So Long, StarCraft II Cheaters! Enjoy the Ban!
Cheaters, be gone!
If you think StarCraft II cheaters are ruining the fun for the more honest players, you'll be pleased to know Blizzard is cracking down on those no good jerks. And by cracking down, we mean they've got license* to ban. In a blog post on battle.net, Blizzard writes that if a player is found to be cheating, they'll be "permanently unable to log into his or her battle.net account."
"Blizzard Entertainment has always taken cheating in any form in Blizzard games very seriously, and that's no different for StarCraft II. If a StarCraft II player is found to be cheating or using hacks or modifications in any form, then as outlined in our end user license agreement, that player can be permanently banned from the game. This means that the player will be permanently unable to log in to Battle.net to play StarCraft II with his or her account.
Playing StarCraft II legitimately means playing with an unaltered game client. Doing otherwise violates our policies for Battle.net, and it goes against the spirit of fair play that all of our games are based on. We strongly recommend that you avoid using any hacks, cheats, or exploits. Suspensions and bans of players that have used or start using cheats and hacks will begin in the near future."
*No, really, it's in the EULA.
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But a lot of times Blizzard makes a mistakes, for example, I too have a battle.net account and I got banned a few times for no reason.They said to me that some players thought I`m a bot grinding for gold, and I`m not using any software alike, in further talking with a Game master he told me that players reported me for not taking to them when I run past them.So that was a bit annoying and had to struggle to get my account unbanned. So they ARE taking cheating seriously, but maybe even more.
Cheaters are just one short step away from the scum that write virus and malware - good riddance I say.
The trouble is that the cheats/hacks are getting more and more advanced, so more draconian measures are therefore introduced. Inevitably in that scenario, there will be fair gamers who get snagged up in the anti-cheating net. The same thing happens in the film industry where legal films force users to watch hours of FBI notices and federal warnings before you get to the action.
Watching a film warning is hardly the same as having a game you paid $50 for made worthless cos they got it wrong.