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Update regarding Multiboxing and input automation

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Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#3421 - 2015-02-16 01:38:31 UTC
Nolak Ataru wrote:

All we're asking is for CCP to step up to the plate and answer a few questions.


I'm curious as to what questions remain unanswered after this.

Using ISBoxer to cheat is no longer allowed. You can only control one client at a time with one click of the mouse, simple as that.

Stop using spoofing, stop using input duplication, stop using uber macros.

How could it be any more clear?

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.

ShadowandLight
Trigger Happy Capsuleers
#3422 - 2015-02-16 02:46:58 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Nolak Ataru wrote:

All we're asking is for CCP to step up to the plate and answer a few questions.


I'm curious as to what questions remain unanswered after this.

Using ISBoxer to cheat is no longer allowed. You can only control one client at a time with one click of the mouse, simple as that.

Stop using spoofing, stop using input duplication, stop using uber macros.

How could it be any more clear?


this shows really how little you know about the situation
Nolak Ataru
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#3423 - 2015-02-16 03:22:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Nolak Ataru
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Nolak Ataru wrote:

All we're asking is for CCP to step up to the plate and answer a few questions.


I'm curious as to what questions remain unanswered after this.
Using ISBoxer to cheat is no longer allowed. You can only control one client at a time with one click of the mouse, simple as that.
Stop using spoofing, stop using input duplication, stop using uber macros.
How could it be any more clear?


1) Is the use of rollover bars and Round Robin, which send one action to one client per click or keypress or mouse action, legal? According to every "source", they should be, however we have no less than 6 people on our forums, at least one of whom was the damn-near CREATOR of the rollover method, banned from EVE Online.

2) Why has CCP Falcon lied to our community after first agreeing to a sit-down (which was confirmed through a CSM member, by the way), and then blowing it off later on?

3) How can 6A3 and the third party policy be interpreted to only include ISBoxers while simultaneously not including people who manually dualbox accounts, people who use third party tools such as EVEMon, EFT, PYFA, Siggy, Fuzzworks (no offense), and numerous others that I have no doubt missed?

4) Why is CCP taking a stand against ISBoxer when there are confirmed accounts of super account sharing? Is this the start of CCP enforcing all their policies, not just the ones that are convenient or that are specifically pushed by a hostile CSM member who insulted EVE players and acted in a manner not becoming a CSM member when he was invited to speak on a neutral forum?

No doubt I'm missing a few, but it's late where I am.

e: And 5th) Has the CSM run it's course? The overwhelming majority (95%, +/-) of people who I've actually sat down and talked to (amazing when you do that) admitted there was a distinct difference between ISBoxers and botters. Additionally, an overwhelming majority of those players did not see the problem with ISBoxing after demonstrating the difficulty of setting up the program, taking the training time into account, taking the ISK vs risk factor into account whereby a player is putting more ISK into the equation and is rewarded by his gamble. The players additionally gave me a massive "not really" when asked whether or not they asked the CSM to take care of this issue other than the once-a-week "grr ISBoxer" thread in GD. Threads, which I may remind you, which were summarily shot down by players, CCP, and CSM members alike for the exact reasons which I and other players have raised and attempted to ask CCP in this thread, in petitions, on twitter, and even via email.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#3424 - 2015-02-16 09:34:34 UTC
Nolak Ataru wrote:

1) Is the use of rollover bars and Round Robin, which send one action to one client per click or keypress or mouse action, legal? According to every "source", they should be, however we have no less than 6 people on our forums, at least one of whom was the damn-near CREATOR of the rollover method, banned from EVE Online.


I certainly wouldn't push the issue. It seems a flimsy justification at best, to me. Stick with alt tabbing or two monitors, like most people.

The rest of your bullets are just something that the various ganking and scamming community has been trying to get for a while.

Actual rules, laid out in the open.

But the answer has been "nope! figure it out for yourself!" time and again(including from more than a few ISBoxer diehards in this very thread), so I really can't imagine why you expected better for your issue.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.

Delt0r Garsk
Shits N Giggles
#3425 - 2015-02-16 13:19:36 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Nolak Ataru wrote:

All we're asking is for CCP to step up to the plate and answer a few questions.


I'm curious as to what questions remain unanswered after this.

Using ISBoxer to cheat is no longer allowed. You can only control one client at a time with one click of the mouse, simple as that.

Stop using spoofing, stop using input duplication, stop using uber macros.

How could it be any more clear?


In CCP falcons original post this is clearly not the case. ISBoxer is clearly allowed. So either your projecting your own wishes, or you didn't even read the OP or even the fist page of posts.

AKA the scientist.

Death and Glory!

Well fun is also good.

Nolak Ataru
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#3426 - 2015-02-16 13:34:21 UTC
However "flimsy" you might find it, it's still allowed under CCP's new interpretation of the EULA, was confirmed to be allowed via PMs and tickets, and is being prosecuted as not being allowed. Asking CCP to say something regarding the matter is a small price to pay. If this were a criminal case, I (and no doubt he'd have a line a mile long out the door of actual lawyers) would tell the defendant to appeal the conviction as being convicted of an act that was expressly allowed, even though I'm on the other side of the law than he is.

As for the other bullets, it's something that EVERYONE has been trying to get out of CCP. You'll notice the stickied thread regarding hyperdunking where CCP says it's allowed. I don't see anyone complaining about how players should have "figured it out themselves".

And, while I may not agree with the current iteration of CODE, James 315 wrote a perfectly good article regarding CCP and their notorious murky grey lines, and all-but predicted the future with CCP and the problems with said invisible or otherwise shifting lines. CCP had plenty of time to read that article, and plenty of time to draft their response in the form of clearer lines.

And lastly (for a bit of lore), do you honestly believe, in whatever year that the EVE Universe lives in, that people haven't figured out how to slave other ships to follow the commands of a single one? Fleet warps and regroup commands are a perfect example of commands being issued to slaved ships. If we have self-driving cars in the next five years, automated patrol boats for the Navy right now, and self-flying drones for the Air Force, why is this such a backwards leap?
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#3427 - 2015-02-16 20:38:19 UTC
Delt0r Garsk wrote:
ISBoxer is clearly allowed.


I didn't say it wasn't. Cheating with it sure isn't, though. And people have been cheating with it for a long, long time until recently.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.

Nolak Ataru
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#3428 - 2015-02-16 21:20:26 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Delt0r Garsk wrote:
ISBoxer is clearly allowed.


I didn't say it wasn't. Cheating with it sure isn't, though. And people have been cheating with it for a long, long time until recently.


Define "cheating".
Charadrass
Angry Germans
#3429 - 2015-02-16 21:21:03 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Delt0r Garsk wrote:
ISBoxer is clearly allowed.


I didn't say it wasn't. Cheating with it sure isn't, though. And people have been cheating with it for a long, long time until recently.


Ignore the Troll Nolak, he is wasting your time.

So ccp, clarification please.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#3430 - 2015-02-16 21:34:40 UTC
Charadrass wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Delt0r Garsk wrote:
ISBoxer is clearly allowed.


I didn't say it wasn't. Cheating with it sure isn't, though. And people have been cheating with it for a long, long time until recently.


Ignore the Troll Nolak, he is wasting your time.

So ccp, clarification please.


It's not trolling to say that using a third party program to simultaneously multibox fifty mining barges is cheating.

It fits pretty much every definition of it. And CCP finally agreed.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.

Nolak Ataru
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#3431 - 2015-02-16 21:53:30 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Charadrass wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Delt0r Garsk wrote:
ISBoxer is clearly allowed.


I didn't say it wasn't. Cheating with it sure isn't, though. And people have been cheating with it for a long, long time until recently.


Ignore the Troll Nolak, he is wasting your time.

So ccp, clarification please.


It's not trolling to say that using a third party program to simultaneously multibox fifty mining barges is cheating.


[Citation Needed]
And again, define cheating? CCP is still allowing one to multibox 50 barges. Not even mentioning the hilariously inept idea that someone would multibox 50 barges to mine a single asteroid, as that would result in half-finished mining cycles, half-empty cargo holds, and a very inefficient way to conduct one's business mining altogether.

So I ask you again. What is your definition of "cheating"?
Sgt Ocker
What Corp is it
#3432 - 2015-02-16 23:05:44 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Charadrass wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Delt0r Garsk wrote:
ISBoxer is clearly allowed.


I didn't say it wasn't. Cheating with it sure isn't, though. And people have been cheating with it for a long, long time until recently.


Ignore the Troll Nolak, he is wasting your time.

So ccp, clarification please.


It's not trolling to say that using a third party program to simultaneously multibox fifty mining barges is cheating.

It fits pretty much every definition of it. And CCP finally agreed.

True, if you are using that third party program to "simultaneously" multibox - You are now considered to be in breach of the EULA and will be banned.

The problem is players using a "3rd party program" are being banned for using it in a way that seems to fit with the new interpretation of CCP's EULA with no confirmation from CCP that what the player has done is in breach of the EULA.
(a random tweet from 1 dev states it is ok, a random quote from another dev says it isn't)

If CCP can't get on the same page with this change, how can players abide by and be judged by the new rules.

CCP policing the changes on a case by case basis is not acceptable (if you can input single commands to individual multiple clients quickly, you risk being banned). They need to make a clear decision as to what is and isn't legal and announce it to the whole community.

Too date CCP has promoted multiboxing and encouraged it via special deals to purchase multiple accounts. Now, under the new unclear interpretation of the EULA, if you use those multiple accounts too efficiently, you risk being banned.

My opinions are mine.

  If you don't like them or disagree with me that's OK.- - - - - - Just don't bother Hating - I don't care

It really is getting harder and harder to justify $23 a month for each sub.

XinPan Zeeh
Doomheim
#3433 - 2015-02-16 23:17:44 UTC
That's really great news. Using multiboxing (isBoxer) to fly mulptiple ships like a single one is LAME.
It's like playing eve in the easy mode and even worse, it's cheating.

I know a guy that used to fly a 20 Tornadoes this way, and sometimes 20 smartbombing battleships. He could kill instantly almost any kind of ship and I always told him this was not fair play.

Thanks CCP !
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#3434 - 2015-02-16 23:51:02 UTC
welp. I'm happy to report G-keys aren't banned. It seems you can use G-key binds for any sequence of keys within the same client.
Kinete Jenius
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3435 - 2015-02-17 00:17:32 UTC
Sgt Ocker wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Charadrass wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Delt0r Garsk wrote:
ISBoxer is clearly allowed.


I didn't say it wasn't. Cheating with it sure isn't, though. And people have been cheating with it for a long, long time until recently.


Ignore the Troll Nolak, he is wasting your time.

So ccp, clarification please.


It's not trolling to say that using a third party program to simultaneously multibox fifty mining barges is cheating.

It fits pretty much every definition of it. And CCP finally agreed.

True, if you are using that third party program to "simultaneously" multibox - You are now considered to be in breach of the EULA and will be banned.

The problem is players using a "3rd party program" are being banned for using it in a way that seems to fit with the new interpretation of CCP's EULA with no confirmation from CCP that what the player has done is in breach of the EULA.
(a random tweet from 1 dev states it is ok, a random quote from another dev says it isn't)

If CCP can't get on the same page with this change, how can players abide by and be judged by the new rules.

CCP policing the changes on a case by case basis is not acceptable (if you can input single commands to individual multiple clients quickly, you risk being banned). They need to make a clear decision as to what is and isn't legal and announce it to the whole community.

Too date CCP has promoted multiboxing and encouraged it via special deals to purchase multiple accounts. Now, under the new unclear interpretation of the EULA, if you use those multiple accounts too efficiently, you risk being banned.
I'm still playing and multiboxing VGs.

I also know of at least one other fellow who uses isboxer but he only uses videoFX (like me) and he isn't banned either.



Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#3436 - 2015-02-17 00:19:42 UTC
Charadrass
Angry Germans
#3437 - 2015-02-17 22:00:45 UTC
Rain6637 wrote:
hyperdunking is the cool thing to do now anyway.

till enough pilots are blaming it and bribe a csm to get ccp into calling it a banable offense...
Sgt Ocker
What Corp is it
#3438 - 2015-02-17 22:47:09 UTC
Kinete Jenius wrote:
I'm still playing and multiboxing VGs.

I also know of at least one other fellow who uses isboxer but he only uses videoFX (like me) and he isn't banned either.


Please be sure to give an email address to one of your ingame friends because if CCP decide you are breaking the rules (as suggested by CCP Pelligro) and ban you, your friend can come to this thread to let us know.

Do keep in mind though, the new rules rely heavily on "Player Policing" . Maybe you and the other person you know just haven't been reported yet so hadn't come to CCP's attention.
You did just remove the need for player policing though by advertising your breach of the rules (as per CCP Pelligro) on the forums.

My opinions are mine.

  If you don't like them or disagree with me that's OK.- - - - - - Just don't bother Hating - I don't care

It really is getting harder and harder to justify $23 a month for each sub.

Verisimilidude 001
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#3439 - 2015-02-18 02:23:14 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tiBRu9Q40Y&feature=youtu.be

This is my finalized 20-man Incursion setup. You can see that there's zero multiplexing and a single mouse click or button click only ever generates one action to one client. If CCP adds a keybind to deploy and/or assist drones, I'll be down to 10-12 minute sites.
ShadowandLight
Trigger Happy Capsuleers
#3440 - 2015-02-18 04:51:12 UTC
Verisimilidude 001 wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tiBRu9Q40Y&feature=youtu.be

This is my finalized 20-man Incursion setup. You can see that there's zero multiplexing and a single mouse click or button click only ever generates one action to one client. If CCP adds a keybind to deploy and/or assist drones, I'll be down to 10-12 minute sites.


EVERYONE HURRY UP, GROUND FLOOR ON THIS TRAIN!