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Well, if someone reports the hacker, they'll have evidence of it. That way it doesn't matter if they disable their hacks when a staff member joins. :)

 

I think it's always good to have evidence of things. It's less important with hacking though, as there's a chance you'll just be able to see the hacks yourself when you spectate. However, because people can just disable their hacks, it's still good to have evidence.

In short: evidence is important, but for hacker reports, staff can just spectate the hacker and see the hacks themself.
That's why it's less important with hacking, but it's still important because the hackers may disable their hacks.

 

Bru this hurts my brain

 

if somebody were to report a hacker with evidence, they would 99% of the time do it on forums

 

that is EXACTLY the problem. that small window where the staff has to go into spectate gives the hacker a window to turn on Panic and disable all of their hacks. and, as trevor said, if you have evidence, it's usually best to put it on the forums, as the only REAL evidence would be video.

 

but then, it takes them 6 seconds to switch to a new alt and continue cheating, and it takes us maybe 15 minutes to upload, render and make forums post.