Divine Intervention: The Case of zebratul vs AD

[jorb]

Facts: This thread details how AD, represented by spawningmink, used a bug to bypass the visitor debuff and attempt to kill zebratul at his village. There is strong reason to believe that the bug has been used previously to steal from Dis' market.

Considerations:

• As the damages incurred are, in the context of what they could perhaps have been, minimal, and...
• As the bug was reported to us some time before it was used...

Verdict:
We have graciously decided that *merely* the tower and village at AD's gentleman's club...

... are forfeit.

I would love to point out how you are now only an unclaimed palisade away from being able to attack their coronation stone. There is some decent loot strewn about, including some master keys, and I've deleted a fair amount as well.

Spawningmink had already been awarded a cape for reporting the bug when we saw this.
Spawningmink embarassingly lost a very high level character in battle against a significantly weaker one, in attempting to use this bug.
Zebratul has been awarded a cape for bravery in battle.
The bug has been fixed.

Key takeaway:
Don't bagaboose.

[jordancoles]

Free subscription time for all of the customers who were inconvenienced by the server downtime!!!!!

[Redlaw]

Past the bug blow up hear a normal update today?

[jorb]

Past the bug blow up hear a normal update today?

No, but tomorrow.

[tyrtix]

dang, tomorrow...i said that, no sweet treats for us mere mortals!
Anyway i like how it seems that someone just draw a selection window there and hit delete...lol

[Kaios]

I would love to point out how you are now only an unclaimed palisade away from being able to attack their coronation stone. There is some decent loot strewn about, including some master keys, and I've deleted a fair amount as well.

So you deleted the pclaim too or there wasn't one? Seems like a much harsher punishment than the last one.

[Dill]

ripperoni, Party at AD vault today I guess..

[jorb]

So you deleted the pclaim too or there wasn't one? Seems like a much harsher punishment than the last one.

We've left all production centers and whatnot entirely unharmed. Last time we nuked the entire village.

[Kaios]

We've left all production centers and whatnot entirely unharmed. Last time we nuked the entire village.

Yeah I guess exp botville is a type of production center. I guarantee they lose their kingdom now though, not that I care really but that does seem harsher imo and according to you the bug "was reported to us some time before it was used" not that it makes it right to use it but you already fixed a similar bug of that type too with regards to travel preview in a boat like hello somebody is home but the lights aren't on.

[jorb]

By last time you meant the time we punished a completely different offense, namely authority botting? I was referring to Core.

Bypassing defenses is more serious, and we were setting a reasonably unexpected precedent.

Divine interventions are by necessity blunt instruments. All the more reason to not make yourself a target of them.