+ Report: bZman (Report Archived by Nick)

[[TC]►Nick◄]

Right, after having a look I'm happy to come to a verdict.

Vito, if you lag during a chase, the insim and game itself should give you a warning (a big message should appear on screen, other cars may appear jumpy and/or invisible and if you have connection bars displayed, yours will rise) - if you do suspect you are lagging, or are told that you are lagging, it is only fair to the cops chasing you to slow down and stop until the issue is cleared. If this means you have to lose the chase then so be it, as it can be impossible for the police to chase a car that disappears for long periods of time, or flies away with any contact. If you do happen to lag in a chase again, please bear that in mind.

However, as I said on the server, we do take allegations of hackers or general hacking very seriously. I will give you the benefit of the doubt that this was all just a (poor) joke, and you were only attempting to have some fun, but we look upon hacking extremely negatively and the consequences for it are severe. Therefore, attempting to slander another user is also a serious offence - I'm sure you wouldn't be too happy if another player accused you of grievous offence. Please think very carefully in the future about how a "joke" like this could be taken by the other party. This is a very stern warning about "trolling" like this in the future. Your actions do have consequences and it would be a shame for you to not be able to access the servers due to a joke made in poor taste.

Mr AD - While it is unfortunate that you lost the chase due to Vito's lag, it is our policy to no longer offer refunds for lost chases. However, Vito has been given advice about how to deal with lag during a chase in future, so hopefully it won't happen again.

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If either of you have any questions, feel free to PM me.

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Action has been taken as described.

Thank you for your report.

It has now been moved to the archives.