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Operation EU Cleansweep Winter 2015, Week 4 Results!

Scott

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Hello Tributes!

Week 4 has been another productive and successful week, and we're glad to share another set of results with you! This previous week, the team set a goal to achieve more bans than we have the last two weeks. We accomplished that goal, and we ended up getting more than 20 bans than we did the last couple weeks. We're going to be setting goals for the coming weeks, though.

In previous operations, this has proven to be a successful option in eliminating hackers from the EU network; however, we are still looking into ways to make the operation even more successful. If you have any ideas for the Cleansweep, feel free to PM me, Nephilim, AlpakaWhacker, Axanite, and/or mfungamer. In order to catch more hackers, we organize 2 hour cleansweeps during the peak times on the EU network and sometimes an impromptu sweep which would last for an hour on average. The times will be listed below.

Times & Dates:
(All times are GMT)
Monday: 7PM-9PM
Wednesday: 8PM-10PM
Friday: 6PM-8PM
Saturday: 3PM-5PM & 8PM-10PM (7PM-9PM on meeting days)
Sunday: 3PM-5PM & 8PM-10PM

*If you have any suggestions on when we should hold the sweeps, feel free to contact any member of the EU Cleansweep Team, as listed above.

This Week's Statistics:
105 participants.
48 of those were community members.
57 of those were staff members.
14 hours of sweeps.
102 hackers were banned.
33 of those bans were permanent.
69 of those were 1 week.
An average of 14.57 bans were made each session.
15 hackers were found and recorded by members of the community.
*Please note that all time statistics will be released every 5 weeks.

What can you do?
In previous Cleansweeps, we have had many community members come onto TeamSpeak and assist us in making hacking bans. We do appreciate this. In order to help, log onto the TeamSpeak (ts.mcgamer.net) during the scheduled times. Then, poke a staff member in the channel. Before beginning, you must be aware of this:
By joining the EU Cleansweep, you agree that you will actively participate in catching hackers on the EU network and that you will not be found breaking any of the MCGamer rules which can be found at http://mcgamer.info.
After you have read and understood the agreement, you can begin going server to server recording and reporting hackers to the staff in the channel. Please note that you will have to be able to record in order to participate. If you cannot record, you can still report hackers by poking staff about them. If you are having trouble finding live games to look for these pesky hackers, then the server list might help you out: http://www.minecraftsurvivalgames.com/servers/

Can't get on TeamSpeak? That's fine. You can still help out by recording and reporting hackers at http://report.mcgamer.info. These reports are a huge help to both the network and the staff team and every single one of them is greatly appreciated!

Frequently Asked Questions:
Question: Will the Cleansweep ever end?
Answer: The operation will continue as long as it is needed. If there is ever a point when the amount of
hackers on EU is low, it may end, but it will start as soon as the hacker problem is present again.

Question: Do I have to talk?
Answer: No, you don't have to talk, but you can if you'd like.

Question: Do I have to record?
Answer: Yes, we are only allowing those who can record to join; however, if you want to help out, you can still message us people you suspect are hacking or directly poke us the evidence if you have any.

Question: Is there a US or AU Cleansweep?
Answer: Don't worry, the other regions will not be neglected. Currently, the staff are testing other solutions for each region. Please check out this thread if you are interested in participating in the AU Cleansweep: http://www.minecraftsurvivalgames.com/threads/au-cleansweep.159744/

*Please note that the EU and AU Cleansweep are operated by different members of both the community and the staff, so if you wish to receive further information on sweeps of a certain region, make sure to contact the correct people.

Question: Why do you post all the times when hackers can see it?
Answer: Most hackers will not check the forums, and won't even know that we are there. In addition, we do impromptu Cleansweeps as well.

Please be sure to thank PlazaGames, Vigilo, IronOre12, BananaCraft, xSaw90, Exzone, NuJaan , and Rhino1928 for recording and reporting hackers during the Cleansweep!

Have a wonderful week!
~MCGamer Staff, EU Cleansweep Team

Original Threads:

http://www.minecraftsurvivalgames.com/threads/operation-clean-sweep.141890/
http://www.minecraftsurvivalgames.com/threads/operation-eu-cleansweep-coming-back-soon.156199/

Previous Results:

http://www.minecraftsurvivalgames.com/threads/operation-eu-cleansweep-winter-2015-week-1-results.159103/
http://www.minecraftsurvivalgames.c...cleansweep-winter-2015-week-2-results.160826/
http://www.minecraftsurvivalgames.com/threads/operation-cleansweep-winter-2015-week-3-results.161953/
 
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Vigilo

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Great statistics!

This was my first whole 'clenswep' week :), and there will be much more in the future!

I'm looking forward for the CleanSweeps in February, where all hackers will be banned parmanently :D
 

NuJaan

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Glad to see this statistics, great work everyone who came out!
 

JJSnacks

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Great to see some awesome results from the cleansweep! Keep up the good work guys. :) I would participate in these but it's around about 1am for me. :(
 

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These clean sweeps are a good idea, however there's one aspect I'd like to bring to light. If you get a ton of moderators together ready to ban a lot of hackers/rule breakers, the moderators are going to go looking for such acts. This seems very simple. The bad part is as follows; sometimes if you go looking for something that's not there all the time, you may mis-perceive it as present. Such dissimilarities can cause people who were regular players abiding all rules to be banned. Now, I know there are ban appeals and things of that matter and moderators are supposed to look for hacking/rule breaking to begin with, but I just want to bring to light the possibility of banning on the basis of very controversial evidence simply because a numbers game is being played.

Please do not perceive this as hate or anything likewise. I just want to present my opinion and make aware the slight possibility of such actions being performed in the future as to reduce the chances of the aforementioned.
 

Minezbigger

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Not much point banning someone when they can easily go on an alt. If someone's hacking they most likely won't care if they get banned so what's the point banning someone unless you ip ban them?
 

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