This past couple of weeks, a VERY controversial issue in Baldur cropped up.

Apparently, AnL guild of Baldur had a guild bug. Due to this, the can use the guildmaster skill, Emergency Call TWICE because they have 2 guildmasters. Now, this is really UNFAIR for all of those in the RPC 2007 Agit Lords siege scoring since this guild with the so-called bug can technically be in several places at an instant. Sort of a “ping-pong” effect if you asked me.

A lot of flamed, red-hot threads had appeared on the boards and in the unofficial chaos forums too. I have been receiving a lot of text messages, phone calls and even flooded comments here at my site.

I decided to help the RO RPC 2007 judges to investigate this matter. They will be posting an official statement at the website and at the forums any minute now. I don’t want to pre-empt it and place it here since I want the official channels to be the one to announce it first.

I will, however, tell you a few stories and a sorta inside-look into the investigation of the case.

That and more after you click…

Evidence is always important in an investigation. If ever you watch CSI, Gil Grissom tells us that the “evidence cannot lie”. The same is true in this case. Apparently, I wanted to hear both sides of the story first. Gather all the evidence and then me and the team should look at all the details and then decide if they are guilty or not.

Of course, before any case, a formal complaint must be made. The forums do not serve as a formal complaint but we DID get a couple of e-mails formally protesting and complaining about this. I won’t name-drop but they did substantiate their letter with “evidence” in the form of screenshots.

This prompted the GM team to investigate the matter. Lo and behold, once we tested their accounts, they really CAN do the darn cheat… madaya nga.

Now, to be fair, it’s good to hear the side of AnL too. We had a dialogue yesterday with their formal representative. The discussions were good and we heard all their stories and their side. About how they filed a ticket and “informed us about the bug”. Well, once we opened the ticket (the evidence cannot lie), they only asked us to fix certain functions (name change) but NEVER mentioned anything about a double EC bug. This to me and for the pRO team is clearly witholding information.

The RPC head judge then asked them to file a formal letter on why we should not sanction them. Based on this letter, the merits of the case and of course, the EVIDENCE, the RPC 2007 committee came up with a FINAL DECISION regarding the case.

You will find it later at the ragnarok website and the forums. So stay tuned.

Thanks!

PS. I would appreciate it if you do not flame, curse or threaten one another in the comments below. Let’s keep it civilized. Respect each other or else I will be forced to turn the COMMENTS OFF. Thank you in advance.