Thanks cheaters for your input. As usual it's very refreshing to know how you feel.

What do you do about people who have referenced other people which got caught cheating and got banned? I am talking about multiple references, say more than 3. Isn't that the root of the problem and the cheaters accounts are a symptom of a problem?

You didn't read carefully what I suggested. My idea was to start banning not only the cheaters themselves but also those who send an invitation to a person was cheating and who got banned. I don't have any proof that somebody among the administration is involved in cheating although it's a common knowledge that at least some of them have multiple accounts. The reason of having somebody bringing crystals to your account is to be able to buy drugs so you can break almost any defense in any game no matter how good the other guys are. Sometimes the daily bonus is obviously not enough.

PayPal is not going to refund you. You paid for something which is considered "intangible goods and services". I know, it sucks. The only way to try to influence the administration to do something beyond the banning of the cheaters is to create an organized protest on one of the major social media websites like Facebook so there will not be any new players coming to the game with the real money, only cheaters and their multiple accounts. You can also stop playing on the arenas which are hacked and/or stop playing "Capture the flag" scenario all together. I made a suggestion how to deal with the problem, but my topic got trolled by the cheaters who didn't like my solution: http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/113613.page Strangely enough I didn't find any support from the moderators either. It may be a pure coincidence or maybe some of the members of administration are involved in cheating as well.

Do you really think a one-bar sergeant can outplay a major, a warrant 4 and a general even on his own team? Besides while I was watching this game, the last two flags for the red team were taken in less then 10 seconds, just before the game has ended.

Wow, you are more stupid than I previously though. Take a hike little boy, the grown-ups are discussing a real problem here, not your pimple-face age problems.

Abusive language reported. I hope they will ban you ass not only on this forum but in game as well.

Maybe you shouldn't invite stupid friends? Ever thought of that? Here is a prime example of what I am talking about: How would you feel if something like this was happening to you everyday?

One particular situation that I witnessed made me think why the banning is so fruitless. So I am playing on Sandbox II arena, me and the other guy on the blue team and three guys on the red team. The red team had a player ranked Captain with a Freeze positioned by the red flag which didn't move but he was positioned in such way that you couldn't pass him without being frozen when he fired. Th red team also had a Twin and and a sergeant Smoky. So we are playing, me and the other guy just can't take the red flag (we didn't use the full set of drugs once, just the airdrops) but of course we kill reds a lot. The fund is slowly growing but the weird thing is, the Freeze doesn't move a tall unless of course after being killed. It just looks like the guy is doing something and doesn't really have time to play. The crystal fund grows to approximately around 70 crystals, we are getting away with a score of red flags (the red team has at this point 0) when suddenly the Smoky on the red team starts stealing flags by a dozen. At this point I decide that it's not worth of staying anymore and leave the game. Naturally I got a screenshot and the guy (Smoky) got reported him and banned. But than I stated to think about what was happening and I came to a conclusion that the Smoky was just a puppet. So why would a guy create an account just to have it banned? The main reason why we see so many cheaters is because we have a reference system in place, where if somebody reference a "friend" he will get a share of his winnings. I don't know how much exactly you get as I haven't referenced anyone myself but I imagine if it's worth going through the troubles of creating fake accounts it's worth something good. Just think of it as a pyramid scheme: imagine a marshal who has linked a couple of general accounts, who have a couple of major accounts who have a couple of warrants accounts who have a couple of sergeants accounts. The last ones are created daily, steal the gaming funds, get banned and created daily again. Can you imagine how much crystals this scheme brings everyday to the account on the top? I bet a lot. And the best thing is, the account on the top gets the dough meanwhile not risking to get exposed and banned. So here is my proposal. The reference system should work but if any three of your references get banned, your account will get suspended as well. I think it's fair to say, that if just one referencer is suspended it's just a bad luck, two - the mods and admins should take a notice and three automatically means that you out because it's just too much of a coincidence. I would like to hear the input from forum administration about this proposal as well from the players themselves. Thanks.

I also want to mention the Flasplayer crushing. The last game I played in 30 minutes I had six crushes.

20 crystals for 150 crystals worth of medpacks? Hell yeah! Thank you very much. Nice doing business with you. :mrgreen:

The reports of FlashPlayer crushing every 5-10 minutes are not welcomed here? Wow, Russian type of business as usual...

I am getting this every 10-15 minutes: Roll the changes back.

MonkeyMagic, he sounds like he is 12 so can I have him reprimanded for name calling and personal attacks as well for we all want him to grow up and become a valuable member of our society? I am afraid if we don't do that somebody may hurt him or even end his life for doing things like that.

My god you are dense... Go and educate yourself about the meaning of "sarcasm". And by the way, there is a post by a moderator below mine. He is laughing. So don't get your panties in a bunch, Francis. P.S. If I see you playing, I am going to join the battle on the opposite team and beat you in the ground again and again and again so you would also learn the meaning of "violence". It's not a threat, it's a promise.

Me neither. Probably magic mushrooms talking...

I am glad I have M3 Ricochet with which I can make the lives of those lazy sniper-wannabes very difficult. The author of this topic probably has no clue how it can be frustrating to play against an opponent who just sits in the corner with his M3 Shaft, Mammoth body, special protective paint, drugged up with armour and power and Izida around the corner. There is nothing you can do - doesn't matter what body you have and the paint and if you are drugged up, the Shaft will take you down with a single shot. Wanna be a sniper? Buy and use a railgun.

You are hilarious. Don't quit your day-time job for the stand-up comedy though. If I knew what those pictures mean I wouldn't be asking, wouldn't I?

Hell. I've looked everywhere but I couldn't find information about the weapons stats and for the good of me I can't figure it out. Can somebody explain what this pictures/stats supposed to be? Thanks.

If you don't fix the problem for paying with PayPal I am not buying it.