Someone threatened to hack me if I didn't give him 20000 g

[Greyhorse]

Just a little while ago, I was checking something out at the CS, minding my own business, when I got a pm from a stranger. (No screenshots, darn it; I'm on an unrooted Droid X.)

But the gist of the convo was:
Him: "Give me 20000g or ill hack your account...I'm a gm."
Me: "Say what?"
Him: "Give me 20000g."
Me: (publicly) : "Hey, there's a guy here who threatened to hack me if I don't give him 20000g. His name is ____________."
(I was hoping he'd split, but he followed me and repeated his demand.)
Me, publicly: "I already reported you, BTW." Then I put him on ignore.

I thought the matter was handled, and went back to my price checking. Then, I get another pm, this time from someone who told me I had just "reported his brother, who was a gm, and f*ck you!" without the asterisk, heh.

1) Should I be worried now that I've ticked them off? What if they get friends to make false reports about me or something? And, can accounts really be hacked?

2) What the heck did they mean, gm?!?

Thanks.

[Ellyidol]

1. No there is no need to be worried AT ALL. These are just kids who want to take advantage of players. It is also illegal to impersonate a dev (or in your case, a "GM"). STS has a VERY good security system for our accounts. So the only real way to be hacked is giving out your password.

2. GM in other games mean Game Master, in here we use Devs (developers).

You should send an email to support(at)spacetimestudios.com with the names (if you can remember) of these guys. If you've also reported them individually in game, it should help.

[Corpser]

i dont know about gm but it is psoosible to get hacked if you give out your email and false reports wont do anything towards you

[Inching]

email support and give them your in game name. also tell them the approc time this happened and they will check the logs. if its true, they will get banned.

[Greyhorse]

Thank you for your replies - I feel much better!

(And yep, I wrote their names down.)

[Inching]

Thank you for your replies - I feel much better!

(And yep, I wrote their names down.)

dont forget to give the time when this happened... much faster / easier to check the logs.

[Ellyidol]

Thank you for your replies - I feel much better!

(And yep, I wrote their names down.)

Not a problem, this shouldn't worry you at all.

They are definitely going to be banned. Dev impersonation, cursing, hacking threats, what else do these players think is okay to do? -.-

[Genes]

Great advice Inching. Especially for new players regarding the time logs. This one is quite epic! Lol. Through my months playing PL, I've only encountered the constant beggings for gears and gold. Occasionally, someone trying to sell me worthless gears at ridiculous price.

[StompArtist]

Not a problem, this shouldn't worry you at all.

They are definitely going to be banned. Dev impersonation, cursing, hacking threats, what else do these players think is okay to do? -.-

An advice to avoid this kind of annoyance. Do not let them know you reported them and simply ignore. That way they will not know it comes from you and the ignore button works wonders.

[Ellyidol]

An advice to avoid this kind of annoyance. Do not let them know you reported them and simply ignore. That way they will not know it comes from you and the ignore button works wonders.

True! But the mind torture for them along with the anxiety of getting banned sure is.. pleasing. Mwahahaha.

[BeardedBear]

Anything to get a buck now a days in PL I guess. That's sad kids are trying to use fear tactics to immediate people to give them gold. I wonder who fell for this so far sham so far.

But yeah, you have nothing to be worried about GreyHorse.

[davidis57]

GM's are basically game police. Dev's develop the game and handle bugs and fixes. A dev can take on the roll of a GM as well. However, plain GM's are usually not devs. When I was a GM of a few games people would yell at me to fix stuff. That was not my function. It was my job to ban idiots like these who tried to manipulate you

[Acyer]

I just screen shot stuff and if its bad I will post it on the forums or email the devs.

[RedRyder]

lol dont worry about it. the two of them are SO banned. and being the nature it is, i see it as a permanent ban too

[Zeus]

Yeah? Dev Impersonation? Or if not Dev Impersonation? STS staff Impersonation. Perm Ban. Don't worry about it. It is likely you won't see them in game again because they are attending their execution. Btw I believe the executionor's perferred weapon of execution is, THE BANHAMMER OF JUSTICE! Dun Dun DUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RedRyder]

Yeah? Dev Impersonation? Or if not Dev Impersonation? STS staff Impersonation. Perm Ban. Don't worry about it. It is likely you won't see them in game again because they are attending their execution. Btw I believe the executionor's perferred weapon of execution is, THE BANHAMMER OF JUSTICE! Dun Dun DUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good to see youre back in high spirits parth

[Keohike]

You should be very worried. If someone black mail you, the safest way is to just give them the money.

Keohike

[Zeus]

good to see youre back in high spirits parth

, my temper tantrums don't last more then a few hours .

[StompArtist]

You should be very worried. If someone black mail you, the safest way is to just give them the money.

Keohike

I agree. 3.5M and I keep you safe-ish.

[Keohike]

I agree. 3.5M and I keep you safe-ish.

Hows bout 2 m?
Keohike