5 Million Bf2 Accounts Get Modified
Supernorn
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<div class="IPBDescription">Another thread about EA!</div> Here is the thread:
<a href='http://forums.totalbf2.com/showthread.php?t=18824&page=1&pp=20' target='_blank'>http://forums.totalbf2.com/showthread.php?...24&page=1&pp=20</a>
And the compulsory ytmnd page:
<a href='http://eagetsowned.ytmnd.com/' target='_blank'>http://eagetsowned.ytmnd.com/</a>
<a href='http://forums.totalbf2.com/showthread.php?t=18824&page=1&pp=20' target='_blank'>http://forums.totalbf2.com/showthread.php?...24&page=1&pp=20</a>
And the compulsory ytmnd page:
<a href='http://eagetsowned.ytmnd.com/' target='_blank'>http://eagetsowned.ytmnd.com/</a>
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[EDIT] It would be nice if I could <i>Boot up</i> BF2...
<b>edit:</b> nevermind... I don't seem to get sound from any of them on firefox now... must've broke something :s
"I don't get it"
"huh"
"Why did EA unloack those accounts?"
"I am not in that range, does this still aply to me?"
I don't anymore, either. I don't know what's going on there.
<b>edit:</b> that might've broke ytmd site sound that is :p
actualy an EA worker posted something along the lines of:
OLO TRY AND CONTACT US, DON'T JUST GRANDSTAND JOO NOOB!!!!!
JOO SUX!!!!!!
NEXT TIME SEND ME A PM ON THESE FORUMS JOO NOOB!!!!!!!!
and then goes on to explain they will roll back the accounts, and the 'worst' that could hapen is you have to respend your selections.
That means you keep your legitimate unlocks, Omega. Don't worry about it.
Yeah but by rolling back won't I loose all my awards and such?
Yeah but by rolling back won't I loose all my awards and such? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
no
because the WORST that could happen is that you have to respend your unlocks.
now, is losing your unlocks/awards worse or better then having to respend them?
Yeah but by rolling back won't I loose all my awards and such? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Rollbacks mean you might lose the things you have earned since the hackers unlocked all your weapons. Annoying, yes, but you do not lose everything.
you lose
Oh yeah I play the game for fun, but after getting all of them it would really **** me off to lose them.
Being the best is fun. Having something you're proud of and that you've accomplished is fun.
Losing is rarely fun.
Ding. ding. ding.
I think I've played on a Ranked server maybe 3 times. Hell I haven't even bothered to look and see if I was one of the lucky unlockees. Oh wait, that's cause I can use ASE to filter for servers w/ Global Unlocked turned on any time I wanna use em... :P
Don't worry, anyway: from what the people have said who've had their weapons unlocked, you're not missing much.
I thought it was a "wicked beast."
Somebody accidently flipped the "Unlock everything for players 4 mill to 4.5 million"?
I thought it was a "wicked beast."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It is, but it's not a versatile class to play. You've got a fat, slow dude wearing a million pounds of ceramic and kevlar, a huge gun that only works when you're lying down, some grenades, and ammo packs that people never use anyway. Sure, it's a massive improvement over the M249 and RPK-74, but the class itself isn't a great deal of fun to play. Medics, anti-tanks, and others get cool alternatives to their weapons and get to have some real fun doing their class roles.
I don't even think the PKM is the biggest improvement over an original class weapon; the DAO-12 is the only unlock that's a completely different kind of small arms weapon (in my opinion, that makes the unlock a hell of a lot cooler), and it'll rip the face off of any infantry you spot. You can hop, roll, weave and generally be an annoying jackass, and you don't even have to think about aiming to demolish some poor bastard with that beast. Add in a highly effective rocket launcher, and you win.
That said, I'm still glad I picked my L85. I like playing the medic more than the other classes, and the L85 extends my range and generally makes me stay alive longer so I can heal more people. To me, scraping some sorry Private's privates off the pavement with my shock paddles is just as satisfying, if not more so, than plastering said private to said pavement with aforementione street sweeper.
The user explained it in the first post. He knew of a security flaw that would allow unauthorized access, and he says he warned EA Games about it. They did nothing, so he used the flaw to his advantage, and gave thousands of users complete access to all weapons.
The admin/moderator then responded that he never heard of it, and should have been contacted before this "grandstanding" occurred. He said everything would be reverted within the next day. It was uncertain how much would be required to fix the problem. He wasn't sure if users would have to be rolled back to before the hack, whether the previously non-hack user-unlocked weapons would be reopened of it the user would get to choose new weapons, or whether everything would work out with no problems whatsoever.
The user explained it in the first post. He knew of a security flaw that would allow unauthorized access, and he says he warned EA Games about it. They did nothing, so he used the flaw to his advantage, and gave thousands of users complete access to all weapons.
The admin/moderator then responded that he never heard of it, and should have been contacted before this "grandstanding" occurred. He said everything would be reverted within the next day. It was uncertain how much would be required to fix the problem. He wasn't sure if users would have to be rolled back to before the hack, whether the previously non-hack user-unlocked weapons would be reopened of it the user would get to choose new weapons, or whether everything would work out with no problems whatsoever. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sounds like a gray hat, or whatever, Person who exploits a bug/glitch/whatever to cause the company to create a patch/fix or whatever for the game <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->.