Banned from FAF for using VMWare?

[gaspimp]

Hi guys...

I was banned from FAF for opening it inside VMware. I'd be really happy if you could unban me. I'm not a cheater/hacker/smurf/proxy, I assure you this is a misunderstanding, let me explain...

I dual boot my machine (Mac OS X + Windows 7) because I do a lot of iOS dev work and frankly prefer Mac OSX for daily use. I fired up VMWare fusion and booted my Windows drive to update FAF and see if it was back up and running because I didn't want to reboot into Windows unless FAF was working again. I was shocked to see I was banned for opening FAF in a VM. I understand that this might be an anti-cheat system or something and I won't do it again, but I assure you this was nothing but innocent.

The message I got when I loaded FAF said I was banned for using a VM and to post in the forums, so here we are...

Cheers.

[gaspimp]

Just thought I'd post a screenshot too....

[jegt]

I did the exact same thing. Did all the downloads in vmware while working and wanted to see if FAF worked which resulted in my account being blocked.

[Ze_PilOt]

Yes, no VM is allowed.

Your account is unbanned.

[_IO]

Yes, no VM is allowed.

Why not?

[ColonelSheppard]

guess i already answered you here:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2978

[_IO]

To prevent smurfing?

I think that's taking it too far.
This is seriously preventing legitimate people from using the service.
It feels very similar to DRM in that regard - it was created to prevent bad people doing bad stuff,
but in the end it was so heavily enforced that it mostly just fucked over the legitimate users instead.

[ColonelSheppard]

_IO: you could re-write FAF for Mac/linux
--> problem solved

[gaspimp]

Much appreciated. I understand that there is a need for this because it is a quick way to cut down on abuse. I'll make sure not to do it again.

[_IO]

That's not very helpful...

Now that I think about it, wouldn't it suffice with only allowing one account per email?
Sure, some people would circumvent it by creating multiple email-accounts, but the
majority of players would not go to such lengths just to get an extra FAF account.