* "And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them"

 

[The Lugz]

personally i quit bothering with multiplier games because people troll hack and cheat all the time and this is what happens when a troll actually has some skill
thousands of players dead and a huge community and business upturned because a guy was bored

no end to the sad tools, unfortunately

 

[GoaThief]

No harm is done when you die if I'm not mistaken?

If that's the case that's pretty funny, fair play to the guy but he should face the consequences and not be a coward.

 

[excalipoor]

No harm is done when you die if I'm not mistaken?

If that's the case that's pretty funny, fair play to the guy but he should face the consequences and not be a coward.

Items have durability, which is lowered when you take damage or die. Being killed by other players doesn't cause durability damage, however, when players die, they have two choices: either run back to their corpse to resurrect themselves, or resurrect at a graveyard.

If they run back to their corpse and resurrect, they'll suffer no penalties, but will likely just die again. Resurrecting at a graveyard causes 25% (I think) durability damage to all your items, which at higher levels costs quite a bit to repair. You also get resurrection sickness for 10 minutes, which lowers all your stats and damage done by 75%. Then there's the fact that, paying a monthly fee to play the game, time is literally money.

I'm sure these guys had fun doing it, but harmless it wasn't.

 

[The Floating Nose]

A WOW genocide !!!!

 

[cerebus23]

I was done with wow when the horde got the hot coffee mod and broke pvp ques utterly.

Blizzard seemed not to give a damn then, so i find this funny now, he should get a medal.

 

[CheckD3]

Was I the only one who immediately thought of the South Park WoW episode when reading the title?

You are not alone, it's like they knew there'd be this guy who'd do this...I wonder if Blizzard is preparing the Sword of 1000 Truths to give to their champion