Everyone got trolled

Drakus · May 12, 2013, 10:17:47 AM

In turbo I abused the system to pour massive amounts of land into land farm. I literally can do this whenever I wish. >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D

Also, I think that LandFarm shouldn't be clanned: It's kinda cheap.

Sharptooh · May 12, 2013, 10:25:17 AM

You should never exploit a bug you know about, first port of call is the admins, message them about it asap.

Drakus · May 12, 2013, 10:28:02 AM

It's not a bug, it's just a method I found out. Land farm gained about 40,000 acres.

Sharptooh · May 12, 2013, 10:36:54 AM

Bug, exploit, whatever you want to call it, it's pretty obvious that being able to scout 60k without leaving protection should not be possible.

Drakus · May 12, 2013, 10:39:22 AM

No, it's because I keep on committing suicide by dropping all land, so I get 100 turns back when i respawn. Those 100 turns can get me about 3k acres to drop. I just keep on doing that.

Sharptooh · May 12, 2013, 10:42:28 AM

Say what you want, this is an obvious oversight (I didn't even think it was possible to drop land in protection) in terms of game development and is thus be classified a bug.

Exploiting a bug is a bannable offense; although I can't really comment on such things as it's up to the admins to decide on punishments for things like this.

Sevz · May 12, 2013, 10:57:46 AM

Funny as, i guess it's totally legal since thats the way the admins coded it. It'll probably get changed but well doin finding a glitch. I sent aid to the landfarm if the land gets removed send it back

Sharptooh · May 12, 2013, 11:05:13 AM

I doubt the admins intentionally coded it this way - if they leave a security vulnerability in the code does that mean it's 'intentional' as you put it?

This is a bug in the code.

Drakus · May 12, 2013, 11:14:54 AM

Trust me, I made use of intentional features to do what I did. Nothing shall befall me.

Uiblis · May 12, 2013, 11:37:40 AM

These aren't intentional features. What don't you understand about Sharptooth's posts?

Land dropping to 0 to regain turns in protection has been a loophole exploited in the past (years ago iirc) and was fixed (years ago). Somehow it's popping up again.

This isn't a new bug. And it is definitely a bug. And If there's a bug that you discover, it's your responsibility as a player to notify the admins, then leave the bug alone until it is fixed. Not exploit it for your own ends. By doing so you're ruining the game for everyone else playing.

Shadow · May 12, 2013, 11:43:11 AM

This is a bug. Continued use results in disabling.

Drakus · May 12, 2013, 11:44:37 AM

Disabling of the turbo account? because if so, It won't affect me.

I announce with pride that land farm has 120K land.

Uiblis · May 12, 2013, 11:46:56 AM

I smell the banhammer coming out...

Drakus, not sure how knowledgeable you are about computers and such, but simply put, the admins can tell whether you make new accounts. They can also remotely remove the excess land.

oh wait, accounts connected to forum now, forum ban works too

Off topic, but Shadow, you trolling us hard. How are you here? Thought you were "gone for a while."

Drakus · May 12, 2013, 11:48:14 AM

Darn it! I just got disabled.

Well, enjoy the 130K acres!

Shadow · May 12, 2013, 11:50:02 AM

My hotel has unexpected wifi. I will be around periodically.

Banhammered. Windy can decide if he wants to undo this if he can recode the old rule that accounts cannot drop within 3 days of creation. I can't code from here and frankly im pissed I need to do this at all, so don't count on it.