Last night a number of accounts were banned for abusing a bug in Vortex, allowing them to collect several stacks of rewards for one run, and without even finishing the rounds. This behaviour also causes the server to become unstable over time, causing Vortex and even channels to crash. You are not only cheating by abusing this bug but you are causing misery to other players.

It is quite clear in our server rules that you are not allowed to abuse bugs. I really don't care if your friends were doing it, or people said it was ok, the rules are quite clear about this. The nature of this bug could never be mistakenly thought of as "normal" so anyone saying they didn't know they were abusing a bug is talking bullshit.

I will try to fix this bug over the next few days when I can grab some time to do so, so until then please DO NOT continue to abuse this bug because I will check the logs each day from now on.

Now, the ban. I haven't decided if this will be a permanent ban or a long temporary ban, and I am trying not to make that decision whilst still in a bad mood. Sending me private messages begging for your account back, telling me it's my fault anyway, or any other excuse is not helping you, so don't bother.

The following characters and their accounts are affected by this ban (so far).

KaizerBlade
lissami
5ChungMuc
ILynch
KaraoKensy
LeeSoonKyu
Ying
TogTog
Slania
Mikaela
Herb
chieee
Syfore
Kipi
EviLindeX
Tsuchimiya
Devotion
NlghtMare
chieee
GnOx
Colious
Flamboyant
Miscellaneous
Allegra
TexasCowboy
x820
Mille
Wadi
Vanellope
WaBish
DragonSlay3r
DukeSenel
YumiChan
Helenn
ArcGabBuffer
DeadMaster
XxRinRinxX
JaJahhh
Salyna
CJD
Clouds
Salt
Maii
Syfore

Added 15/09/13
Tsuchimiya
XxRinRinxX
MeLambe
Funeral

Please mention this post to your guild mates and those that don't check the forum very often. Warn them that anyone abusing this bug will lose their account.