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i have noticed that player jaredtown and jathanered as well as all their puppets have been deleted. is this just a puppetsweep or are they now dos?

Puppetsweep for an extreme and flagrant violation of the scripting rules.

nice to know, thanks!

United Calanworie wrote:Puppetsweep for an extreme and flagrant violation of the scripting rules.

If I may ask, some people gave him cards (like, alot of cards) to increase their value through a system of Jaredtown and jathanered. Those cards are 100% lost forever, correct?

Yes.

May I ask what the user especifically did?

United Calanworie wrote:Yes.

So they can still play because they’re not dos???

Lipizia wrote:May I ask what the user especifically did?

I stated as much above -- he violated, in an extreme and flagrant manner, the HTML script rules.

Per the guidance in my signature on how we regulate bots, HTML bots fall into Category 3. Category 3 contains three sub-categories: A, B, and C.

Category A bots are rule-abiding bots. We don't love them, but they're legal. Category B bots are category A bots that have accidentally violated the rules, for example, an otherwise legal bot that due to a datetime error sends eleven requests per minute instead of the limit of ten. Category C bots are deliberately illegal HTML scripts. In this particular instance, the user was cheating at the Cards minigame by using a script that automatically answers issues. As the link in my signature says:

Because the purpose of a 3C bot is to break the rules, we deal with them harshly: We may punish users regardless of whether or not they are the bot's author, or understood what the bot was doing--especially if the purpose of the bot was to gain an advantage over other players.

We frequently have to deal with 3C bots in the cards sphere, for example this illegal script in Febuary of last year. Ignorance of the scripting rules is no excuse, and especially not in the cards space where the main method used to interact with the game is a prohibited page item.

RIP Jaredtown And Jathanered.

United Calanworie wrote:

Lipizia wrote:May I ask what the user especifically did?

I stated as much above -- he violated, in an extreme and flagrant manner, the HTML script rules.

Per the guidance in my signature on how we regulate bots, HTML bots fall into Category 3. Category 3 contains three sub-categories: A, B, and C.

Category A bots are rule-abiding bots. We don't love them, but they're legal. Category B bots are category A bots that have accidentally violated the rules, for example, an otherwise legal bot that due to a datetime error sends eleven requests per minute instead of the limit of ten. Category C bots are deliberately illegal HTML scripts. In this particular instance, the user was cheating at the Cards minigame by using a script that automatically answers issues. As the link in my signature says:

Because the purpose of a 3C bot is to break the rules, we deal with them harshly: We may punish users regardless of whether or not they are the bot's author, or understood what the bot was doing--especially if the purpose of the bot was to gain an advantage over other players.

We frequently have to deal with 3C bots in the cards sphere, for example this illegal script in Febuary of last year. Ignorance of the scripting rules is no excuse, and especially not in the cards space where the main method used to interact with the game is a prohibited page item.

Ok, thanks for explaining.

Jaj was just barely deleted, so might I ask: Is he now DOS, or is this just another puppetsweep?

Jaredtown is DOS and no longer welcome on the site.

Luna Amore wrote:Jaredtown is DOS and no longer welcome on the site.

May I politely ask why? Is it due to the illegal script and the ill-gotten cards being sent to other nations prior to deletion?

Why is he now dos? Was it another script violation?

A complete disregard for the rules over the years (WA cheating, illegal card script, transferring ill-gotten cards to another player before responding to a Mod request for the script, posting on behalf of a DOS player).

He made it abundantly clear he has no intention to follow the rules so he is no longer welcome.

Oh ok, thank you

It is not explicitly stated whether or not a dispatch deletion should be a GHR or forumside question. So, I’ll just ask here: Why was my dispatch deleted? I did not condone his behavior, I just quoted two public posts and gave mild commentary.

Sanana wrote:It is not explicitly stated whether or not a dispatch deletion should be a GHR or forumside question. So, I’ll just ask here: Why was my dispatch deleted? I did not condone his behavior, I just quoted two public posts and gave mild commentary.

Gameside stuff is handled through the GHR.

That said, there's no log of your dispatch being deleted.

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