Update: Thursday, 01 November, 2012

Developer News   2012-11-01

Money for nothing, and chicks for free? One of the worst downsides of yesterday's database issues was that some people found ways to make money out of nothing. On top of this, people have been using this money to purchase valuable items from other, unsuspecting players. This clearly is in violation with our rules regarding cheating and abusing loop holes. Please continue reading below. We've already taken action against some of the players who used the temporary loop holes. The problem is that in some cases, we simply cannot trace the abusive transactions, which means that there will - no matter what we do - be a lot of counterfeit money in the game. We are going to have to look at individual cases, and take action on the based on suspicion rather than hard evidence. As said though, we wont be able to catch all culprits. We strongly suggest that all of you law abiding citizens should be a little suspicious on offers from people you know not to have had much money in the past. We also suggest that you hold on to your most precious items. We'd appreciate any form of anonymous tips. Submit them as secret bug reports. Those who have abused the system in any way, and now regret it, are free to do the same. In fact, it's better, since we will punish and possibly ban players who are later found guilty of this scam. Thanks for listening, and for understanding.