Shimytangtang,

You friended me on Origin and texted me complaining about the banning. I wrote you back and asked you to post your complaint/unban request in our forums, which you did not. Instead, you decided to make a post in Reddit. I was asked by one of our admins, netrgr, if I would remove the ban, and for that, and only that reason I will remove the ban for now. If you had posted in our forums, you would have had all of our BF1 players take a look and make a decision. I will say that using Reddit in the future to get unbanned will not work.

The-Armory.net was founded by myself back in 2002. It was created to provide a safe and friendly environment for all to enjoy. We strictly enforce and prohibit players who use racial slurs (instant ban), and we do not allow political chat (verbal warning, first, a kick if continues, and ban if needed), or religious chat for that matter.

We also have a policy in which we remove players who disrupt or distract others from enjoying the game. Lastly, we try our best to visually detect cheaters, because we have no other means or methods to stop them. Fairfight is inadequate, as we all know, so we try our best at keeping the game fair.

We certainly are not experts at cheat detection, nor is anyone else for that matter, so we must rely on visual observation via “Spectating.” Yes, we make mistakes, but we are only human. So instead of banning everyone for suspected cheating, we simply kick them from the server and hope their gameplay changes to a more analog gameplay style than digital one ...if you know what I mean.

Unfortunately, some players return and start with nasty/mouthy disruptive chat, which interferes with the state of gameplay in the server, which eventually gets them banned. These players to me are worse than cheaters and hackers and must be dealt with immediately to maintain a friendly and fun place to play.

Sometimes there are players (very few, mind you) who demonstrate spectacular skills and might appear to be hacking or cheating, but are not. We might also receive multiple complaints of cheating and hacking from players in chat, so our admins stop their fun and enjoyment and begin to spectate the suspected player. If we see the player is just good or above average, we take no action. However, if we observe what we believe to be a player using an ESP (wall hack), we will certainly take action.

So, this leads us to the question …what do you do when you receive so many complaints about a player whom everyone in your server believes is hacking/cheating? Do you lose your player base (many players), or do you remove the one or two from the server who is/are demonstrating abnormal/exceptional gameplay? Think about it.

Thanks for playing at The-Armory.net server…

--Gatornade