This just in from EA:
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We have noticed an increase in behavior where leased servers are being used by clans solely to pad players stats, even to the extent where clans are institutionalizing rules that forbid normal play. Currently the favored method is for player admins to set rules where players must use either a knife or Pistol, players must revive each other, and players must not take flags. This creates environments where players gain stats unrealistically and creates an imbalance in the ranked server playing field. In our opinion, these players are breaking EA's Terms of Service, and we have begun taking action on the clans involved. However, clan coordination to this extreme requires us to create a long-term solution for this (separate from any scoring changes in 1.03).
As a group, Ranked Partners included, we need to work together to aggressively crack down on any server that is found to be promoting stats exploiting in order to maintain the integrity of the stats system.
The following steps will be taken each time we locate a server exploiting through enforced admin rules:
1. Customer support will strip the stats from those caught on the server at the time of discovery and anyone sharing a clan tag with the offenders that seem to have any anomalous stats.
2. We will contact the Trusted Partner who has leased the instance in question to the offending clan and request that the clan is immediately moved over to a non-Ranked server. This clan should not be given an opportunity to lease another Ranked Server from said partner or any other trusted partner, as they have too many avenues of coordinating exploitative actions.
3. If said clan continues to have access to a Ranked server, we will be removing the IP of offending server from the validated list shortly after contacting the Ranked Partner connected with them.
EA is considering publishing a list of the clans who are found to be padding their stats in this manner. I suspect that GUID banning wont be far behind.
Feel free to reply with questions, as a trusted partner, i will see that they make it back to EA reps for a reply.
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This i found today on our site : www.the2opposition.com
Well it looks like its begun, the day all padders are fearing…..whats that you say!?!?!?! The day your damn stats get reset. How do you know its happening??!?! Well take alook at the beloved eXp.ElekTriC, hes now been striped of all points…Why? Well im gonna have to go with that he was playing on knife/pistol only servers. There is much debate over weather or not that these servers are legit, but the bottom line is NO THEY ARE NOT. Its sad to see someone with that much rank and or talent get their stuff reset, but they had to starts somewhere, and what a better place to start then with him and sending this message to all other padders out there.
cya exp, what a weak players are standing at the top. adios amigos.
Nemesis >
