Report, edit, etc...Posted by Dondivad on 2006-01-08 at 14:35:49
Ok, everyone, I was hosting a game, and some guy, with the exact same name as me (dwarthing) joins the game. It wasn't dwarthing*space* or something like that. And I was totally freaked out. What was even worse was that he could ban people from the game, and had all the host powers, he could even ban me! And I was host! Anyway, he told me that his real account was Inuyasha-leader, so I add him to my friends list, then do the /f list. It showed that he was in my game, but on the screen the slots were all dwarthing, dwarthing, and then the rest were closed. So I figure he has something, maybe a hack, that makes him appear to be me, and also gives him host powers. He even made a ton of different accounts that were dwarthing, but in colours. And last but not least, when he typed, he could make the number of characters waaaay more than the maximum you're allowed, which is like, around three lines. Anybody have any clue what's going on? Because I'm freaked out my mind right now. Also, I took some screenshots so you could see for yourself. If anybody could at least reply, I'd be really grateful!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Voyager7456(MM) on 2006-01-08 at 14:41:53
It's a spoofer.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by n0b0dy- on 2006-01-08 at 14:42:38
QUOTE(Dondivad @ Jan 8 2006, 02:35 PM)
Ok, everyone, I was hosting a game, and some guy, with the exact same name as me (dwarthing) joins the game. It wasn't dwarthing*space* or something like that. And I was totally freaked out. What was even worse was that he could ban people from the game, and had all the host powers, he could even ban me! And I was host! Anyway, he told me that his real account was Inuyasha-leader, so I add him to my friends list, then do the /f list. It showed that he was in my game, but on the screen the slots were all dwarthing, dwarthing, and then the rest were closed. So I figure he has something, maybe a hack, that makes him appear to be me, and also gives him host powers. He even made a ton of different accounts that were dwarthing, but in colours. And last but not least, when he typed, he could make the number of characters waaaay more than the maximum you're allowed, which is like, around three lines. Anybody have any clue what's going on? Because I'm freaked out my mind right now. Also, I took some screenshots so you could see for yourself. If anybody could at least reply, I'd be really grateful!
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It's a hack called spoof, he doesn't have your account password or anything like that, he's just a hacker. If someone does it again simply ban them.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Dondivad on 2006-01-08 at 14:43:31
QUOTE(Voyager7456(MM) @ Jan 8 2006, 03:41 PM)
It's a spoofer.
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A spoofer? what's that.
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QUOTE(n0b0dy- @ Jan 8 2006, 03:42 PM)
It's a hack called spoof, he doesn't have your account password or anything like that, he's just a hacker. If someone does it again simply ban them.
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alright, so it's a hack. Gotcha. Thanks
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Dr.Shotgun on 2006-01-08 at 16:37:31
Spoofers allow you to use colors and illy characters in Starcraft. If you /whois a spoffed name, it will not show up. A spoofed name can be the same thing as a legit name, it is simply what the name appears to be. The actual account name is different.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by D)s-202 on 2006-01-08 at 16:46:09
Happened 2 me once.. He put 7 D)s-202's in my game 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by ... on 2006-01-08 at 17:45:28
A name spoofer. I have that but rarely use it. It IP bans me after I get banned/quit/kicked a game for 15 minutes. So, it's pointless.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DT_Battlekruser on 2006-01-08 at 22:26:00
Yes, it's a well-known and comonly available hack. Before someone goes so far as to point a link,
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