Please stop the Run out cheat codes and abusive taunts

[YAWN]

Hello Developers,

I play for fun everyday and the experience is getting harrowing day by day.

1. There are trolls who taunt all the time, either about superior skills or downright racist comments.

2. RUNOUT cheat code: Some players use runout cheat codes. I do not have the cheat code, but it lets them run any number of runs and never get runout. Everytime the batsman is out of crease, I mean way out of crease, the run out does not work! People use this to cheat.

What fun is it? And then the othe day one guy challenged me (he is level 2, me close to 20) and scored > 50 in 3 overs. Clearly there was something fishy.

Unless the cheaters are kept at bay and the India-Pakistan flames are doused it will be an uncomfortable experience playing the game.

 

[Radius_Vector]

YAWN, Im sorry for your bad experience with the abuses. Unfortunately, that's something we can't control, and yet it is a necessary evil (chat in multiplayer is extremely useful for a lot of other things).

However, we're completely remaking the pavilion and there wont be the possibility of mass-abusing from there. If any, it may still be possible to do it in-game, but we welcome you to use the ' report abuse' function and report certain users if they're overdoing it.

However, within limits of course, such comments are best ignored and instead dealt with with the bat or ball

The run out issue is not a cheat, it is simply a network lag issue where the batsman has actually reached the crease on the other end, but it appears delayed on your side because of the network. This is being worked on currently as well.

Thanks again for your feedback, and we're trying our best to make this the people's cricket game.

 

[afridi118]

make a chat that is already there like if some wanna say hi he choose from the list hi
and list should not be 15 or more words and some words could be this yes no great nice work mate good shot or you go to planetcricket.org offical forums of howzat are there or cricketweb.
as this way no one will be cursing.
i some times say pakistan is best sorry all will avoide it
sorry

 

[Afriditown07]

I don't know about the run out thing.
It has happened to me so many times.
When theres a run towards third man (I play the late cut and it goes straight to fielder) I run and I get run out.
My friend plays the exact same shot, goes to the fielder, he somehow makes it.
But he promised that on his screen it looked like he made it, so I guess Aal Iz Well.

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If they take chat away from HowZat it would be sad.
Chat is one thing that makes HowZat so much fun to play.
Talk with your friends, etc! Just makes the games more challenging.
Who cares if some random person from half way across the world is absuing you by typing "bad words".
Just ignore it