EU servers has at least 2 hackers in every-game I join. US Servers has 1 every other game. I've noticed a big increase in hackers this past month, and it seems to be getting worse.
Sure I can record every game I play, take 20mins+ to record, edit, render, and upload a hacker video. But to be honest, I can only do about at most 3 a day. I don't have time for this... neither does everyone else. Most can't even record(because of their outdated computers), don't know how to edit(to save time), render(to save time) and upload videos to youtube.
As a regular player, I help as much as I can when it comes to catching hackers and abusers. But I can't catch'em all(Joking accidentally). I have about 80 videos uploaded just on hackers these past 3 months. That's a lot of hackers, and that's just from me. Think about the rest of the community dealing with these hackers and add that up.
Most of the community are complaining about hackers everyday and most of them aren't joking. I thought that I could insta-ban someone without video proof if I became a Moderator, but that isn't the case. Moderators do their best to deal with hackers and frankly, it doesn't seem like the number hackers are lowering. It's not that there isn't enough moderators around, it's just that there are way too much hackers now. Don't blame the moderators.
Instead of wasting everyone's time of recording, editing, rendering, uploading hacker videos. I believe there are simple and/or efficient ways to decrease the amount of hackers.
1) Stricken the rules for hackers. In most games, hacking once is a perma-ban. On MCSG, First offence is 7-days, 2nd offense is a perma-ban. 7-days is way too lenient for hackers. A hacker downloaded hacks for a reason, they know exactly what they're doing. Hacking is a universal offence when it comes to gaming. It doesn't matter what age you are. They know the rules. If the hacking rule is seriously lenient because you want to keep those players in the MCSG servers, then I believe that you will be losing more players because the hackers are still here. You don't want the MCSG servers to be known as a hack-infested community.
-Change it from a 7-day ban to a 14-day ban for first offense. Second offense should be perm-ban. In my humble opinion, this is as fair and lenient as it gets.
2) Use or create a better Anti-cheat plugin. The current anti-cheat clearly doesn't work against people who use Aimbot, Forcefield, Kill-Aura, Regen Hacks/Godmode, and even water-walking... I've even seen people sprint in mid-air a few times before and they've never got kicked.
Overall, I believe the rule for hackers should be more strict. You can get a 7-day ban for typing "I Hack" in the chat. Typing "I Hack" compared to "Actually Hacking", both 7-day bans. Doesn't make any sense to me. Creating a better Anti-cheat plugin seems to be just a far-away dream on Minecraft...
