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    Removal of invalid times and scores from the leaderboards

    Hello everyone,


    We are currently removing the cheated times/scores from all leaderboards. We are starting with Android Leaderboards and iOS will follow immediately after.

    How it works:

    1. Our tools allow us to check all global stats and verify that the calculations have not been tampered with
    2. The times/scores signaled as invalid will be removed from track specific leaderboards and global leaderboards
    3. Players flagged will be able to continue to play as normal but if they continue to cheat, they will be blacklisted from further entries on any leaderboard permanently


    Notes:

    • This is an ongoing process and we want to be absolutely sure that upon removing a player's entries these are double checked as cheater, regardless of how obvious it might seem.
    • This is not related to leaderboard recalculation and sorting issues which as you have seen from QA corner sticky is also in the agenda for future actions.



    Hopefully we will be able to achieve 100% valid leaderboard times scores in the near future.

    Ride on!

    - G00nzi
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    flooodi's Avatar Senior Member
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    How many +1 can I give?

    This a huge step to the correct direction!
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    Awesome! Looking forward to this... The game really deserves the integrity this will give. i dont know how it will affect IOS... the hackers are there but they seem less blatant somehow than Android so its hard to judge the effect... But its a welcome step forward!
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    I love you G00zni! Thank you so much for doing this!
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    wow !!

    That means I'll finally find me first whereas I have been for a while, yay !!
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    Originally Posted by KarTanK Go to original post
    That means I'll finally find me first whereas I have been for a while, yay !!
    Maybe... depends on if they were hacked times or not. In your case this disclaimer might be the more relevant one (since I think you are affected by both issues more obviously than most people):
    This is not related to leaderboard recalculation and sorting issues which as you have seen from QA corner sticky is also in the agenda for future actions.
    I am hoping you get to where you deserve though!
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    Sounds great.! +1 guys.
    And also glad for KartanK and GTdave who finally got the place they deserve.
    Hope those cheaters won't find another way to rot LB before ages
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    This is a huge step in the right direction! I have noticed some issues though, but maybe it's still a work in progress.

    First of all, the global boards look like they are free of hackers now, but the individual tracks still have hackers everywhere.

    The other issue is that I see players that I don't think are cheaters have been removed (weee99, stampede-8). I know weee99 stopped playing a month or two back but haven't heard from stampede-8 in a while. Not sure what the deal is here.

    Either way it's a good start, the recalc will be glorious!
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    Hi,

    Thanks for raising these issues. Let's address them

    Originally Posted by justinman114 Go to original post
    First of all, the global boards look like they are free of hackers now, but the individual tracks still have hackers everywhere.
    True. We started with global leaderboards and now are focusing on individual LBs. This will take a bit more time due to amount.

    Originally Posted by justinman114 Go to original post
    The other issue is that I see players that I don't think are cheaters have been removed (weee99, stampede-8). I know weee99 stopped playing a month or two back but haven't heard from stampede-8 in a while. Not sure what the deal is here.
    I will investigate this.

    -G00nzi
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    Originally Posted by justinman114 Go to original post
    The other issue is that I see players that I don't think are cheaters have been removed (weee99, stampede-8). I know weee99 stopped playing a month or two back but haven't heard from stampede-8 in a while. Not sure what the deal is here.!
    Yes i confirm what justin said. weee99 and stampede-8 are not cheaters.
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