Or because they've all modded their clients with green arrows and have practiced enough that it's so easy to kill anyone with a bow it's ridiculous, guarantee if all of them reset their clients they'd be shit at archery lmfao.
Sorry, but you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about and this shows how terribly everyone in this thread is missing the point of WHY was Pandor banned;
He wasn't banned specificaly for using green arrow textures, because, as many have pointed out - using them, and other "submods" that affect the gameplay is rampant and common since
YEARS. However, never before did we had a user so blatant in what he was doing that he would post proof of it to the forums, brag about it, not admit that it was what it was - a cheat, and later even shared the files for others to use.
I repeat and underline -
the top thing was sharing the cheat and blatant disregard for admin warnings.There isn't much that admins can do in this situation.
File checking for launcher was discussed but is highly unlikely to happen, because at the time it was proposed, many people used mods like the Scary Mod for very weak computers, heriloom mod for dope looking looms and so forth, so it was dropped - texture cheaters were a small price to pay in exchange for letting people adjust their gaming experience to their needs and likes. Nowadays, devs are busy and launcher needs to be fixed first, before we even consider ADDING anything to it, so ultimately the chance for it being added is very low.
Regarding why was only Pandor banned and not other people, macro abusers, bush-removers and others, it's simple - we just have no way of checking that without file check in the launcher, and as I said, it's unlikely to happen. Pandor was a special case. We cannot allow the rule disregard to go this far, because it turns into a Broken Windows theory but in a game setting - where someone breaks a rule and no one reacts, people will VERY QUICKLY start breaking the rules themselves, since "Why not, they aren't doing anything to stop us?" and other players may just as well leave - "Why bother staying and playing if other players can mod their textures to see my weapon glow, have transparent buildings and rainbow arrows and all the other crap? That just makes me play at a disadvantage"
"But there is no rule against messing with texture, what are you talking about?"That's another thing, also very important - everyone and their mother commented that there isn't a specific rule regarding changing textures to benefit from it in the game.
Let me remind you that "common sense" IS A RULE, and can be used as basis of admin decisions. It is common sense that you wouldn't share a cheat on the forums after being criticised for using it.
The idea of the game is to provide equal footing for everyone, so that given practice and time, they can be on par with other players. Using changes like glowing items, no bushes, always sunny weather and transparent buildings removes that equality and profits some players, while putting others at a disadvantage. At least to me, this is a core principle in vidya games - having same chances as the other guy - "Sure, I may suck now, BUUUUT if I put enough time and effort I will improve and be a nuisance for him, at least!" - and if we don't have even that, what's the point of playing? If no matter how you improve you'll remain subpar to him because of his unfair advantage, it removes the purpouse of practicing.
