Was just wondering this morning, as IW have just announced a whole bunch of fixes for MWF2 (including finally fixing the prestige mode + private mode XP glitches)..is there anything we, as a community, can do about the (what i will call) "glitch sites", where people openly discuss, share and promote hacks/cheats/glitches (all are one and the same) for big video games like Call of Duty, CSS etc.
I know that these sites have been around since internet gaming started up (first remember hearing about them when Quakeworld become popular..notably wallhacks at the time), but back then the impact was fairly minimal as the vast majority of gamers didn't know they existed, or couldn't find them if they did. 99.99% were also focussed on PC Gaming then also, which sadly will always have issues as it is so easy to modify game assets and trick all of the anti-cheat systems out there..but now consoles are being targeted. These days however these sites are actively promoted (even appearing on facebook adverts!) and I am encoutering more and more people who seem to think its "OK" to hack their favourite online game to get a mega high rank or an unfair advantage. This is especially a problem in games like the Battlefield and COD series where progress in the multiplayer world means more weapons/benefits. I personally don't really understand the mindset behind these lowlifes that think its OK to do that..but that is not the issue here.
So, is there anything we can do about it - legally I might add. Clearly we could go all vigilante here and start taking them down by various nefarious means..but hexus isn't the place for that I am also very concious that "policing the internet" is a very dangerous thing to suggest..but there has to be something we can do about it.
Other than flooding the various boards with anti-cheating-scum posts etc (not the most dignified..but legal) or trying to get hold of domain names when they expire, hunting for any little legal irregularities to get their webhosts to take down the sites themselves, I am kind of out of ideas. Anyone got any ideas? Can't do anything about the private sites where the bigger exploits are traded but maybe something about the publics...