- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Ok, a long time ago I had made a post on the same subject. After reading the topic about group takeovers and multiple user ID's, I got a little miffed. The problem on here, coming from someone that knows the system (no, not personally, but well enough to work it), is that it can be manipulated. No, I don't hack. I couldn't even figure out how to change screen resolution up till a little while ago.
B.net bans users with basically IP addresses. I don't know for sure, but I know after 2 days the computer ban is lifted. Allowing the person to just make another profile, and another, and another. Enough so in fact, that if a user stays ahead of the "banhammer" they'll never get caught. Write a post, sign out, sign in on another name, check the old post periodically to see if the ID is good.
With group takeovers, it isn't hacking. All it is is gaining someone's misplaced trust, and turning it against them. For example, post on a group's forums. Just agree with everything said by the highest ranking person. They'll bump up your powers, and open the flood gate if you will to anything. Groups are supposed to be private which is why Bungie would be straying away from the subject of moderating them. Seeing as moderating that would mean 5000 X more work.
The system needs to be fixed. This is coming from someone that understands how it can be used, misaprioately (butchered that word). I don't understand how it works, not through the IP bans, but the 2 days one would wait after being banned. That goes for permabans also. In 2 days after a permaban a person can make another profile, scot free. However that 2 days works is beyond me, but that would be the best way to stop such things from happening. So trust "Th3 Imp3rsonat0r" on this, the system on here is flawed. It should be fixed. And with the new expected flood of users joining when Halo 3 comes out, this problem can only grow, not just go away.