Chapter 1282: 414. Don’t be afraid of causing a big scene
Every game has its rule breakers, and every game settles scores after the harvest, pursuing and banning those violators.
Often, just because you haven’t been banned for cheating now doesn’t mean you won’t be banned in the future; it’s simply that the officials haven’t got around to it yet.
However, the vast majority of players who were banned would claim they were banned by mistake. A few even loudly complain on forums, ranting about the random bans, and then they flame wars with players who respond to their posts.
This situation was particularly noticeable on Day One of the new expansion.
Just on this day alone, the game officials announced nearly 50 permanently banned player accounts on the homepage.
The reason for the bans was uniform: modifying the game helmet on their own, violating the Player Conduct Rules that every player must agree to upon entering the game.
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Those whose accounts had been banned re-registered new ones and started flame wars on the game forums.
Some took photos of their game helmets and posted them in the forum thread, swearing an oath that if they ever modified their game helmet, their entire family would drop dead.
Others went all out and live-streamed themselves smashing their game helmets to vent their anger.
A small group shared screenshots of their requests to the Company for paper invoices, urging other falsely banned players to exert pressure on the game officials like they did. noveldrama
In any case, not a single person admitted to modifying their game helmet; they all believed they had been wrongly banned.
Mason Gray thought the same.
He was casually strolling through the Magic Academy when he was unexpectedly prompted by the game that he had been disconnected.
After several attempts, he could not log back in.
Just when he thought it was due to server overload following today’s expansion update, a message about his account being banned popped up on his phone.
This sent Mason Gray into a panic!
If he couldn’t infiltrate the Magic Academy and cause havoc, how would he complete the Dark Divine Cult’s deadly task?
If the task failed, wouldn’t his life be on the line?
Mason Gray was plunged into fear.
But what he hadn’t expected was that even though his account was banned, he was still receiving task messages.
When the game’s task interface appeared before him, Mason Gray was dumbfounded!
What did he see?!
He saw line after line of System Text and the concise task interface.
With his account gone, how could he still be receiving messages from within the game?
Upon further examining the content on the task interface, Mason Gray’s pupils dilated and a hopeful light flashed in his eyes.
[Task Update!]
[Task Name: Divide the Player Base]
[Task Details: You must purchase a new game helmet and enter the game. In the game, cooperate with the player “Dark Disciple” to spread rumors and incite conflicts among the major guilds.]
[Reward: ]
[Successfully inciting a conflict between the “Gold Dragon” guild and any large guild will be rewarded with a Golden Roc Level Escort Ship.]
[Successfully isolating the “Gold Dragon” guild from other large guilds will be rewarded with a Golden Roc Level Battle Cruiser.]
[Failure Penalty: Erasure.]
A new task.
It replaced the task Mason Gray had received before.
The rewards for the two tasks were worlds apart, but the penalty for failure remained the same: “Erasure.”
This time, however, after receiving the task, much of the fear in Mason Gray’s heart subsided.
He realized that the so-called “erasure” was not as harsh as it sounded.
If the task was failed due to irresistible circumstances, he wouldn’t be erased.
The Dark Divine Cult that was manipulating everything behind the scenes probably hadn’t anticipated a player like Mason Gray getting his account banned.
At the same time, this also indirectly indicated that the number of players under the control of the Dark Divine Cult was not many, not enough to arbitrarily erase players.
Mason Gray’s mind was a mess, and all he could do was follow the task’s directive and purchase a new account.
He instinctively clicked open the forum to check the players’ interactions.
Several posts about “wrongful bans” had caught the attention of many players.
The players in these posts were on fire, and in just 10 minutes, the number of responses to the posts surged past a hundred.
One poster’s ID made Mason Gray’s gaze falter.
That person’s nickname was “Dark Disciple.”
This guy talked a beautiful game, with a grandeur that allowed him to flame war with over a dozen players in a single thread, truly like a Tentacle Monster.
He even posted a photo of his game helmet and added the characters “If I ever modified the game helmet, my parents would go to heaven.”
Such vicious and ruthless oaths were not something an ordinary person could make; no wonder the task required Mason Gray to work with this person.
Mason Gray tugged at his hair, stared at the keyboard for a few seconds, then began typing furiously.
The task required him to work with Dark Disciple, right?
No problem.
Posting on forums counts as cooperation, doesn’t it?
“Clickety-clack—”
Mason Gray typed a few lines and hit the enter key.
“Guys, let me say something rational, neutral, and objective. Which game doesn’t have wrongful bans? This game is no exception. Dark Disciple dares to take such a drastic oath, what are you trolls whining about?”
It didn’t take long for someone to reply to Mason Gray.
“What’s with the Level 1 new account blabbering about? Were you banned too, so you could only open a new account to be noticed? If you’ve got the guts, speak on your main account!”
Mason Gray felt veins pulsing on his forehead.
He was still figuring out how to fire back when someone else posted a reply below.