AirWarrior "died" because EA bought Kesmai so they would have an "in" with America Online and its Games channel. (which they wanted to run)
I don't have the slightest clue how that has anything to do with "hacks and cracks" but that is how it went down
Nobody has said that AH has not had a few run ins with morons who are trying to be clever.
I will say that I can count on one hand how many times it has happened in the 9yrs I've flown AH. (with a finger or 2 to spare)
HTC takes such things most seriously and as such you will find (basically) no cheating in this game.
What most would call "cheating" I call "years of practice".
Just 'cause YOU can't do it doesn't mean it can't be done.
When I 1st started flying AH I thought Shane just HAD to be cheating somehow. There was NO WAY his la7 could turn with my A6m. It just wasn't possible!
It was (and is) possible if you log the hours/days/months/years that it takes to be able to accomplish it.
1.) AW was already an albatross when EA bought Kesmai out. Subscriptions were falling rampantly, and it was a constant rant everywhere about the "script kiddies" use of hacks that was a
PART, mind you, a part, of this. I was there, I lived it, so don't preach to me about it. As a matter of fact the problem became so bad that AW started scanning everyone's hard drives prior to being allowed access to the game. Do
you even remember this? ( It is one of the BIGGEST fears that online gaming companies face. The fear of their game being hacked and the use of this code becomes widespread. )
2.) Unless
you actually work for HiTech
you have no clue how much this has actually happened.
You talk about your personal experience of how many times that
you have seen it as if it is the Gospel. Surely your not that naive that they are the only times it has occurred?
3.) I concur HiTech, like many companies takes it seriously. No where in my post did I say they didn't. So I am at a loss for why
you would even mention it. But I feel the boards, nor channel 200 is the place for this discussion. See Rule #7.
4.) Daily I receive either on Channel 200, or personal messages, that I am cheating. So I also agree what can be done from experience can be confused as "cheating". Again I am at a loss why
you would mention this. For this explanation doesn't even address the actual threat.
5.) I am always amazed when people like
you come here and Rant that it isn't happening here or anywhere for that matter. I am glad that through diligence and perseverance that it is the exception and not the rule within this game. But if your that naive about this problem, then I suggest to
you that you keep your Firewall up, and anti-virus software updated. Unless of course your years of computer experience excludes
you from this threat.
