badman's Beta
Blog has word on plans for an account reset in the Enemy Territory: QUAKE
Wars demo, saying they are looking to stress the backend infrastructure for
account registration and their ability to roll back statistics:
The wipe
is currently scheduled for this coming Wednesday (August 22, 2007), at which
point you will no longer be able to play unless you re-create your account in
the manner described above. The statistics are also going to be reset that day.
The other test we’re running is currently taking place on a much smaller scale
and concerns the statistics roll-back and restoration functionality. In the
final game, we’ll be able to use this to combat statistics exploits, padding,
and other unwanted activity. To make sure that rolling back and restoring
statistics on a large scale is as seamless and robust a process as it can be,
5000 beta accounts have been randomly selected for this test and their owners
have already been notified. Essentially, we’re be rolling back the statistics
for those accounts by several hours, followed by returning them to their
original, pre-rollback state. We’re taking great care during this process, but
since this is still a beta, there is a chance that the statistics may be
corrupted during the test.