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5 min readIn October 2024, 93 players of the survival game Ark: Survival Evolved were banned from official servers in a single stroke—not for cheating, but for winning a raid against a rival tribe called T. The ban came not from the game's developer, Wildcard, but from its publisher, Snail Games, which controls a separate set of official servers. The banned players, members of a tribe called the Island Boys, had spent 13 days preparing a legitimate assault on T, a tribe with a long history of accusations involving server DDoS attacks and collusion with Snail Games employees. The publisher has offered no explanation, and the Ark community is left wondering whether a game publisher is using its administrative power to protect a favored tribe.
The raid that triggered the ban
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:00) **The Allegation: 93 Players Banned Mid-Raid** - A tribe called "The Island Boys" claims they were mass-banned by publisher Snail Games while successfully raiding a rival tribe named "T", with no explanation given.
- 2 (04:34) **The Investigation Begins: Interview with a Banned Player** - Asmongold introduces the story as one of the biggest corruption cases in video games this year, having interviewed one of the banned players, X Vivo.
- 3 (06:36) **The Evidence of Shady Behavior** - The banned player details past accusations against tribe T and makes a massive claim about Snail Games employees.
- 4 (10:04) **Recap: The "Bad Guys" Win by Getting the Raiders Banned** - Asmongold summarizes the situation: The Island Boys raided tribe T, who are widely considered the "bad guys" of the game with a history of shady behavior.
- 5 (12:33) **The Banned Tribe's Perspective and Game Jabs** - The video from the banned tribe continues, showing their in-game perspective of the raid, while Asmongold repeatedly roasts the game's poor graphics and performance.
- 6 (15:41) **The Core Question: Why Favor Tribe T?** - Asmongold and the guest discuss the motive behind Snail Games' alleged favoritism towards tribe T.
- 7 (18:54) **The Human Cost and Developer Track Record** - The guest explains the emotional and financial toll on the banned players, who have invested thousands of hours, and criticizes the developers' history.
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