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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just saw this

during the time this was posted there was a bug that allowed for pixels to be stacked up very high and also the canvas wasn't properly syncing

if you do notice anyone else doing botting send a message about it on Matrix or Discord

took a peek at their previous pixels and the more recent ones don't look suspicious as well

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The user's whole history is extremely suspicious and composed of actions like that. Here is just one random example from two days after the alleged botting took place:

	Line 617339: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.209Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	606	54	FFFFFF
	Line 617340: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.210Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	606	55	FFFFFF
	Line 617341: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.211Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	606	56	FFFFFF
	Line 617342: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.211Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	607	50	FFFFFF
	Line 617343: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.212Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	607	51	FFFFFF
	Line 617344: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.216Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	606	50	FFFFFF
	Line 617345: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.359Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	605	56	FFFFFF
	Line 617346: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.363Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	607	54	FFFFFF
	Line 617347: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.642Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	607	55	FFFFFF
	Line 617348: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.643Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	607	56	FFFFFF
	Line 617349: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.643Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	608	51	FFFFFF
	Line 617350: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.644Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	608	52	FFFFFF
	Line 617351: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.644Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	608	55	FFFFFF
	Line 617352: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.645Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	608	56	FFFFFF
	Line 617353: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.645Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	609	51	FFFFFF
	Line 617354: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.646Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	609	54	FFFFFF
	Line 617355: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.646Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	609	55	FFFFFF
	Line 617356: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.647Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	609	56	FFFFFF
	Line 617357: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.647Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	610	50	FFFFFF
	Line 617358: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.647Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	610	53	FFFFFF
	Line 617359: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.648Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	610	54	FFFFFF
	Line 617360: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.648Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	610	55	FFFFFF
	Line 617361: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.649Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	610	56	FFFFFF
	Line 617362: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.649Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	611	49	FFFFFF
	Line 617363: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.650Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	611	55	FFFFFF
	Line 617364: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.650Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	611	56	FFFFFF
	Line 617365: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.651Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	612	49	FFFFFF
	Line 617366: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.651Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	612	50	FFFFFF
	Line 617367: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.651Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	612	51	FFFFFF
	Line 617368: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.652Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	612	52	FFFFFF
	Line 617369: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.652Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	612	55	FFFFFF
	Line 617370: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.653Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	612	56	FFFFFF
	Line 617371: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.653Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	614	50	FFFFFF
	Line 617372: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.654Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	614	52	FFFFFF
	Line 617373: 2024-07-15T18:26:26.654Z	[email protected]	pixel_place	614	53	FFFFFF

That's 35 pixels placed in less than half a second.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yep, I saw that after the event concluded

The user did get punished during the event for exploiting that bug tho