Some of the people are just cheaters looking to give themselves an unfair advantage over the other players, but a good percentage are doing it for malicious purposes. We get hackers that try to crash the server so that no one can play. We get hackers that try to disrupt other players' clients so that they can't play, and we have even had hackers that attack my home computers so that the Swamp server will shut down. They are just people looking to cause trouble.
- Aprone > From: Allan Thompson <[email protected]> > I have a question, although it will > make me sound stupid. > Why were hackers trying to hack into the server or game? I > guess I don't understand what the purpose of that would be. > Was it to take control or just to destroy everything? > I mean, the game is free, so what else could there be for > someone to gain? > al --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
