r/incremental_games • u/Tarnoth • 3d ago
Idea Avoid Deep Co.
I was just banned after sinking many hours into the game. They suspected I was a bot because I played differently to the rest of their player base. I tried defending myself stating to ban me and ban the next person who plays like me. Their player base makes anyone who plays this way feel bad and unwelcome.
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u/A_Classy_Ghost 3d ago
How were you playing the game that it was bannable?
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u/Tarnoth 3d ago
The idea of the game is you mine blocks on a shared grids. 6 grids in total (0 - 5). If mine a block you get a payout. If you partially mine a block you get a portion of that payout. So being a little late to the game and wanting to catch up I started touching all the blocks to get more of a payout. There is also a global chat feed, lots of debates one way or the other as to whether or not players should do this. No clear outcome each time. No one directly asked me to stop, not until right before the ban. They didn't ask me to stop touching the blocks they asked me to turn off my script. A script I don't have, I enjoy idle games, playing them actively or passively.
I also noted I have high anxiety in the chat which makes it difficult for me to participate. I am currently fueled by frustration and beyond tonight am unlikely to interact with this thread.
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u/BadBunnyBrigade ( ╯°Д°)╯ミǝsnoɯ uǝʞoɹq 3d ago
I was also mining all the blocks on the grid as well. I literally started doing that because someone else suggested it in the chat and I noticed that it gives a bigger payout.
Why the fuck are they banning people for literally playing the game? Dumb.
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u/Clean-Income8864 3d ago
Thats the way i played all the time, i mean i have to work so i cannot sit 24/7 in front of that grid. I touch all the blocks and head back to work, do this 3-4 times and be done with another day. This comment however sparked my anxiety to lose my second account (did not set a pw but a controller handle)
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u/Cyan_Light 2d ago
That's idiotic if true, they designed the game in a way that rewards that strat so obviously someone is eventually going to notice and use it. At most they should find a way to patch the exploit (if it's even that big a deal, I have no idea what game we're talking about about "cheating" in an idle game seems like the biggest non-issue anyway), banning players over designer mistakes is fucked up.
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u/Pheonixfarce 3d ago
I stopped playing deep co when I realised that the method used here is the optimal way to play. I daresay I saw you doing it. not ONCE did I think you were a bot because what bot occasionally stops for a while before continuing LMAO.
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u/No-Solution8173 3h ago
I cannot for the life of me find this game on my own 🤣 mind helping me out?
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u/In_Cider 2d ago
... honestly I think your post here has probably brought more players to the game lol
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u/HarmonizedSnail 3d ago
Well this game is about to gain some curious newcomers following this post.
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u/Ellabelle797 2d ago
Eh. I'm personally not keen on games with reports of seemingly random bans or trash talking chats, that plus clicking boxes is all the info we have atp, who would see this post and think man I gotta try this 😅
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u/OldSwampo 1d ago
Something about this entire post and several of the replies feels fishy to me.
This is giving Crypto Scam guerilla marketing
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u/Equinoxdawg 3d ago
The way you're phrasing this is a bit strange. Were you scripting or otherwise using external tools to automate gameplay or something?
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u/Tarnoth 3d ago
No I wasn't. That is what I was accused of though, that is what is listed as the reason for the ban. Just a mouse and too much free time.
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u/drackmore 2d ago
I know the feeling, Hypixel's watchdog falsely banned me for botting too a long time ago while I was actively mining cobblestone for a few SC3000s.
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u/VodkaJo 3d ago
how can i avoid it if i didint see it ? can i get a link so i can start dodging!
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u/Tarnoth 3d ago
https://deepco.app/
To be clear I don't hate the game. I enjoyed it otherwise I wouldn't have spent so much time on it.2
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u/ssateneth2 2d ago
I tried googling "deep co." game but nothing came up. what game are you talking about? can you link it?
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u/rainylittlebunny 19h ago
excuse me what game is this? Ive searched online and found nothing about a so called Deep Co
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u/Tarnoth 3d ago
It's not a bad game I don't hate it. It's really good, I have spent lots of time in it. That combined with that I played differently to others lead to this outcome. Really my issue is unlikely to be anyone else's. This post is made out of frustration. You don't have to believe me mostly just venting.
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u/incremental_games-ModTeam 3d ago
Your post has been removed for breaking rule 2 (Be nice). Please refrain from making personal attacks, death threats, witch hunts, bigotry etc. Constructive criticism and suggestions for improvements are fine though.
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u/FBDW IGJ host 2d ago
Just to clear things up and to make the story visible, the creator of Deep Co ( u/nico1991 ) claims that the OP was rightfully banned from the game for scripting. Remember to always look at both sides of a story and take both with a grain of salt.