Votekicks last only 30 minutes. Did you wait at least 30 minutes to make sure your “ban” is not just a votekick?
Most assuredly.
What is your in-game player name? Please include it in the subject of this topic as well.
I was “Deuce5” when I last played.
What server were you playing on when you got banned? Reminder: We can only help you with bans that took place on aloha.pk servers.
Aloha.pk tower of babel.
Why were you banned? Lying severely decreases your chances of getting unbanned. If your “little brother” got you banned, tell him to make an appeal, or accept responsibility on his behalf.
Unsure.
Why should you be unbanned?
Let us wait and find out.
When were you banned? Best approximate date and time, please.
I last played on April 24, 10:56 am EST.
Yes, you were caught using a new kind of aimbot for the 0.1.3 OpenSpades client at that time, switching targets quickly and consistently, with same speed and without oscilation, killing each one of them, even to players on your back.
Understood. In that case, I vigorously deny that I was using hacks or that I have ever hacked. I’ve been playing this game frequently for 3 years now, and I like to think that I’ve gotten very good at quickly switching and killing targets. If you have a video recording of the incident where you thought I hacked and could post it, I would appreciate it.
However, I would like to make the following note (which I can elaborate on in a later post if I have to):
I have been playing this game for 3 years now, and I know that I get spectated by admins very frequently. I expect that admins have spectated me over 1000 times. The fact that I am spectated so much means it is probable that eventually, after enough spectating, an admin will see me do something that looks suspicious while in reality what the admin saw was just a coincidence.
In the limit as I get spectated an infinite number of times, the probability that an admin sees something suspicious (but in reality was just a coincidence) approaches one.
What I just described is an example of the “multiple hypothesis testing problem”, which is a very well known concept. The first section of these notes describe it well:
My sincerest apologies then; I don’t have video proof, can’t say I remember exactly - frame for frame - but its as I said, however this hack is very new, its easily misjudged and I’ve only recently came back from a 3 year break, guess my judging skills have rusted, I unbanned you before typing this. This will serve as a lesson for me and all the staff.
Thanks and no harm done. I guess I’ll get back into the habit of recording myself when I play, so I have a better defense if I’m accused. That is probably the best solution.