# Improvement to Cheat Detection (and Consequent Bans) **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [May 16, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/improvement-to-cheat-detection-and-consequent-bans/55088 "2019-05-16T01:29:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 56
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/improvement-to-cheat-detection-and-consequent-bans/55088/56 "2019-05-17T17:33:04Z")
> [@Kbam](#): > > I agree there should be a sliding scale. Treating someone who alters the game code or data stream to their advantage is not the same as someone who programs their mouse to click and collect tributes every hour. The worst offenders should be banned while less serious offenses should be suspended for a week or two with a 1-strike warning against doing so in the future. Cheating is a black and white issue. Even tributes. One human being can’t collect tribute 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Therefore, those who use programs to do it are gaining an unfair edge over those who don’t. That simple. Do the players who cheated or some how sympathize with cheating while not giving a frank 💩 about the players you/they screw over? Those people don’t get a “sliding scale” of rewards sent back to their accounts when players are banned. Cheaters cause a dominoe effect that wastes others time, resources, and possibly money. Lastly, this is for every cheating db that reads this: IF YOU’RE SMART ENOUGH TO WRITE A CODE OR HACK THE GAME. THEN YOU’RE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. Spare me the insult of thinking anyone here is dumb enough to have any sympathy for you. You are literally the worst kind of people. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/improvement-to-cheat-detection-and-consequent-bans/55088)._