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OP 12/08/2006 · 07:36 AM #1

For more than 2 years now I`ve been playing this game,
As an empire called Firecracker

During all this time
I never cheated once
never insulted any1
played according to the rules
battled with honour
never even got silenced or anything...

For the past few months,
I wasn`t able to play
coz of final exams,
i just checked in once in a while to see how SF was going,
saying hello to some old friends...

2 weeks ago,
i logged back in
a UW had just passed
and the server was crying for minerals,
so i thought:
hey,
I got some spare time atm,
I`ll give them some,

so yes,
I created another account
named "MineralSupplier"
the name is obvious enough
in less then 2 hours of playing,
i got PMed by Eternus
Next thing I know is I`m staring at my screen not able to log into the Firecracker-account

Sure i know the rules,
no multis allowed,
didn`t think of this as a multi since i`d done no abuse with it,
didn`t cheat,
didn`t get an advantage of any kind,
i just sold a couple of hundreds of minerals a various group of people
not me,
so no markettrading
and it were a few hundreds
so why would I since the Firecracker account still has many billions to spare...
Didn`t fight with this new account
just done some researching

And in the past 3 months
I`ve only done 1 battle with the Firecracker-account
and that`s becoz karolinerna asked me to
"for old times sake"
and it has been half a year since that account made any profit

A serious and calm talk with Eternus (he deactivated me, no hard feelings, just doing his job)
didn`t help me get my account back
(here are the 7 PM`s in my OUTBOX)
http://student.kuleuven.be/~s0159922/SF-PMs.html

I don`t care bout the MineralSupplier-account
I ain`t got time to start all over again

So I guess this is goodbye for me

I`ve had a lot fun with you guys,
especially DISTEMPER and karolinerna to who I`ve been loyal to almost all my SF-life

To all the empires I`ve fought,
To those that still remember me,
(and I doubt there will be many)

I salute you...

D donster

14/08/2006 · 02:11 AM #21

Loosing the new worthless account is much of a punishment.

D DarckKnight

13/08/2006 · 06:06 PM #20

broke the rules got punished, fair enough

4 420Outlaw

13/08/2006 · 02:15 AM #19

yeh rue btu still even though u broke the rule it seems a bit harsh couldnt they just wipe ur minerals or something :)

E EvilLoof

13/08/2006 · 01:53 AM #18

good opponent, *salutes

but dude you should have known better :S

M moomoo

12/08/2006 · 11:53 AM #17

at one point in time both me and my brother had an account, both were gone and i got mine back, by choice

E EvilAbadayos

12/08/2006 · 11:41 AM #16

moomoo....its a punishment for multing. the new account is kept the old one gets suspended.

its what has always happened

M moomoo

12/08/2006 · 11:29 AM #15

pandy did it ever occur to u `guides and admins` to find out which the player wants gone, give him the choice? instead of jumping the gun and doing watever u please, wat good are u guys if u dont help the players

P ProtossFederation

12/08/2006 · 09:39 AM #14

tol okay how long does my account remain in suspension?

A atrucker21651

12/08/2006 · 09:37 AM #13

must suck

T TheEvilRepublic4

12/08/2006 · 09:31 AM #12

i would say something but i don`t need more people angry with me

P Pandy

12/08/2006 · 09:21 AM #11

Protoss yesh well you best read this

Guidelines on what is defined as cheating

- Having more than 1 account on a server

- Using scripts/software/bots to automatically play the game for you

- Abusing and exploiting a bug/error/loophole in the system for personal gain

- Transfering colonies/planets, ships or resources from someone to yourself

- Inducing DP from someone to yourself

- Logging into other players for personal gain

- More than 1 players taking turns playing the empire who has activated the Overmind Project (blowing up the server)

- Spamming/flooding the server to disrupts normal server operations for personal gain

P ProtossFederation

12/08/2006 · 08:59 AM #10

Wow FireCracker, that sucks for you.
At the same time I feel sorry for you. I don`t understand, why did the admins delete the account without actually "thinking"? It looks like you have very legitimate reasons for getting your account back. I mean you even stated the rules of abuse in GC...wow, I can`t believe these admins...

D DraconianParadise

12/08/2006 · 08:39 AM #9

I can;t believe you hit me =(

Where`s the love ?

XD

I never got the impression you liked me, so i return not much love back

Tough break, but understandable, i`m not one for talking myself

So i`m just gonna reced back into the distance again=P

M MineralSupplierOP

12/08/2006 · 08:00 AM #8

Pandy,
and all others on IRC,
don`t involve Karo in any of this,
he has got nothing to do with this

I jsut stated to Eternus
that I`ve only fought a SINGLE battle with the Firecracker-account
in the past 3 months
At that time i was in a chat together with Karo
and i asked him: "should I hit DP?"
and he said `go ahead`
nothing more
so Karo, nor DISTEMPER has got nothing to do with the multi whatsoever
That is my responsibility
Karo is a great guide and an even better player,
so don`t blame him of things he didn`t commit

P Pandy

12/08/2006 · 07:56 AM #7

and want a precendence, go ask warpspeed what happened when he did something similar he used to be jumaster as everyone online then knows

M MineralSupplierOP

12/08/2006 · 07:55 AM #6

It may have not been very clear to some but no member of DISTEMPER told me to create another account,

after UW
server was low on minerals
thought i`d be friendly and provide some
since i had some spare time
and wasn`t playing on Firecracker for so long
so it was MY idea
No other SF-member is involved in this,

i just thanked DISTEMPER for a wonderful time they provided me

P Pandy

12/08/2006 · 07:55 AM #5

you forgot to mention that you still had firecracker as active at the time so in fact mineralsupplier is your multi

but yes wouldn`t do to say that i guess.

M MineralSupplierOP

12/08/2006 · 07:48 AM #4

look, i fully understand they can force me to drop 1 of the 2 accounts,
but why did they deleted the firecracker account
and left me with a 2 hour old empire

I just find it a way too hard punishment
as I`m being punished the same way a planettrader and markettrader would with multis

O ozorg

12/08/2006 · 07:46 AM #3

sorry to hear about your experience MS/FC. pity there`s not more leeway shown in individual cases :-/

M MineralSupplierOP

12/08/2006 · 07:39 AM #2

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So I guess this is goodbye for me

I`ve had a lot fun with you guys,
especially DISTEMPER and karolinerna to who I`ve been loyal to almost all my SF-life
To all the empires I`ve fought,
To those that still remember me,
(and I doubt there will be many)
I salute you...

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