New repack for those new to eqemu

[Fulcrum]

Welcome to the Boards, Abe. Glad to have ya along.

Originally Posted by Secrets

If this is the same repack that has the playercount hack in it, I advise not using it unless you want to be banned from the eqemu loginserver.

Now, I haven't used a repack lately so I have no evidence pointing in either direction...
perhaps I'm just a little dense, but is there proof positive that there's a hack involved
in these latest Leslamarchs repacks?

I mean, has there been any verification as to this... like finding the pre-packaged
hack in the program?

Using the data allowed me as well as a hefty helping of 'Occam's Razor', I've boiled
the problem down to the two most rational solutions, and one seems more rational than
the other.

1) A well-known person in the Emu community places a hack in program he/she
knows will go out to many people who will use the public servers, knowing it's got a
hack installed in it (And likely be traced back to his repack, 'tarnishing' his/her name?)

Or

2) A faceless somebody got caught using a hack and, to save their own bacon,
claimed it came from a publicly available, (and verifiable), repack.


This post isn't meant to start an argument or point fingers... I'm just voicing some
concern over what observations I've made and what little common sense I have
left to me in my old age. -and I've never been keen on 'Guilty until proven innocent'
sorta scenarios.

[trevius]

Originally Posted by Fulcrum

2) A faceless somebody got caught using a hack and, to save their own bacon, claimed it came from a publicly available, (and verifiable), repack.

I agree with this statement, Fulcrum. AX and/or Leslamarch should never have been accused of something without the reported hack being 100% confirmed first instead of taking it from hearsay. Even if one or more people reported it, I still wouldn't believe it until someone I trust had actually verified it. There is just absolutely no reason for them to add such a hack into a repack. The only reason to add a hack like that would be for an admin to false advertise their own server as having more players than it actually does.

Both of AX and Leslamarch deserve to be shown at least that much respect. They have both been around a long time and have each contributed back to the community for years. I surely don't agree with AX's childish response to the accusation, but the accusation shouldn't have been made in the first place without hard evidence, IMO.