Yet Another Ban Post

Date September 15, 2010

And sadly, we’re back to announce more bans.

If there’s just one thing we’d like to make clear about our Anti-Cheat team, it’s that they always have full proof – beyond circumstantial evidence – behind every ban we make. This has been highlighted recently in the much publicised ‘boomeh case’. After some considerable effort we have finally found the valuable information we need which has allowed us to connect the ‘tmn’ account to that of the banned player ‘boomeh’. Cases like these do however take time, a particular reason for our continued search for AC-Admins,  but also requires the cooperation of the community, for which we are continually grateful. Therefore, if you have any evidence or suspicion about players, please contact an Admin in our #etf2l IRC channel.

Whilst we also entirely respect the right for players to post their thoughts and feelings up on threads discussing these matters, we would love it if this much energy and attention was given to helping grow the TF2 community! Whether this be through mentoring players and teams, making cool new services or pushing TF2 on eSports news sites, it all is invaluable to help see our game become even bigger and better and something we strongly encourage.

So even though creating a solid case can take time, we will catch cheaters. Like the following:

  • Mah jongg : Multihack – 1 Year Ban
  • Sm1le: Aimbot – 1 Year Ban
  • Boomeh/Tmn: Returning under an alias while banned – 1 Year added to existing ban
  • Twistedplay: supporting and playing with a banned cheater – 1 season ban
  • Twistedplay members affected:  SoniXzR, Crzy Plumbed, Inuy, Aveng
  • Sandik: Returning under an alias while banned – 1 Year added to existing ban

We say it every time, but please don’t cheat! We will catch you and you will be banned, so make life easy for everyone and don’t do it!

111 Comments

  1. Jude!: notdoggo said:

    :D

  2. Vali: -9w- said:

    Unfair on Inuy since the season that boomeh played it was Dny on the roster instead of him but whatever

  3. Bury.: internecine said:

    Glorious.
    By the way Boomeh has so many IDs – that you will need about 5 hands to count them all, it wouldn’t suprise me if he will always be a pain, will be easier to spot him if the community stop try to hide and defend him, does his face look innocent to you :)?

  4. skinnie: TCM said:

    mm where are the frenchies

  5. AnimaL said:

    i dont see any of the players beeing actually banned

  6. Sidney: idk? - Saddam\'s Army said:

    @ skinnie : Quiet, it seems.

  7. WildCard said:

    After some considerable effort we have finally found the valuable information we need which has allowed us to connect the ‘tmn’ account to that of the banned player ‘boomeh’

    Reading F2’s logs must of been hard work :D

    Still, nice to see these things are sorted out eventually.

  8. AnimaL said:

    tp players that is

  9. D2M: vertex » - derptex9 said:

    wooooooo :D

  10. RaCio: GoT² said:

    “Reading F2′s logs must of been hard work :D”

    I doubt you can really come to that conclusion after reading the newspost.

  11. D2M: vertex » - derptex9 said:

    Also, this ban post is made even sweeter when we look back at boomeh/tmn/silly fucker’s poetry:

    boomeh:
    (boomeh) sorry I’m not perfect
    (boomeh) sorry for liking tf2
    (boomeh) sorry for cheating
    (boomeh) sorry I was untrue
    (boomeh) sorry I hurt you
    (boomeh) I didn’t mean to
    (boomeh) I’m sorry I hurt you
    (boomeh) I regret it, I do
    (boomeh) What I did, I regret
    (boomeh) So let’s make up and forget

    boomeh (again)
    (boomeh) There once was an ugly soldier
    (boomeh) With a hoodie all stubby and brown
    (boomeh) And the tf2 community said many words
    (boomeh) Get out of town
    (boomeh) Get out, get out, get out of town
    (boomeh) And he went with a sob and a cry and a waddle
    (boomeh) But now he is back
    (boomeh) from outer space
    (boomeh) with a brand sound
    (boomeh) and an apologetic look upon his face
    (boomeh) my name is boomeh
    (boomeh) and I am r8 sorreh

  12. Chaos: BAT said:

    well, at least it’s sorted now and everyone can go to bed :)

    GJ etf2l

  13. AnimaL said:

    or can they?

  14. WildCard said:

    Your right racio I dont think it was that hard work at all, I was just being polite ;) anyway time for sleep :P

  15. RaCio: GoT² said:

    I keep wondering why you would assume that if the news post brings enough to suggest otherwise.

  16. electro: Got Milk? said:

    lol @ banning a whole team

  17. SiTeHBu0mB: DOWN said:

    Well the statement has been made; support a cheater and you’ll feel part of the consequences.
    (As always when finding cheaters): Good Job AC-lads.

  18. RiX said:

    Aye but why clan smart move was banned for 2 season and tp for 1? :]

  19. infussle said:

    but shintaz said he was a nice guy!

  20. Orchid: |=3 said:

    Demsii you beast! You got a whole team banned form s8.

  21. strut: -=Crazy=- said:

    A year added when so close to the ban expiring. Ouch.

  22. toasty.: PHX said:

    Give it another 2 months until the next alias hits.

  23. infussle said:

    p.s http://www.abload.de/img/g3o6w.jpg

  24. CommanderX: (ETF2L Donator) - TEZC said:

    Sad for tplay :<

  25. Nivzeh: ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ - 2strong said:

    ouch tplay

  26. Nivzeh: ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ - 2strong said:

    btw what about legacy?
    http://etf2l.org/forum/user/12471/

  27. ilike2spin: RLM said:

    Huge respect, ballsy move from ETF2L Admins.

  28. jukebox: broder said:

    gj

  29. Poop: TSUN~ - [PG] said:

    They had it coming

  30. Tapley: TEZC - TEZC said:

    And what has this taught us kids? Dont beat Demourage in a PCW. He’s got the scent of blood now, HE’S AFTER YOU ALL!21!!12

  31. HELMTU))) said:

    LOL WTF

  32. Andee: GoT<3 - HoT<3 said:

    I like making flower girl headpieces

  33. SoniXzR: TEZC - TEZC said:

    So the decision has been made that tmn = boomeh, I accept my ban for that no problem you’ll here no complaining here. One thing I want to make perfectly clear however In no way did boomeh cheat after returning from his ban. The teams we beat were beaten fair and square, Demourge’s movie shows nothing then can’t easily be explained by looking at other players POV’s. CU@Season 9 [maybe]

  34. xzr said:

    TWISTEDPLAY GOT FUKKEN SERVED, THAT’S WHAT U GET FOR DROPPING PWR OUTTA T10 ON CADRED DOUGIE

    THAT’S WHAT U GET BOY

  35. not boomeh i swear: [d¿s] - 007 said:

    good move tbh

  36. abdaO.o: FNR! said:

    F*ck those cheaters.

    Thats all :)

  37. irfx: EPA said:

    What about the third russian haxor?

    http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004214406
    http://etf2l.org/forum/user/13841/

  38. odin said:

    Cheaters go away! >:(

  39. Kira! (kipa): xen - don\\\'t said:

    Sm1le fail

  40. Kira! (kipa): xen - don\\\'t said:

    Inuy?

    wasn`t he the previous ac-team member?

  41. RaCio: GoT² said:

    Not really ;)

  42. cRzy: Tplay - Pixie <3 said:

    And we would have go away with it too if it wasnt for you pesky kids and that dam dog =DD

  43. Jabba: TF2wF - Pixie <3 said:

    I blame on man Withers the owner of the haunted amusement park

  44. D2M: vertex » - derptex9 said:

    So the decision has been made that tmn = boomeh, I accept my ban for that no problem you’ll here no complaining here. One thing I want to make perfectly clear however In no way did boomeh cheat after returning from his ban.

    Fair play for admitting to it, however you’ll need to realise that people will find it hard to believe anything you or your teammates say, especially after strong denials previously. Backtracking is a difficult task once the truth is revealed.

  45. kuma said:

    shame, tplay are nice guys

    i don’t know him, but boomeh is a nice guy too!

  46. PlumbEd: Tplay said:

    It was fun while it lasted. We improved a lot in a short space of time. Boomeh does not cheat anymore and taught us a lot. Thanks josh

  47. PlumbEd: Tplay said:

    Oh yea, dont beat px1 or you will get wireframed

  48. Kop: [CiC] - CiC said:

    Who cares if he cheated or not after he came back? point is you allowed a banned player to play under an alias so good riddens

  49. Jabba: TF2wF - Pixie <3 said:

    who needs EastEnders when you have ETF2L

  50. Andee: GoT<3 - HoT<3 said:

    My gf wireframed me last night and it was awesome.. uhm. nvm forget i said anything.

  51. Slick: Epsilon said:

    real shame :/ 5 players stupid enough to get banned by 1 guy.. I’m curious did you want to play with Boomeh that badly to risk getting a year ban on all your players? Was everyone aware?
    I’m just so surprised people accept to cover up for a player knowin that sooner or later they will get caught anyway.

    Sad lost.

  52. lucian: MILANO said:

    I remember Smart Move (CDC) was banned for TWO seasons for supporting and playing with a banned player.

  53. caneD: MEAT - LEGO said:

    what a shame. hope twistedplay keep playing and improving during their season banned and come back for season 9 as strong as they are now.

  54. Asskicker: GoT<3 - HoT<3 said:

    They should VAC BAN them, that will teach them for cheating :/

  55. r7on: -9w- said:

    Hahaaha, playing with a banned player just so you can get a bigger epeen by being good at a game. sad. good riddance.

  56. Reload: BiG - BiG said:

    @ Slick: The ban is 1 season, not 1 year :)

  57. Poop: TSUN~ - [PG] said:

    i’ll cumboard you r7an

  58. XO - said:

    good work demsi :)

  59. D2M: vertex » - derptex9 said:

    I remember Smart Move (CDC) was banned for TWO seasons for supporting and playing with a banned player.

    The ban should be 2 seasons for all players involved yes, exactly the same as what CDC received. It is stupid that there is one rule for one unknown team and one for another. Sort it out ETF2L.

    There’s probably 1 or 2 players who actually played with boomeh/tmn last season in TPlay and who were involved in recruiting him, that should also be looked at too.

  60. Admirable: (Toucan Ambassador) said:

    Harsh but fair :D

  61. r7on: -9w- said:

    I can safely say danielsan was involved in the recruiting of boomeh, ban him.

  62. Poop: TSUN~ - [PG] said:

    +1

  63. Kop: [CiC] - CiC said:

    @ D2M, im sure we will look into that and see what happens

  64. TeleBear: k^m said:

    Good job admins

    Get owned shitheads

  65. Gom8z said:

    Hi,

    I’m Gom8z one of the Leaders of the TwistedPlay Org and would like to discuss the full extent of what went on here, could someone advise who is best to talk to.

    As for the team we will be working out what is best for the remaining players and sort it out for the future seasons as these guys are a great bunch of lads.

    ps TeleBear.. yuor a troll.. grow up.

  66. Dekken said:

    What about “Legacy” – http://etf2l.org/forum/user/12471/ seriously?
    He was also vac banned for his lame cheats..

  67. Dave: Mafia - wMiC? said:

    Gom8z, either talk to me on IRC later or email me:

    [email protected]

  68. Slick: Epsilon said:

    email Dave are you kidding! cybersex ahoy :(

  69. dunc: infs - dp. said:

    Ahhhh.

    I quite like the Twisted Play guys but I’m positively delighted that boomeh has been re-banned.

    What an absolute cock. Fuck, it was bad enough that he thought it was “funny” turning up to i40, but returning under alias after being a dirty, fuck ugly cheating prick.. awesome.

    Well fucking done ETF2L.

  70. FainT! said:

    “I remember Smart Move (CDC) was banned for TWO seasons for supporting and playing with a banned player.”

    I remember players who hacked got 2 years ban. Times have changed.

  71. Alfa said:

    Seems his radar couldn’t dodge the ban missile

  72. vallone said:

    wheres cookye?!?!?!?!

  73. M24_ said:

    deserved bans all around. wp to the AC Team.

  74. rAye.: Vuze. - T. said:

    yeh should be a harsher ban tbh. UNSTOPABLE CHEATORZ!

  75. Inuy: #sadboys said:

    Boomeh is the best mate ive met online/offline , haters gonna hate :)

    http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2351/steveu.gif

  76. vanad1um said:

    ban 90% of russians, dey cheat

  77. boomeh: Tplay said:

    cu@i41

  78. TeleBear: k^m said:

    Damn a deal with it . gif! I guess we now are truly the ones owned

  79. irfx: EPA said:

    95% actually :P

  80. Arcadizz1e: PwR - Pixie <3 said:

    i dont think he thought it was funny to turn up at i40, i think he just wanted to prove hes still a good player, which i guess lan and smashing paroxysm proved. that bust video was about the most laughable thing ever (even joske thinks so) but fair play with the bans i guess though rather took a while lmao

  81. stwn said:

    Ban video however ridiculous made the admins do something because it caused an uproar
    sure it might’ve had no proof of its own but it stirred action which is the important bit.
    The people who were in Tplay when Boomeh was recruited should be banned too alongside the current members for fair play (and make it 2 seasons, just because they’re good and nice people doesn’t stop them from being a buncha fucks)

  82. Gee O Double Bee wye said:

    Lawl Get Playa banned and whine about hacking when you still support proven and banned hackers… GG Twistedgays

  83. SoniXzR: TEZC - TEZC said:

    *Ex-hackers

  84. tmn said:

    Wait, what, i just got back from uni.

  85. Ghent: Team said:

    TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

  86. CommanderX: (ETF2L Donator) - TEZC said:

    D2M you such a backseat admin :D

  87. GeaR: Epsilon said:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIrhVo1WA78

    HAHA

  88. WildCard said:

    Posting as requested by anonymous since other topic got locked :P

    Session Start: Sun Jun 20 19:07:22 2010
    Session Ident: tmnluka
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    [19:09] shutup though
    [19:09] dont tell
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    [19:10] oh i was planning on telling everyone so u get banned again
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    Session Ident: tmnluka
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  89. pukz said:

    Old news Wildcard.. go do something useless for esl or something u fag.

  90. flushy: P.O.P said:

    i bet there was someone in the tp lineup who didnt think it a gd idea to play with boomeh… sad for u if there is : (

  91. D2M: vertex » - derptex9 said:

    If there was, they should’ve manned up and spoken out about it. By saying nothing they unfortunately incriminated themselves along with the others. It’s sad to see some decent players go down like this, but hopefully it will be a learning point for many.

  92. Inuy: #sadboys said:

    Dont think someone ever regretted to meet such a good friend :)

  93. Miss Blu3y said:

    U know I hardly post on here but I gotta say my 2 cents now. Cuz the ban of Mads last year really pissed me off given that some people were aware of who he was! More so cuz he was dishonest with me while in my clan, along with other members of my team who introduced him to me!

    How comes when he was banned all Rejects got was points reduction and no player bans? Was their a specific reason for not being consisent, or is this policy of banning players involved new?

    Thanks.

  94. Kop: [CiC] - CiC said:

    Because no1 knew it was mads if i remember, this is a case where they all knew it was boomeh and kept it quiet, mads totally started again with ppl he didnt know. smart move knew who they recruited as he was in that clan when he originally got banned. that is why that case was a little different.

  95. randa said:

    I love TwistedGays

  96. Memento Mori said:

    Mads kept it secret, the team wasn’t at fault

    In this case the team knowingly recruited a banned multi-accounting player

  97. Sneis said:

    Eh how could that be kept a secret, sooner or later they all must have known it was boomeh

  98. bnncc said:

    hahaha sandik fucking retarded noob

  99. Koeitje: AUTOBOTS said:

    We had no idea that Mads was a known hacker. Loco even asked the guy if had a history of hacking and other shenanigans .

  100. kaidus: 7 - WiK? said:

    Sneis, even though I don’t think anyones claiming TP were in the dark – why would they know it was boomeh? When boomeh was banned most of these guys were complete unknowns in the scene and probably barely even knew he was english let alone his personality/playstyle/voice.

  101. kaidus: 7 - WiK? said:

    (in the very much hypothetical scenario they weren’t just like buddy buddy buddy buddy come join buddy buddy we hide you buddy)

  102. Miss Blu3y said:

    Thanks guys – the whole Mads thing was also a shock with me, he was in my clan before he joined eMpathy so I’m in the same position as yourselves. However I’m sure there are a few ppl in this community aware about him who did avoid punishment imo.

    THanks for the update :)

  103. p1oneeR said:

    Sandik is not a cheater guys …. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLzFhD4v59E – see the video ..

  104. Kenny: v. existence said:

    ># Mah jongg : Multihack – 1 Year Ban
    think this is http://etf2l.org/forum/user/39271/ or this
    http://etf2l.org/forum/user/24849/ is mah jong..
    > #Sm1le: Aimbot – 1 Year Ban
    http://etf2l.org/forum/user/38011/ this is smile , he have posted our videos by nickname Sm1le on tf2world, but on videos nickname was juscee
    proof http://tf2world.ru/forum/showpost.php?p=173956&postcount=1751
    Admins just see their Ip’s or cookies..
    Cheaters must die!

  105. infussle said:

    my condolences to twisted played

  106. Kenny: v. existence said:

    ># Mah jongg : Multihack – 1 Year Ban
    think this is http://etf2l.org/forum/user/39271/ or this
    http://etf2l.org/forum/user/24849/ it is mah jong..
    > #Sm1le: Aimbot – 1 Year Ban
    http://etf2l.org/forum/user/38011/ this is smile , he have posted our videos by nickname Sm1le on tf2world, but on videos nickname was juscee
    proof http://tf2world.ru/forum/showpost.php?p=173956&postcount=1751
    Admins just see their Ip’s or cookies..(sry for bad english)

  107. IPZIE: SUAVE said:

    Well, ive i would now start to design boomeh shirts he will be a legend some day like Kondor.

  108. GuMMi: frø - px. said:

    Aw…. dont ban Aveng… everybody loves greg.. hes like a second vali :'(

  109. Demourge: EPA said:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt7X-SUtvEM

  110. There’s doings a transpiring « vanillatf2 said:

    […] quite rightly. With the team being unable to participate in pretty much every league and cup going due to the extended ban of Boomeh it must have been pretty tough to stay together without some kind of common purpose and goal. Maybe […]

  111. quintosh: wL. said: