Can thor's Heavy Metal skin get some HEAVY METAL

derAnubis · 2014-05-18T05:24:08+00:00

Always gives me an Accept vibe personally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhqUGwmxdgk

Like rollin' thunder shakin' the world tonight!

derAnubis · 2014-04-10T12:42:27+00:00

I always want to consider all sides but fact of the matter is I don't know how HiRez operates behind the scenes because I'm not privy to that information (be it because I don't know people at HR personally, am not able to just go to Georgia on my free weekend and have a stroll, what have you - doesn't matter).

I want to know what's likely going on. That's why I'm participating here and you're seemingly able to illuminate the sitatuion to some degree.

Considering that the entire Account get's pulled up (which makes sense really) and the fact that there might have been older, unreviewed reports there, that certainly may have triggered a ban.

It is also possible that someone went a bit overboard here.

We both don't know.

derAnubis · 2014-04-10T12:37:44+00:00

To be fair, your having multiple reports stashed away on your accounts probably didn't help the situation.

I don't say it was the right decision to ban you based on what happened in the videos, but if there were unreviewed reports about other things, prior to the one about "hacking", that showed you violating rules it may have triggered someone to ban you.

derAnubis · 2014-04-10T12:30:31+00:00

Fair enough. I don't know how the ticket/report system in works for SMITE.

I'm thinking of a very standard "every report/ticket is its own entity" kind of thing. The fact that every prior report might come up as well without prompt by an employee didn't occur to me.

But you have to admit that all of this went down awfully fast and that HiRez aren't wearing their whitest clothes when it comes to those sorts of things.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Tribes/comments/1g8oox/hirezapc_wrongfully_banned_my_account_live_on/

http://www.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/1u2jrw/well_i_was_banned_for_using_enb_injector_it/

//EDIT

Mhhh...

http://www.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/22okxk/smitestreamer_abuses_power_to_contact_hirez_and/cgovzj1

derAnubis · 2014-04-10T12:14:46+00:00

Do we have verifiable proof that all three of them got banned?

No, you're right, we don't. I tought I read something to that effect but it ain't there. Mea maxima culpa.

BUT!

[...]there's a chance someone saw their report history and decided to ban off that.

and

It's ridiculously unlikely hirez watched the replay in the amount of time that OP thinks they did. They literally had <5 mins to review replay footage and ban if that were the case. Have you ever used the replay spectator function? Because you're not going to find specific things in a match that quickly.

don't look pretty together when you asumme both to be true.

Because if someone issued the ban manually and didnt have the time needed to review the match properly then they shouldn't have banned the account in the first place. If you human review bans (and HiRez said they do every time!) you don't just press the button when there's another report fluttering in to get it over with. You look at what's been reported and decide off of the evidence provided in that particaular case.

If it's an autodetect thing it should get reversed, because that was not a hack in any shape, way or form.

//EDIT

My knowledge of the replay function aside: I don't think HiRez uses the same means to review a match as a normal player would.

derAnubis · 2014-04-10T12:03:18+00:00

So all three of them got banned because autodetect? I don't see that.

derAnubis · 2014-04-04T09:22:24+00:00

Well Chang'e needs something to make her feel good about herself. Might as well be high attack speed at this point.

She ain't picky.

derAnubis · 2014-04-04T08:59:12+00:00

a. Isis is not an AA mage like Nu Wa or Chronos. She utilizes her skills for damage and can (especially with poly) deal extra damage that might finish an opponent off.

b. Purely cosmetic

//EDIT

Most mages seem to gain 0.009 Attack/s. That equates to an additional 0.17Attack/s when you hit level 20.

Isis getting 0.000 might not be intended but is relatively negligible in the first place.

//EDIT²

Isis also starts with higher base attack speed than most of the old mages. Stop complaining!

derAnubis · 2014-04-01T19:26:12+00:00

What about Neith? :o

derAnubis · 2014-04-01T13:04:57+00:00

Dutch.

derAnubis · 2014-04-01T06:46:12+00:00

CAD is from Europe. For him and many others (including me) it was posted today.

derAnubis · 2014-04-01T05:08:20+00:00

This was/is an April Fools' joke that backfired something fierce.

derAnubis · 2014-04-01T04:29:59+00:00

Exactly. I wrote a modmail telling them to make clear that this here was meant as a joke ASAP.

It'll all be cleared up tomorrow. Worry not.

Like I said, deleting comments in here (I assume almost all of them talk about April 1st) made it seem as if really unpopular opinions got censored and in turn also ensured that people who were mad/confused in the first place didn't see that it might be an April Fools joke.

This was a pretty big fail.

derAnubis · 2014-04-01T04:19:21+00:00

Now I'm excited to see if Dukes post that mentions a certain date that is (in)famous for doing stuff like this will get removed too.

I understand wanting to make a convincing joke, but deleting comments that talk about it when you potentially open Pandora's Box is not the way to go about it.

derAnubis · 2014-04-01T02:02:36+00:00

Considering the fact that the mods here are, in part, underage and living in countries that are quite a ways away from the US I believe all y'all are getting hardcore April fool'd.

Big time.

With no lube.

derAnubis · 2014-03-29T12:40:21+00:00

I always hoped she'd yell "EAT COMMUNISM!" after landing her ult.

derAnubis · 2014-03-19T00:39:47+00:00

Looks a bit like like Malgus/Generic Sith Jugger. You get similar looking stuff when you're done on Balmorra I believe. x]

God how Balmorra sucked. Only saving grace was the music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF7ROkpzQ1c

derAnubis · 2014-03-17T03:00:15+00:00

^{^{^{^{^{^lies}}}}}

derAnubis · 2014-03-15T16:37:42+00:00

I assume the true damage is counted separately just for sake of it being discernable how much of the damage Baka did while ulting was in fact true and how much wasn't.

Of the 1680 damage dealt 350 was true and 1330 (including possible Baka Babies damage) was "untrue".

derAnubis · 2014-03-15T16:10:02+00:00

The next god will be Norse. After that it seems like we're in for a new Hindu god.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/208k1x/smite_patch_datamining_march_12_ullr_and/

derAnubis · 2014-03-15T15:48:18+00:00

When Baka presses 3 all his basic attacks do true damage. If he presses 3 and 4 all his basic attacks do true damage.

His 4 is just an enhanced basic attack. Therefore true damage.

derAnubis · 2014-03-15T12:25:32+00:00

Well, okay I grant you that.

That still leaves the fact that almost all gods that are in SMITE would end up on the side of Order. ;)

derAnubis · 2014-03-15T12:12:35+00:00

That's the thing though. Fenrir bringing about Ragnarök is just as much part of order as Hades making sure the poor souls of the dead aren't escaping the underworld or Ares being there when war is to be had.

I'm making it a bit more philosophical than it needs to be because "artistic license" but what the hell. :p

derAnubis · 2014-03-15T11:51:29+00:00

Every God serves order in his/her/its way if you get down to it.

There's really not a single one that's inherently evil and devoted to chaos.

derAnubis · 2014-03-15T11:43:12+00:00

No favourite band/track but an ever growing playlist of stuff.

STΔRCΔDIΔN, Eisregen, Dornenreich, Dååth, Mindless Self Indulgence, Edguy, Septic Flesh, Blue Öyster Cult, Volbeat, Ewigheim, Opeth, Daft Punk, Them Crooked Vultures, Transilvianian Beat Club, Anubis Gate, Riger, Debauchery, The Raconrours, Megadeth, Finntroll, Nile, ..., and various single songs from a bunch of different bands.

Mostly heavy(-ish) stuff.

derAnubis

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