said by IanR :

Moral is don't cheat at war.

said by mcfrisch :

I thought "all is fair in love and war!"

I really doubt much can be done, unless the cheat involves hacking the Army's servers. Most deathmatch cheats are based on texture manipulation, radar, and aiming aids. This is usually done client-side. AFAIK, hacking your own computer is not considered cybercrime, and although ethically it is wrong, I don't think it is criminal. I play UT alot, and the plethora of aimbots makes most online play suck. Luckily, server includes such as PURE and CSHP keep the majority honest for a little while. Why doesn't the Army put out some client purity check routine?

said by BIGHUSKER :

Definitely a great use of resources. Instead of cracking down on terrorism or continuing the effort in Iraq, we threaten cheaters of a stupid FPS that costs nothing to play.

said by BIGHUSKER :


Definitely a great use of resources. Instead of cracking down on terrorism or continuing the effort in Iraq, we threaten cheaters of a stupid FPS that costs nothing to play.

said by insomniac84 :

I can't wait to see the first kid tried for treason because he cheated on AA.

said by BBR_InsUW :

How about a slap on the Wrist...
Like having the families ISP disconnect you, or

The equipment used to create or spread the Hacked software seized and used as evidence in a trial that even if it didnt take place that would surely tie it up for a few years, or

A civil suit like the RIAA and Microsoft have done in the past all nice and public

All real possibilities

said by Mike :

12 year old hangs upside down from a tree until he's retirement age.

problem solved.

said by BBR_InsUW :

How about a slap on the Wrist...
Like having the families ISP disconnect you, or
....
All real possibilities

said by Rygel :

If you get caught cheating the may well draft you. The Army id getting desperate for people.

said by DSL Oberst :

...and in many areas, is dead serious.
There are a number of rural [and not so rural] areas that offer the choice of spending a few years in jail for your crimes or signing up with the military.
It should be noted that the people who choose to sign up do not get plum assignments.

said by Rygel :

If you get caught cheating the may well draft you. The Army id getting desperate for people.

said by osme :

I still haven't finished laughing at the fact that they made it as a recruitment tool.

Anyway, I seriously doubt any action taken regarding this would hold up in court, assuming the judge isn't paid off - is this still possible in America?

said by osme :

Anyway, I seriously doubt any action taken regarding this would hold up in court, assuming the judge isn't paid off - is this still possible in America?

said by IronChefMoto :

Note how the literal (pimple faced whining, cheating brats) and figurative (older, but still asinine enough to cheat) juveniles come out and comment in a thread like this.

The Army has just found the best way in the world to fund the cost of the war in Iraq. How? I'd pay friggin' top dollar to sit in bleachers set up in front of the house of the first cheating brat to answer the front door and find a couple of Army MPs waiting to haul his ass off for violating the AA terms of services (if such a thing exists). Particularly it's some young piece of shit that needs to get outside and face reality anyway instead of sitting inside and cheating at a relatively decent game and ruining it for the gaming community. $50/ticket goes to fueling raids on terrorists in Fallujah and ensuring whatever peace can be established in time for the January elections.

If the AA group has time off or a lull in development, I'm all for 'em heading to a weapons locker and making a cheater run. Certainly don't, however, need military resources pulled off of REAL war to deal with these brats.

IronChefMorimoto

said by dardin :

It's not "there servers". This game like almost all FPS games are run off servers by private owners who choose to run them.

said by vpoko :

And this is why I would never play a game produced by a government entity. I also wouldn't be shocked if the game had a few nasty surprises like searching your hard drive for objectionable material, etc.

It's beyond assanine to treat a violation of an EULA (a civil contract) as a criminal offense, and I don't think the Army could successfully prosecute anyone.

The fact that they're even saying this proves how utterly mad our government is becoming. Prosecute that.

said by fuzz :

Call terrorist and tell them to stop cheating and play fair.

They (the Army) probably hate captain Kirk too. Kirk always had an option that wasn't in the rule book and he was the HERO.

I would think that the Army would want people thinking outside the box. Oh well, I guess we should wait around until we find an honorable enemy.;)

said by inteller :

The Abu Garaib AA mods I'm using are illegal?

What about the Drown Iraqis 2.1 mod?

man this sucks, how am I expected to finish the game?