Where do we report cheaters?

[Yellowbuss]

do you just want our server name?

[Deathwhisper]

Hello :),

In the case of private servers, this should be discussed with the administrators/server owners.

In the case of Official Servers, there is a guide here .

[eternal_Nemesis59]

Reporting cheaters in SCUM is an absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ JOKE!
Cheaters are rife in the game now and sweet ♥♥♥♥ all is being done
It has totally ruined the game

[Yellowbuss]

Originally posted by eternal_Nemesis59:

Reporting cheaters in SCUM is an absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ JOKE!
Cheaters are rife in the game now and sweet ♥♥♥♥ all is being done
It has totally ruined the game

Agree

[PepsiMontana]

need step up about cheaters that destroy time for players. Like read a book and then some1 comes and rip last page off

[FIREARM]

There is a tab on the right that says Server Recruitment to find servers without cheaters. You can also use www.battlemetrics.com to see how popular the server is. I got burned by a couple cheaters. I just change servers and move on. Some cheaters move in a pack, kill a server then move to the next. So you could be good for a month then BAM! There is a lot of servers though, odds aren't in the bad guys hands. When you think you have found a server, when it is most populated ask if the server is cheater free in global chat or something.

[Yellowbuss]

Originally posted by PepsiMontana:

need step up about cheaters that destroy time for players. Like read a book and then some1 comes and rip last page off

Yes they do. Ive had alot of help from Beda but thats 1 person they need a team, a very large team that are 24 hr official server admins

Originally posted by FIREARM:

There is a tab on the right that says Server Recruitment to find servers without cheaters. You can also use www.battlemetrics.com to see how popular the server is. I got burned by a couple cheaters. I just change servers and move on. Some cheaters move in a pack, kill a server then move to the next. So you could be good for a month then BAM! There is a lot of servers though, odds aren't in the bad guys hands. When you think you have found a server, when it is most populated ask if the server is cheater free in global chat or something.

I dont know if they help out on private servers but I think they need to focus on Officials and get it perfect. No reason why a customers server is better than the developers server. The customer is paying while the devs are getting paid.

[FIREARM]

Im sure they catch cheaters. It would be cool to see it in the development posts though. Like a billboard that says how many cheaters were caught. Also what ratio was Admin, Player, Dev that reported and helped catch them. I wonder how many players actually help and report. I personally don't, I just change servers and move on.

[Siamese]

Originally posted by howdog7415:

Originally posted by PepsiMontana:

need step up about cheaters that destroy time for players. Like read a book and then some1 comes and rip last page off

Yes they do. Ive had alot of help from Beda but thats 1 person they need a team, a very large team that are 24 hr official server admins

Originally posted by FIREARM:

There is a tab on the right that says Server Recruitment to find servers without cheaters. You can also use www.battlemetrics.com to see how popular the server is. I got burned by a couple cheaters. I just change servers and move on. Some cheaters move in a pack, kill a server then move to the next. So you could be good for a month then BAM! There is a lot of servers though, odds aren't in the bad guys hands. When you think you have found a server, when it is most populated ask if the server is cheater free in global chat or something.

I dont know if they help out on private servers but I think they need to focus on Officials and get it perfect. No reason why a customers server is better than the developers server. The customer is paying while the devs are getting paid.

You're not a customer you're a tester on a test server for a game that is still in development. If they spend money on people to admin servers 24hrs a day then they have less money to spend on building the game. Its just not a top priority and it shouldn't be.

[Siamese]

Originally posted by FIREARM:

Im sure they catch cheaters. It would be cool to see it in the development posts though. Like a billboard that says how many cheaters were caught. Also what ratio was Admin, Player, Dev that reported and helped catch them. I wonder how many players actually help and report. I personally don't, I just change servers and move on.

It would be nice to know how many reports turn out to be false. I'd wager its a vast majority.

[CrankyOldMan]

They don't respond to cheaters on private servers, that is the responsibility of the owner/admins of that server.
They do however accept proof, mainly video proof from private servers to ban cheaters from Scum!

[marktkm]

Originally posted by howdog7415:

they need to focus on Officials and get it perfect.

Cheaters can create a lot of anger, but there is no perfect...ever. There isn't a single online game without cheaters. Even private servers with mods have them. They get removed faster, yes, but it still affects the player base on those servers.

It's extremely difficult to get a grip on when they're still working on the mechanics of the game. Each addition or change creates new avenues the cheaters (and the cheat programmers) might use.

That doesn't mean they aren't working on it actively. You can see it listed under the QA team in the developers update in the news section. The devs ban actively and work with EAC to figure out how the cheats work and update the detections.

One report isn't going to change much. It can get the cheaters account banned assuming there's evidence, as they won't ban without proof. Where the reports do help is in the aggregate, when they can analyse the server log data they collect and figure out the 'how' and update the automatic detections.

If it's an active event (you're watching it happen, invisible players roaming your base, etc.) messaging the devs on their discord is the best route. If someone is available they can log in and actively watch the suspected cheater and witness it themselves. They'll ban them on the spot in that case.

If it's suspected (died in a suspect fashion but you're not sure) you can still message them or just fill out the cheater report. They'll check the logs. If they find evidence they'll deal with it.

As Siamese pointed out, though, a lot of the reports aren't actually cheating. Some are even people who know it isn't, but they're mad someone killed them so they file a fake report hoping to get the player that killed them banned or a bad reputation. This just slows the entire effort down, and it's why they created the report form in the first place. People are less likely to do this if they know it's going to be investigated first.

[serilium]

i sometimes wonder why players do cheat, after all scum has no end game right now, and in a game where the character dies a lot and loot comes and goes faster than a happy meal, anything aquired should be considered a short term item only, after all it`s not likely you will find a car in game and a year later still be driving the same car around, it is more rewarding to not cheat and actually learn the game and develope the skills needed to be good in it.

[^DreeMax^]

Originally posted by ferret:

i sometimes wonder why players do cheat, after all scum has no end game right now, and in a game where the character dies a lot and loot comes and goes faster than a happy meal, anything aquired should be considered a short term item only, after all it`s not likely you will find a car in game and a year later still be driving the same car around, it is more rewarding to not cheat and actually learn the game and develope the skills needed to be good in it.

My honest opinion - every single cheater (in multiplayer games) have some kind of mental illness or deep traumas from childhood.

[Siamese]

Originally posted by ^FuN^ DreeMax:

Originally posted by ferret:

i sometimes wonder why players do cheat, after all scum has no end game right now, and in a game where the character dies a lot and loot comes and goes faster than a happy meal, anything aquired should be considered a short term item only, after all it`s not likely you will find a car in game and a year later still be driving the same car around, it is more rewarding to not cheat and actually learn the game and develope the skills needed to be good in it.

My honest opinion - every single cheater (in multiplayer games) have some kind of mental illness or deep traumas from childhood.

Its really not that deep.
Its quite simple. They see a contest and they want to win. They don't have the guidance of a coach like a sports club would and there's no ref on the field. So they cheat. It's actually quite normal human behavior.

[Cezar]

There is nothing normal about this. I agree with ^FuN^ DreeMax

If you are cheating others in competition... you are actually cheating yourself. This is mentally not normal. This is self-deception.