A lot of people have been clamoring for WGT to come out with an official statement on cheaters and what we are going to do about them I am sorry but this is not going to be it. It honestly is a very thin line we walk in handling situations like this. If we crack down and anyone who we "think is cheating" we ban them for life, then the moment someone slips through the cracks, boom! The post on here will go crazy. If we take the other approach of going super easy on cheats, then everyone think we are in cahoots with them. Not an easy position to be in.
So what is this post about? It is me in my humble opinion the things that need to be done to curb cheaters.
Three things that will help us the most to stop cheating:
1. Stop Forum posts that give people links or the knowledge that there are cheats out there.
2. Players being more vigilant in looking into the player before they join a game for credits. If your a Hack don't be playing a Legend for 400 credits a hole.
3. Community help in finding cheats. If you suspect someone let us know privately.
I know people will probably want more and definite answers on what exactly we do daily to stop cheating? Here's the thing though, people who may cheat also read these threads. So let's say I tell everyone we use military drones to hunt down cheaters, well now that is out in the open and people will adapt.
So everyone please enjoy the game, shoot low scores(honestly), and trust that we do know about the issues and are always trying to improve things.
- WGTdbloshoe