mattman00000 [tompreuss]

[mattman00000]

As I do not know how widespread knowledge of the relevant exploits is, I'll go ahead and disappoint any curious parties who happen upon this post by not revealing the specifics of the exploits.

 

The sequence of events, as I understand them, follows. A player, hereafter identified as Player1, started to discuss finding a duplication glitch. My logs, based on US Central Time, indicate

 

 

2014-04-05 12:25:45:296 [CHAT] <Player1> uhhhh

2014-04-05 12:25:48:350 [CHAT] <Player1> found a bug

2014-04-05 12:25:55:649 [CHAT] <mattman00000> silverfish?

2014-04-05 12:25:56:598 [CHAT] <T*********> like a silverfish/

2014-04-05 12:25:58:654 [CHAT] <Player1> nope

2014-04-05 12:26:01:446 [CHAT] <F************> st-stick your dick in it

2014-04-05 12:26:07:301 [CHAT] <Player1> [item redacted] dupe

 

 

2014-04-05 12:28:33:353 [iNFO] [CHAT] Player1 joined the game.

2014-04-05 12:28:36:552 [iNFO] [CHAT] <Player1> here

2014-04-05 12:28:45:654 [iNFO] [CHAT] <Player1> still 13 [item redacted] by me, not 10

 

After satisfying myself that it was most likely a bona fide glitch, I then attempted to investigate the possible glitch via chat. Requests for additional information via chat were futile, to say the least

 

 

2014-04-05 12:30:04:951 [CHAT] <Player1> mattman fakoo, I won't tell you

2014-04-05 12:30:09:145 [CHAT] <Player1> =P

 

I did reach a reasonable compromise

 

 

2014-04-05 12:31:15:895 [CHAT] <Player1> matt, it's a specific setup, I bet mods can logblock for it

2014-04-05 12:31:29:248 [CHAT] <Player1> well if you come to me I can't [f]orbid you watching...

 

On or about 2014-04-05 12:41:56:442 Player1 commenced a demonstration of one possible method of implementing the exploit. This demonstration convinced me beyond any reasonable doubt that the exploit is real. Immediately, I couldn't keep myself from conceiving a possible way to automate the process, almost as a reflex. Once I had a design in mind, I realized it wouldn't be terribly useful except for testing and demonstration purposes.

 

The following evening, at or about 2014-04-06 21:45:42:901, following a successful test, I informed a friend who is also a moderator, hereafter identified as Moderator1. I do not have logs as the discussion took place in mumble. In both instances, I constructed the automatic design I conceived rather than the original method shown. In hindsight, I recognize that an automated method most likely seemed to imply an intent to make use of it frequently.

 

I apologize for any confusion, and recognize in hindsight that I should have followed up with an admin. Honestly, it completely slipped my mind until this ban. I take full responsibility for my actions, and I affirm that in the future, I shall endeavor to follow up with admins about such exploits, in the event that I find myself having knowledge of them again.

 

I know that it's predictable that anyone who finds themselves facing this forum would deny malicious intent, but I hope I can persuade you that I do not have any desire to benefit from duplication exploits, and that I never have and never will. If it's adequate reparation, I'd be happy to point an admin in the direction of my chests that contain items of the type involved in this duplication glitch, as well as chests containing precursor material.

 

I'm almost as sorry for the long wall of text as I am for the original offense, but duplication is kind of a big deal to me. I'd like very much to repair my reputation as best as I can. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and for all that you do to maintain minecraft servers of the highest integrity.

 

EDIT: Almost forgot: I, mattman00000, do hereby affirm that I have read the server rules, and that I shall continue to do everything I can to follow them to the best of my ability.

Edited April 10, 2014 by mattman00000

[CROCKODUCK]

Ban information: ban for mattman00000 for exploitation of item duplication glitch on P nerd.nu/appeal by tompreuss on 2014-04-09 20:39:06 (NO other bans, 3 notes) 

 

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[tompreuss]

Hi mattman00000,

 

You've admitted to taking advantage of an item duplication glitch, but say that your intent was not malicious.  However, your actions say otherwise.

 

First, the full chat logs from the conversation you quote:

 

2014-04-05 10:25:45 | <erdtZAC> found a bug
2014-04-05 10:25:53 | <mattman00000> silverfish?
2014-04-05 10:25:54 | <Tyrangiels> like a silverfish/
2014-04-05 10:25:56 | <erdtZAC> nope
2014-04-05 10:25:59 | <Finicky_Squid> st-stick your dick in it
2014-04-05 10:26:04 | <erdtZAC> comparator dupe
2014-04-05 10:26:11 | <mattman00000> relog?
2014-04-05 10:26:16 | <pez252> t Not just lag?
2014-04-05 10:26:21 | <Finicky_Squid> just for science you should tell us
2014-04-05 10:26:27 | <erdtZAC> matt, it drops 2 when I break one
2014-04-05 10:26:36 | <mattman00000> did you relog?
2014-04-05 10:26:42 | <pez252> I had that with repeaters before
2014-04-05 10:26:49 | <erdtZAC> I see 2 stacked items dropped
2014-04-05 10:26:50 | <pez252> the dupe vanished when i tried to use it
2014-04-05 10:27:07 | <mattman00000> erdtZAC did you disconnect and reconnect to the server?

2014-04-05 10:27:28 | erdtZAC issued server command: /modreq [admin] Found a dupe bug. Please /msg and I'll demonstrate :/

2014-04-05 10:27:46 | <erdtZAC> I don't need to reconnect because I SEE 2 items dropped!
2014-04-05 10:27:48 | <erdtZAC> geez
2014-04-05 10:27:56 | <Tyrangiels> geez
2014-04-05 10:28:00 | <mattman00000> fucking shit
2014-04-05 10:28:00 | <Finicky_Squid> try it anyways brah
2014-04-05 10:28:14 | <mattman00000> don't announce dupe glitches without relogging to test
2014-04-05 10:28:17 | <mattman00000> ffs
2014-04-05 10:28:18 | <Finicky_Squid> ^

2014-04-05 10:28:27 | erdtZAC left the game.
2014-04-05 10:28:30 | erdtZAC logged in

2014-04-05 10:28:34 | <erdtZAC> here
2014-04-05 10:28:43 | <erdtZAC> still 13 comparators by me, not 10
2014-04-05 10:28:43 | <TemporarilyAlone> everything i craft bloody dupes Q_Q then goes away after a few seconds
2014-04-05 10:28:44 | <firemn1> we're trying to say what you see might not be congruent to what the server sees
2014-04-05 10:28:46 | <TemporarilyAlone> its really annoying
2014-04-05 10:29:03 | <mattman00000> ok, so how often does this occur?
2014-04-05 10:29:05 | <Finicky_Squid> erdtZAC maybe try placing them
2014-04-05 10:29:07 | <erdtZAC> always
2014-04-05 10:29:14 | <erdtZAC> I placed them, I'm not an idiot
2014-04-05 10:29:16 | <Tyrangiels> infinite comparators!
2014-04-05 10:29:17 | <mattman00000> I mean the dropping two comparators?
2014-04-05 10:29:21 | <erdtZAC> yes
2014-04-05 10:29:32 | <mattman00000> it always drops two?
2014-04-05 10:29:39 | <erdtZAC> yes, under certain circumstances
2014-04-05 10:29:43 | <erdtZAC> in a certain setup
2014-04-05 10:29:47 | <wyatt8740> wait... duping comparators!?!?!???
2014-04-05 10:29:48 | <mattman00000> what are you doing? what are the circumstances?
2014-04-05 10:30:02 | <erdtZAC> mattman fakoo, I won't tell you
2014-04-05 10:30:06 | <erdtZAC> =P
2014-04-05 10:30:10 | <wyatt8740> drtmv will be so happy
2014-04-05 10:30:12 | <Finicky_Squid> sometimes does not equal always
2014-04-05 10:30:17 | <mattman00000> fuckhead
2014-04-05 10:30:24 | <erdtZAC> no free comparators
2014-04-05 10:30:36 | <mattman00000> I don't have words
2014-04-05 10:30:50 | <mattman00000> you're going to get comparators banned
2014-04-05 10:30:54 | <pez252> You have at least 4 words
2014-04-05 10:30:55 | <erdtZAC> lol
2014-04-05 10:31:07 | <mattman00000> and you're not even going to assist in peer review processes
2014-04-05 10:31:13 | <erdtZAC> matt, it's a specific setup, I bet mods can logblock for it
2014-04-05 10:31:26 | <erdtZAC> well if you come to me I can't orbid you watching...
2014-04-05 10:31:31 | <erdtZAC> *forbid
2014-04-05 10:32:05 | <erdtZAC> although this seems uber stupid really, redstone data values are fucky

2014-04-05 10:41:40 | <erdtZAC> fakoo :P
2014-04-05 10:42:40 | <erdtZAC> yup
2014-04-05 10:43:08 | <mattman00000> well
2014-04-05 10:43:09 | <mattman00000> neato

Note that erdtZAC, instead of taking advantage of the glitch, reports it via a /modreq to a server administrator.  Later on, he, at my instruction, demonstrated it for me twice.  He, before I could tell him to, destroyed the duplicated items in lava.

  

Once I had a design in mind, I realized it wouldn't be terribly useful except for testing and demonstration purposes.

 

I constructed the automatic design I conceived rather than the original method shown. In hindsight, I recognize that an automated method most likely seemed to imply an intent to make use of it frequently.

Your "testing and demonstration purposes" exploit of the glitch lasted for seven and a half minutes. It involved you placing 107 comparators:

 

( 1) 04-06 11:31:31 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
( 2) 04-06 11:32:08 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
( 3) 04-06 11:32:51 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
( 4) 04-06 11:32:59 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
( 5) 04-06 11:33:09 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
( 6) 04-06 11:33:19 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
( 7) 04-06 11:33:25 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
( 8) 04-06 11:33:32 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
( 9) 04-06 11:33:38 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(10) 04-06 11:33:44 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(11) 04-06 11:33:51 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(12) 04-06 11:34:39 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(13) 04-06 11:34:42 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(14) 04-06 11:34:45 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(15) 04-06 11:34:51 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(16) 04-06 11:35:33 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(17) 04-06 11:35:46 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(18) 04-06 11:35:49 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(19) 04-06 11:35:52 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(20) 04-06 11:35:54 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(21) 04-06 11:35:56 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(22) 04-06 11:35:59 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(23) 04-06 11:36:01 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(24) 04-06 11:36:04 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(25) 04-06 11:36:06 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(26) 04-06 11:36:09 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(27) 04-06 11:36:11 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(28) 04-06 11:36:14 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(29) 04-06 11:36:17 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(30) 04-06 11:36:20 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(31) 04-06 11:36:22 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(32) 04-06 11:36:25 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(33) 04-06 11:36:27 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(34) 04-06 11:36:30 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(35) 04-06 11:36:32 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(36) 04-06 11:36:35 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(37) 04-06 11:36:37 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(38) 04-06 11:36:39 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(39) 04-06 11:36:42 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(40) 04-06 11:36:44 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(41) 04-06 11:36:46 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(42) 04-06 11:36:48 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(43) 04-06 11:36:50 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(44) 04-06 11:36:53 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(45) 04-06 11:36:56 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(46) 04-06 11:36:58 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(47) 04-06 11:37:01 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(48) 04-06 11:37:03 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(49) 04-06 11:37:06 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(50) 04-06 11:37:08 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(51) 04-06 11:37:16 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(52) 04-06 11:37:17 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(53) 04-06 11:37:19 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(54) 04-06 11:37:20 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(55) 04-06 11:37:22 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(56) 04-06 11:37:24 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(57) 04-06 11:37:26 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(58) 04-06 11:37:27 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(59) 04-06 11:37:29 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(60) 04-06 11:37:31 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(61) 04-06 11:37:32 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(62) 04-06 11:37:33 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(63) 04-06 11:37:35 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(64) 04-06 11:37:37 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(65) 04-06 11:37:38 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(66) 04-06 11:37:39 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(67) 04-06 11:37:41 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(68) 04-06 11:37:43 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(69) 04-06 11:37:44 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(70) 04-06 11:37:46 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(71) 04-06 11:37:47 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(72) 04-06 11:37:49 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(73) 04-06 11:37:50 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(74) 04-06 11:37:52 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(75) 04-06 11:37:53 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(76) 04-06 11:37:55 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(77) 04-06 11:37:56 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(78) 04-06 11:37:58 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(79) 04-06 11:38:00 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(80) 04-06 11:38:02 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(81) 04-06 11:38:03 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(82) 04-06 11:38:05 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(83) 04-06 11:38:07 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(84) 04-06 11:38:09 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(85) 04-06 11:38:10 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(86) 04-06 11:38:12 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(87) 04-06 11:38:14 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(88) 04-06 11:38:16 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(89) 04-06 11:38:18 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(90) 04-06 11:38:19 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(91) 04-06 11:38:21 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(92) 04-06 11:38:23 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(93) 04-06 11:38:25 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(94) 04-06 11:38:26 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(95) 04-06 11:38:28 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(96) 04-06 11:38:30 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(97) 04-06 11:38:31 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(98) 04-06 11:38:33 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(99) 04-06 11:38:35 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(100) 04-06 11:38:36 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(101) 04-06 11:38:38 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(102) 04-06 11:38:39 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(103) 04-06 11:38:41 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(104) 04-06 11:38:56 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(105) 04-06 11:38:58 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(106) 04-06 11:39:00 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000
(107) 04-06 11:39:01 (-2243,116,1888) +149 mattman00000

You effectively turned four comparators into ninety-two:

 

(1) 04-06 11:30:31 mattman00000 took 4x redstone comparator from trapped chest at -2203:88:1914

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(1) 04-06 18:34:30 mattman00000 put 92x redstone comparator into trapped chest at -2203:90:1914

After this, you used twenty-four of these comparators in various places:

( 1) 04-07 09:50:23 (-2235,74,1904) +149 mattman00000
( 2) 04-07 09:54:46 (-2238,73,1907) +149 mattman00000
( 3) 04-07 09:55:21 (-2235,73,1905) +149 mattman00000
( 4) 04-07 09:56:34 (-2235,74,1904) +149 mattman00000
( 5) 04-07 10:29:45 (-2237,74,1905) +149 mattman00000
( 6) 04-07 10:29:46 (-2238,74,1905) +149 mattman00000
( 7) 04-07 10:29:46 (-2239,74,1905) +149 mattman00000
( 8) 04-07 10:29:47 (-2240,74,1905) +149 mattman00000
( 9) 04-07 10:56:45 (-2237,70,1903) +149 mattman00000
(10) 04-07 10:56:46 (-2238,70,1903) +149 mattman00000
(11) 04-07 10:56:47 (-2239,70,1903) +149 mattman00000
(12) 04-07 10:56:53 (-2240,70,1903) +149 mattman00000
(13) 04-07 10:58:52 (-2240,67,1910) +149 mattman00000
(14) 04-07 10:58:55 (-2239,67,1910) +149 mattman00000
(15) 04-07 10:58:59 (-2238,67,1910) +149 mattman00000
(16) 04-07 10:58:59 (-2237,67,1910) +149 mattman00000
(17) 04-07 11:14:01 (-2239,66,1899) +149 mattman00000
(18) 04-07 11:14:15 (-2237,66,1899) +149 mattman00000
(19) 04-07 11:15:09 (-2238,68,1899) +149 mattman00000
(20) 04-07 11:15:12 (-2240,68,1899) +149 mattman00000
(21) 04-07 19:41:40 (-2240,67,1911) +149 mattman00000
(22) 04-07 19:41:40 (-2239,67,1911) +149 mattman00000
(23) 04-07 19:41:40 (-2238,67,1911) +149 mattman00000
(24) 04-07 19:41:41 (-2237,67,1911) +149 mattman00000

I know that it's predictable that anyone who finds themselves facing this forum would deny malicious intent, but I hope I can persuade you that I do not have any desire to benefit from duplication exploits, and that I never have and never will. If it's adequate reparation, I'd be happy to point an admin in the direction of my chests that contain items of the type involved in this duplication glitch, as well as chests containing precursor material.

The sheer number of items duplicated and also your use of them afterward plainly demonstrated to myself and the other padmins that your intent was indeed malicious (and quite clearly against the rules of our server), and despite your claim to the contrary I stand by this assessment. I'd also call using items that you've gained through a duplication glitch benefiting from that glitch.

You're banned for two weeks, and the comparators you gained by exploiting the glitch have been removed from your chest and the map. Please read nerd.nu/rules and open a new appeal on or after 2014-04-25 saying that you have done so and agree to abide by them from that moment forward to be unbanned.