Ah, and I'm sorry if I was wrong.

is the banning system is ipv4 ban? or ipv6 ban? or client ban like dmnb?
And someone ever attempted to use that ip address?
If someone haven't used that ip address, well I think it was acceptable at somepoint, but why did you post his ip address, even Samtupy junior had been banned?
Ah, I'm sorry I don't have any choice to help you. My help is just forgive you, even I didn't play stw.

Are ya sorry for real, or just sorry because ya got caught... something to think about.

At Ironcross, good point. I'll also add that even if he is truly sorry, we all know how volatile of a time adolescence is. We know, because we all went through it. So I would be willing to put some money on the fact that a similar situation will come up again at some point.

At whoever was saying that IP addresses can be changed anyway, that is not the point at all. It's inexcusable, and shameful to boot. If you're an admin for an online game, your players' security should be of the utmost importance. That's not to say that accidents can't happen, but this was a deliberate, malicious act. Whether the intent was to actually destroy someone's livelihood, or whether it was just seen as a harmless bit of fun, makes no difference. It is not harmless, and it is not fun to distribute people's personal information all over the internet. At least, it isn't fun for anyone with any common sense or morality.
however, as I said, we all make terrible judgment calls during our adolescence. That's the only reason I'm not completely exploding in rage. However, this is a serious matter. The internet has made everyone seem like insignificant little blobs of matter floating in space, adding to the feeling of immortality, the blasé attitude of, "oh, nothing bad will happen!" So just remember that, whenever you launch an application that interacts with the internet, you're placing your life in the hands of billions. Similarly, if you're running the show, you have a responsibility to juggle all those lives. It's no laughing matter, not to say it can't be fun, but it's time for the petty games and drama to end, now, or I believe this game is headed for a quick and fiery death.

I agree with everyone. And yes I am truely sorry. I regreted it instantly after I did it and truely feel really bad about it. I can't say anymore than it will never, ever, happen again, and that I am seriously and truely sorry. I know it's a serious matter. Like I said, people saw me do it anyway, I would have posted something. I know I did something stupid and i'll say it a million times, and if you guys wish to dislike me etc because of it I will not try to stop you. I just would like to say i'm sorry, and I know it was the worst mistake I could have possibly done, and it won't ever happen again. Is there anything else that I should get out of this? I understand if you guys don't like me anymore. That's completely fine. I made stw for people to enjoy. I may have just ruined that and you guys probably don't trust me anymore. I wish it wasn't so, but it is fine. I can't change what you think of me. I can try simply by fixing my mistake and never doing it again, but I can't change your opinions anymore than I can change the passed. I can only not do it again and that's all I can say. If you guys don't want to play anymore that's fine, I probably deserve it. I was a complete idiot and again I take full responsibility for it. If I could let you guys read my mind so you guys could see how truely sorry I am for doing something so offle i'd let every one of you. I don't really have much to say other than, i'm truely, truely, sorry, and it won't happen again. I know i've said it a million times but i'm just saying the only thing I can say about it. I feel bad, i'm teribly sorry for doing something like this and if I could say it to SamTupyJunier's face, I would, and heck, maybe i'll find him and will. That's all I can say. I can apopogize and say it won't happen anymore, but I can't change the passed, and I will not force oppinians because it is the rong thing to do. I don't know what else I should do in this situation... But again, sorry. I really truely mean it. Thanks.

I'm gonna be a dick here for a second, but someone's gotta say it.

This is not the first time there have been problems with this game. That's what people are angry about.

There was the major hacking incident soon after the game got started. Then, the asinine decision to force people into using their first and last names to be allowed to play. And never mind all the complaints about there being too much realism in the game.
So it's not as though a bunch of people said, "hey, let's make this pick on Sam day!" To me, at least, there is quite a bit of justification for this outcry.

And, giving out someone's IP address is never ok. So nothing bad happened this time, that doesn't make it acceptable. Saying sorry kind of doesn't cut it when you're dealing with breaches of privacy.

hey sam
I don't want to step in to this worst thing.
But I'd like to give some advice to you here.
You constant said sorry, but... It isn't acceptable for this reason.
This is a serious, very very serious thing.
You will say sorry over and over again, but the problem is, others can't trust you, And just because other players will worried about it.

Please think about this situation.
You are a gamer, and the nicest game has just been released. You played it so much times. But the admin has posted someone's ip address, even with many many bad reasons? even the someone was a hacker?
The admin said sorry, sorry constantly, but many players can't trust the admin, including you.
You will think that the admin might have post someone's ip address again.
And sam, if you make a game in next time, I'd like to suggest something.
It is my opinion. Next time if you made a game, please take some notes yourself, about bug notes, admin rules, player suggestions, etc.
If you do take some notes, you will never cause this kind of things.
Just review your notes over and over again. and if a small situation was happened, think about it carefully.
Anyway, it is some advice and opinion.
Thank you.

Hi Sam,
I think you simply made a mistake. After all, you are still learning how to best manage a game and slowly, but surely you're getting there. Just remember, the more of these stunts you pull, the less people will trust you. An IP address gives out the location of a computer on a network and that was a breech of someone's privacy and security. Imagine if this was a mainstream game developer. Their game would see a sharp decrease in players and would even put the developer out of business. Furthermore, he or she could get into serious trouble with law enforcement for exposing sensitive information.
Again, I support you as a developer. I just don't wish to see you fall because of an act that makes people feel insecure. You saw what happened when Mason pulled that hacking prank earlier and it resulted in him actually being hacked. He then had to repair the damage and start fresh, hosting UP on a totally new server. You don't want the same thing to happen to you. You don't want to undo what you've done so far. You have the potential to make this game into one of the best games we've seen, but you just have to be open to ideas and not get so easily caught up in personal feelings. Hope this helps inspire you to continue moving forward from this slip up in the development of this game.

guies?
everyone can mistakes always
forgive him
he need to put him's hours,  and him's time for people? he's don't need to that
he is worked more hours
for write this game
it's not easy
fix bugs?  rewrite codes again? find and remove buggy codes,  and rewrite again?
you know how many hours taking finding bugs?
that takes forever
that's all everyone can know
just be carefuly next time what you're doing.
everyone can ask me,  how do you know?
i have experience  visual basic 6 engine

Hello,
I'm happy that I'm not the only one that can forgive Sam, and doesn't want to repport him to the police.
Momo, even if Sam said he was sorry, you *don't* need to say that he Will never again post in this topic or that, even worse, STW Will no longer be continued. I don't know him in person much better than you, but still I'm pritty sure we Will soon get a responce from him. I at least hope I'm right.
There are a lot of games not ment for realisem. STW is. I'm happy that now we at least can make a cumpas, though.

hi
I want to trust Sam and play this game again, But please listen my last request.
If you see this post, Please, please, please add an option that you can change sun system to corrdinates system back.
I know, I know, I completely know your mind. Realism is good for a game. But stw has to much realism, that makes me to stop playing this game, this game is really unplayable for me, I totally can't escape the bitch sometimes.
If you don't want to accept my request and say like "It isn't your game", Well that's completely fine.
But keep in mind Sam, a game is just a game, it can't be real.
Much realism can make this game harder and harder, until players give it up.
Please Sam, please consider it seriously.
And the last thing. Everyone isn't same like you.  Everyone's mind, thinking is totally different.
You can play really hard game like this, But others can't play that really hard game.
Again, seriously, please consider about it.
Thank you.

Well as I was quite literally the first person to jump on Sam's case for this, I heard his apology first, and it did sound like he was quite sorry for it and new he'd screwed up. But fact of the matter is, yes we make mistakes when we're young, but we pay, for those mistakes. That said, I forgive Sam myself, but if others do not, I will not do as some people on this topic have and urge people to forgive Sam for his actions, as what he did was quite a big deal. The only reason I forgive him is that I don't have the heart not to, Sam is after all a nice dude who is fun to hang out with.