Hey Class
This message box popped up on spider solitaire from Pogo
"Welcome to rainy day sdier solitaire.
We're investigating a problem that is causing the game to disconnect players frequently,and we're working to address a glitch reported by many players that's causing progress issues.
Also,please be reminded that telling other players how to exploit a glitch or a bug in any game on pogo.com is a violation of the terms of service.
So please feel free to report abuse on any player that you see doing so."
Pogo is asking for snitches to report so BE CAREFUL.
Well Chit
>:(
that's profiling isn't that illegial ???
We�ve received a lot of feedback this week on how challenging it is to win the Rainy Day Spider Solitaire challenge due to a problem with our system. We have discovered that there is an outstanding issue with the game and that many people have discovered a hole in the game that allows them to move through the ranks at a rapid rate. This also allows them to win the badge unfairly. We are working to fix this problem as soon as possible.
While most Club Pogo members play the challenge honestly, unfortunately, there are a few handfuls of people who don�t, and we take these actions seriously. Please understand that it is a violation of our Terms of Service to exploit any hole or glitch in the service to gain progress in any of our games. It is also against our Terms of Service to tell others about such holes or glitches. This includes revealing this information through chat and posting such information publicly.
We are taking action on a good number of accounts that have been shown to have used this exploit. If you find that you are unable to get into the games, it�s very likely that your account has been suspended for 72 hours for either using the exploit, or for telling others about it.
For those of you who have played the game honestly, we thank you, congratulate you, and apologize to you for the inconvenience caused by this problem.
like it's our fault that they screw up >:(
meh. it's only 72 hours.
-Kristin
Damm Pogo!
Yes, there is that possibility.
No, they take them away. They don't just give you a "time out" from your badges.
I think people must be pretty bored and sad and displeased with their life's path if all they do all day is sit around looking through profiles for "cheaters" :-\
-Kristin
It was a Sting to Weed out All us Cheaters, and we fell for it.
Damm it!
It's Entrapment!
When you say they take away the badges plus getting times out..., is that just the rank badges for Spider, or is it ALL the badges we have ever made???????
I am never going to underestimate Pogo, and the pogo nerds Ever Again!
Well, It will take a while to look at everyone's profiles, and try to catch all the Cheaters. If we do get suspended, it will be determined by your Pogo Screen Name in the Alphabet.
So, my Advice to everyone right now, forever who did use the Glitch, Just lay Low, Do not use any Cheat programs, and keep your mouth Shut about it all!
They are probably in the A's Now!
i'm in the very low s's ;D
i will fight to not play pogo til next badge day
Guys, they aren't going to suspend thousands upon thousands of people. Please chill out.
i got the shakes man :o :o :o :o
Quote from: Barbara on August 04, 2005, 01:45:30 PM
Guys, they aren't going to suspend thousands upon thousands of people. Please chill out.
I was thinking that pogo may be a pretty lonely place to be if they give everyone a 72 hour 'time out'. There were hundreds using the glitch last night. O0
>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
I just had to do this!.....Yeah, I know, but You know, But for Our Predicament.......
OHHHHH!
Bad pogo players
Whatcha want, watcha want
Whatcha gonna do
When Sheriff John Brown come for you
Tell me
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
Yeaheah
bad pogo players, bad pogo players
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
When they come for you
When you were eight
And you had bad traits
You go to school
And learn the golden rule
So why are you
Acting like a bloody fool
If you get hot
You must get cool
bad pogo players, bad pogo players
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
When they come for you
You chuck it on that one
You chuck it on this one
You chuck it on your mother and
You chuck it on your father
You chuck it on your brother and
You chuck it on your sister
You chuck it on that one and
You chuck it on me
bad pogo players, bad pogo players
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
When they come for you
Nobody naw give you no break
Police naw give you no break
Soldier naw give you no break
Not even you 'idren naw give you no break
Hey hey
bad pogo players, bad pogo players
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
When they come for you
Why did you have to act so mean
Don't you know you're human being
Born of a mother with the love of a father
Reflections come and reflections go
I know sometimes you want to let go
Hey hey hey
I know sometimes you want to let go
bad pogo players, bad pogo players
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
When they come for you
(You're too bad, you're too rude)
(You're too bad, you're too rude)
bad pogo players, bad pogo players
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
When they come for you
You chuck it on that one
You chuck it on this one
You chuck it on your mother and
You chuck it on your father
You chuck it on your brother and
You chuck it on your sister
You chuck it on that one and
You chuck it on me
bad pogo players, bad pogo players
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
When they come for you
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Pogo Cops is filmed on location with the men and women of Pogo Law enforcement.
All Suspects are
Fracked until Proven Guilty!
Today on Cops: POGO
Beep Beep Beep:
All units please Converge.
WE GOT A 10894387573939 on the Spider Solitare ExpressWay, All units please Converge
Oh Darn.
They are going to take my spider badges that I got through the glitch??
Well I guess 72 hours later I will be running spider fighter 2 to win them back the old fashioned way.
Lay Low??
Heck no then the snitches win.
NO FEAR.
The capt's auto boat will still be sailing , full steam ahead O0
HE'S A MAAAAAAD MAN :D
Oh Hell, do you know Howmany Glitches for alot of the games People use.
Like for Golf....
Pop-Fu
Squelchies
Those One-time only glitches for Wordjong, Word Whomp, and and other games that have had Glitches!
DAMM THE POGO MAN!
if microsoft never cought me for using glitches in halo2 on live i doubt ea will catch me ;)
Pogo's programmers can't produce a clean game without glitches, and then comes down on their members when the glitches are exploited???
Hence my screen name here, and my signature banner....
oh crap, I am in the "A"'s, lets keep the fingers crossed :o
Hmmmmmmmm I am in the X's maybe pogo will get bored and give up before then..................lmao yeah right.
Or maybe they will just do it the easier way and check the badge server? I would be stunned if Pogo did anything. Just relax.
I figured pogo puts these glitches out there purposely and then has an employee spread the rumor of the glitch around so everyone uses it and that way they don't have to pay any jackpots out cuz everyone used a glitch lol
Lol, now there's a thought. Not everyone used the glitch though.
I agree with Barbara. Just play it safe until things calm down. Just use the same caution as you do when you use an auto. Don't spend too much time in one room. Also pay attention to the ongoing conversation, if they are talking about the glitch at all, just leave the room. There may be snitches afoot! :P
But honestly, I wouldn't worry too much. Besides, it's just a 72hr ban, not indefinite. The idea of losing all the RDSS badges really sucks but it's a small price when it comes to that and having an indefinite ban put on your account.
-Kristin
dear Barbara,
Due to your using a glitch in a previous game we will have to forfeit your Jp you just won, we will take your money and use it for an employee party, we will also take your badge. Thank you for playing pogo, we hope that you will continue your membership with us. Have a good day!!
Pogo staff
that will be the next email someone receives after winning a JP. lmao
Oh my! That's really funny and clever, thanks for the laugh. I hope they had fun at their stinking employee party with my jackpot money. I wonder if they had cakey? The even funnier thing is that I don't use the glitches, so they got my cakey for nothing. Damn you Pogo and your lust for festive buttery baked goods at my expense!
P.S. We will have an all you can eat cake buffet.........lmfao
And a cupcake in a little party bag for everyone to take home?
with confetti sprinkles
Oh man, you are evil.
my apologies Barbara, and i will stop now that i have run this off topic sorry gang. lol
You hijack like a pro, welcome to the club!
well ty lol
You now belong to an elite trio who tends to run with scissors. >:D
To keep of topic, my guess is POGO is using the jackpot money to buy donuts *See the new donut background* to torture us with....Just another fine service from pogo
POGO= People Overly Going OINK!! >:D
Quote from: Barbara on August 04, 2005, 03:54:13 PM
And a cupcake in a little party bag for everyone to take home?
I never took my cuppycake home...I always ate it the moment I got one!! I figured the frosting would get ruined and mushed up against the bag...couldn't have that!! Besides, being the cakey hog I am, I figured I'd cause a major highway accident when I licked the frosting off the bag.
you know when you lick the frosting off you should pull over like you "should" when using a cell phone lol
If I pulled over every time I had to lick frosting, I would never get out of my driveway.
That is why I eat it before I even drive. It could turn out to be a disaster otherwise, frosting all over your signal lever, your steering wheel, your radio knobs...chocolate finger print on your registration that you've just handed over to the cop. Who doesn't seem to buy that you've taken out a set of guardrails, two old ladies, an emergency phone, and a sign that says, "In X County we take highway safety seriously....please buckle up.".....all because you had to lick that Rich, Sweet, Creamy Chocolate frosting off your party bag.
geez i hijack the topic and you guys run with it lmao
Quote from: Emrlddrgn on August 04, 2005, 06:25:47 PM
geez i hijack the topic and you guys run with it lmao
Thats the way we roll even know I had nothing to do with it. But here is my 2 sence. how cookie dough ice cream.
Mmmmmmmmm cookie dough ice cream
QuoteWe're investigating a problem that is causing the game to disconnect players frequently
Isn't that the same thing as the glitch?? Or are they trying to disassociate one with the other?
Ya know POGO is full of it in this instance for sure...They screw up and then they somehow twist it around that players are doing something wrong???
Obviously the Employees of EA didn't ever get taught what most of us have been and that is "If you screw up you pay for it"
So HELLLLLLLLO POGO...your mess...your programmers screwed up...so deal with it.
Just another reason to not pay for a year of POGO...if they ban mine oh well guess that means they can no longer bill my CC that monthly fee..LOL
I'm just curious, I have lots of people on my friends list, but only one that I can't view their badges today. I get an error from pogo about problems and to try again later.
Could this have something to do with the glitch?
This person isn't my friend but just someone that was asking questions last nigh, so I added them so that I could keep an eye on them.
So are they a spy or do they have a program that will hide their badges from me??? :-X
they might have gotten suspended and lost all there badges
Quote from: christina on August 04, 2005, 07:50:59 PM
QuoteWe're investigating a problem that is causing the game to disconnect players frequently
Isn't that the same thing as the glitch?? Or are they trying to disassociate one with the other?
Surely if there is a problem that is causing us to all be booted from the game room frequently then none of us actually took advantage of the glitch....we were just desperately trying to get into the game? We were just unfortunate enough for pogo to continue booting us until it was too late and we already had the badges due to the glitch and there was no point playing anymore. ;D
QuoteSurely if there is a problem that is causing us to all be booted from the game room frequently then none of us actually took advantage of the glitch....we were just desperately trying to get into the game? We were just unfortunate enough for pogo to continue booting us until it was too late and we already had the badges due to the glitch and there was no point playing anymore.
I was thinking the same thing! I know so many were having problems with RDSS that they kept getting booted out of the game. So really, I wonder how many got suspended from the glitch, when in fact Pogo had problems with the game anyway.
At about 2pm EST yesterday, my Mom got that lil pop up thingy saying they were investigating the problem... blah blah blah. She of course didn't have a CLUE what they were talking about. It was posted to a group I belong to and sure enough, someone got their account suspended just before 3pm. He wrote Pogo and got the following response;
Greetings,
Your account was suspended for 72 hours for using Rainy Day Solitaire exploit in the game.
Your account will be available for use after the suspension has expired
I'm guessing most have gotten their accounts suspended by now... by Monday it should all be back to normal... well normal for Pogo that is! I received a TON of Pogo mail messages about the glitch.... now everyone is running and deleting all evidence of it! Always remember.... BIG BROTHER POGO is always watching and has many peons who are spying for him too! :D
The Most amazing thing happened to me last night. I got temporarily banned from Pogo for breaking the terms of Service. No Email, no Notice! Just a quick pop up and pogo mail closed to me. My Pogo name is in the C's and honey, I was suspended by 7pm est.
Now the most amazing other thing is a few of my friends got the same message and one finally got her email and it was for using CAPS in the room and a Macros program and considering the fact thats she's a Tournament Director, Thats a scary thought...
I can't help it if I was playing in hard on Spider, I was at level 22 and I do love the game. I laughed every time pogo kicked me out of the room after not loading the tokies and I found my percentage going up. Am I to Stop trying to get into the room?.....Pogo might wind up paying a few ppl for frustration and aggravation before this is over with. How many lawyers got suspended? :-X
I just wish I could get back in to watch the fun. 8)
Pogo doesn't always e-mail people to warn them of bans and suspensions.
As for your friend, using a macro program to spam the room with messages is against the TOS. It is actually the only way a league host could possibly address the players in real time and be noticed. Pogo needs to change their policy on this if they wish for people to host and join leagues.
Pogo just seems full of themself lately.
I'm laying low and spending my time in uncensored rooms. I figure even a snitch isn't going to take the time to create an email for pogo, and you can't report right from the rooms.
Even if I do get the suspension, it's my own fault. I cheated. I'll be happy to only have a 3-day suspension, as to not lose over 300 badges.
Just curious - what was the glitch?
The glitch was to wait for the game to load and the game area to go dark and close out or refresh. It's something that anyone could do and not know they did it.
The suspensions from it to me is random. Sure ther's some who deserved the suspension and got it, but I've seen people get all the badges and are still playing, and those know never even knew they used the glitch to be flagged for suspension.
it is just purely random with the suspension. i did mine, and 4 other friends accounts using the glitch - with their permission first of course - and none of us have gotten banned and between the 5 of us we are all over the alphabet. but we did get ours on tuesday which is before badges are released. maybe that has something to do with it. i dont know.
me too. im gonna be very carefull too. i always made sure i went into a pretty full room to where my name didnt show up in the whos here list without having to scroll. my sn is nere the top of the alphabet so i always have to be careful anyway. i hurried and got mine and a few other friends done before wednesday morning expecting there to be problems because of badge day with a badge in that game and it paid off - for the time being. and yes who ever posted about changing rooms when people would start talking about the topic was an excellent idea. i had to do that once because one of the rooms i was in people started talking about cheaters coz someone asked about why people kept going in and out of the room. that sent a red flag up to me to hurry out of there.
that is some very good advice to follow in the future when using autos and or glitches in any game. keep an eye open on the chat area. first mention of auto use, cheaters, someone having too many badges or tokens, etc. quickly run away.
Quote from: smiles29 on August 09, 2005, 07:04:20 AM
that is some very good advice to follow in the future when using autos and or glitches in any game. keep an eye open on the chat area. first mention of auto use, cheaters, someone having too many badges or tokens, etc. quickly run away.
I would'nt 'run away' it's the first sign that you are/were guilty. just stop the auto and continue on for a little bit and don't chat back unless chatted to first by your screen name.
{TIP}
while the auto is running, intentionly lose once in awhile to keep the your game stats in check realisticly.
When I found out about the spider glitch, I also did a few friends for them. However to keep from being suspicious to the "snitches" I did the ranks in intervals rather than all the badges being close together, actually took my chances on the glitch being unfixed and did them over a 3 day period, so all the badges didn't have the same dates on them. Got to within one game from next badge and stopped then waited till late night or early morning to get the next badge, and then looked up games I was close to next badge in and did them in-between... helped me to get on the ball with the games that were needing finished plus got all the spider badges all in one. I did the same method with the Word Jong last fall. This way it helps to not get the "snitches" in an uproar.