So now you get warnings instead of bans for cheating?

It told you when enemies had their ult up.

I have my moments.
Thanks very much though.
(The name is a play since I’m bipolar…anger and rage are sometimes out of my control…)

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And Blizzard has let it go on for SO long? Seems like sloppy work.

It got really big after Jayne/A few other pros made videos about it and then everyone was using it. Before only a few 100 used it.

I know for visor. But cheating in any game, is what i meant. Why even login. You know? You can’t tell me you have fun ruining others game time. Especially in a competitive game. I just never understood that.

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There is actually a surprising amount of people that find just that fun. Right next to people that find it enjoyable to tell other people to go kill themselves in voicechat. Never got why.

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It wasn’t though.

Blizzard has consistently maintained that 3rd party applications not explicitly approved are not allowed. People just wanted to believe otherwise.

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It was, hence their statement.

If we really weren’t allowed to run 3rd party applications we’d all be banned.

It comes down to their discretion but for legal reasons most companies have blanket policies in place such as this to protect both you and their business.

What now? I’ve never ever used anything that interferes with OW, and I know I am not alone.

I don’t think they even released anything new or named programs by names, just reiterated on their policy they’ve always had.

Well, I’m not going to take this any futher. Feel free to insist these policies were not clear before. :confused:

Persuit doesn’t interfere with the game. As a matter of fact neither does Visor.

It’s no worse than visiting MasterOverwatch after each game, or using NVidia Experience to record your game.

The latter is allowed. The former is not. Yet both have the same method of operation.

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I am familiar with the program, but if it happens INSIDE the game, of course it interferes.

This time was different because the hack makers were associated with a couple of the pro teams, which gave them an air of legitimacy. So Blizzard did the decent thing and is giving people a chance to uninstall.

There is a huge gab among both programs. Both uses the same methods to gatther data. While visor provides ingame stats (realtime), pursuit gives you data after the match is over in another place. So yes, as someone said here, visor is nearly a cheat while pursuit is closer to masteroverwatch or overbuff, giving you insights.
What will probably happen, since the stats feedback are really good on pursuit for example, is that ppl will record the games and then put it into a data analysis software later to avoid such “warnings”.

Now that their stance is public, any instances of using such apps going forward should be an instant, immediate ban.

From the way I read the post their new stance is to give hackers warnings, while their previous stance was immediate bans.

It still is to give immediate bans.

But since these particular apps fell into a grey area, I feel it’s reasonable that they give people warning.

No aimbotter would ever get a warning e-mail like this before getting the ban hammer.

Actually they both are. The warning was issued to people using pursuit as well. Regardless of yours or mine personal opinion on it Blizzard has drawn their line and pursuit falls on the ban side of it.

What gray area? The EULA is pretty clear on these cases. They are all hacks that give the player an unfair advantage.

According to your understanding of the EULA so is streaming on twitch because viewers can ult-track for you