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Infamous Dark Souls Hacker Is Now in Elden Ring, Says He Wants to Be Caught - IGN

An infamous hacker is invading Elden Ring players and getting them banned in what he claims is a message to FromSoftware.

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An infamous hacker is invading Elden Ring players and soft-banning them for sport.

Malcolm Reynolds, who's been hacking FromSoftware games since Dark Souls 3, invades worlds before killing players with hacked, practically undefeatable spells.

The overwhelming power isn't the issue though. As Kotaku reports, these spells also add "illegal" items into the defending player's inventory that were only intended to be used in the development process.

When the defeated player comes back to life, Elden Ring detects they have these illegal items and soft-bans them, meaning they can only play online with other cheaters going forward.

Reynolds said he's forcing players into digital exile to make a point to FromSoftware. Telling Kotaku that he wants to get caught, he calls himself a "necessary evil" that the developer should use as a lesson to implement better anti-cheat software.

Despite claiming a noble cause, however, Reynolds has uploaded YouTube videos of his cheating, killing, and soft-banning while making jokes at his victims' expense.


If Reynolds does invade a game, the best thing to do, according to a Dark Souls 3 Reddit post from six years ago, is disconnect or close the software, or suicide to avoid being killed by him.

It's no surprise Reynolds has made an appearance again, given his history with other FromSoftware titles and the sheer popularity of Elden Ring.

It's proven somewhat of a cultural phenomenon, with crazy adverts, a streamer's Twitch chat playing while he swept, and someone using the Nintendo Switch's Ring Fit Controller to beat a boss. It's even got its own candy

 

[Esppiral]

Ohh look! Another Eden Ring thread!

 

[Bragr]

What

 

[Dream-Knife]

Ohh look! Another Eden Ring thread!

It's the biggest game in years. Expect plenty of threads for years to come.

If it was 1998 we would see a ton of threads on OoT, Goldeneye, and MGS.

 

[SJRB]

Ohh look! Another Eden Ring thread!

 

[sankt-Antonio]

Would not be surprise if he used the exact lines of code from DS to hack into ER XD

 

[Swift_Star]

What a shitty person. I hope his pc fries.

 

[DeliciousDoc]

"I'm an activist!" Proceeds to derive pleasure from permanently damaging people's games.

 

[Kdad]

It's proven somewhat of a cultural phenomenon, with crazy adverts, a streamer's Twitch chat playing while he swept, and someone using the Nintendo Switch's Ring Fit Controller to beat a boss. It's even got its own candy

Wut?

 

[MiguelItUp]

What a POS. Guess they never got enough attention growing up, so they're still seeking it.

 

[Black_Stride]

A lesson to From Software?


HAHAHAHAHA.


Dark Souls 3 never ever hit 60fps they basically just said fuck it if you dont like a shitty frame rate what are you doing here?
If you think From Software care about actually working to catch a hacker lets get serious mane.


P.S Yes I know in BC mode on XSX/PS5 consoles you can hit 60fps.....but that would be akin to saying Elden Ring will be "fixed" and this hacker will be caught when the PS6 drops and he turns himself in.

 

[Captain Toad]

Ohh look! Another Eden Ring thread!

Yeah. It's the biggest game around right now. Get over it.

 

[Swift_Star]

A lesson to From Software?


HAHAHAHAHA.


Dark Souls 3 never ever hit 60fps they basically just said fuck it if you dont like a shitty frame rate what are you doing here?
If you think From Software care about actually working to catch a hacker lets get serious mane.


P.S Yes I know in BC mode on XSX/PS5 consoles you can hit 60fps.....but that would be akin to saying Elden Ring will be "fixed" and this hacker will be caught when the PS6 drops and he turns himself in.

You can’t on XSX. The last gen version works horribly on it.

 

[Black_Stride]

You can’t on XSX. The last gen version works horribly on it.

You forgot Dark Souls 3 is one of the FPS Boost titles on Series X?
It hits 60fps easy work.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Happy I went with the console version only this time.

 

[Captain Toad]

You forgot Dark Souls 3 is one of the FPS Boost titles on Series X?
It hits 60fps easy work.

We are talking about Elden Ring.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

 

[Black_Stride]

We are talking about Elden Ring.

Im talking about Dark Souls 3.....because From Software learnt such a lesson from that game they let console makers basically get the game to a steady state and they ended up making this specific hacker stop hacking Dark Souls 3.......by releasing Elden Ring.
Basically him saying he wants to teach From Software a lesson is stupid because they literally never learn.
Dark Souls 3 was never fixed.
Elden Ring will never be fixed.

So he will keep hacking till they release another game with MP.

 

[Swift_Star]

You forgot Dark Souls 3 is one of the FPS Boost titles on Series X?
It hits 60fps easy work.

DS3? My mistake, I thought you were talking about ER.

 

[zeorhymer]

Yay? Fucking edgelord making random folks miserable. This will teach From a lesson!

 

[R6Rider]

People are already abusing the death build-up exploit in droves. Actual hacks is going to be even worse.

 

[ethomaz]

But is he inFAMOUS or Dark Souls hacker? The titles is a bit confusing.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

It's proven somewhat of a cultural phenomenon, with crazy adverts, a streamer's Twitch chat playing while he swept, and someone using the Nintendo Switch's Ring Fit Controller to beat a boss. It's even got its own candy

Wut?

yeah that sentence gave me a migraine. I read it like 5 times trying to make sense of it.

 

[01011001]

You can’t on XSX. The last gen version works horribly on it.

literally locked 60 on SX

 

[kingfey]

But is he inFAMOUS or Dark Souls hacker? The titles is a bit confusing.

It means he got his fame doing this shit on dark souls. Now he is back for elden ring.

 

[lughnasadh123]

I hate when people try to mask their awful shit behavior behind some bullshit illusion of altruism.

 

[RoadHazard]

What a fucking asshole.

Can I be invaded by this piece of garbage on PS5, or is it PC only?

 

[Hooks]

This happened to me on DS3, Frustrating.

 

[Captain Toad]

What a fucking asshole.

Can I be invaded by this piece of garbage on PS5, or is it PC only?

Aren't there millions of people playing this game at a time? I wouldn't worry about it.

Still, I hope they catch the asshole.

 

[RafterXL]

The only thing worse than being one of these types of douchbags is being one of these douchbags and trying to make yourself out as some kind of hero. This guy is just a piece of shit who is just using a technical issue to explain away why he's a piece of shit.

This clown is a prime candidate for chemical castration.

 

[rodrigolfp]

"illegal" items into the defending player's inventory that were only intended to be used in the development process."

FromSoftware devs are almost as assholes as this guy for keeping this itens on the retail game files.

 

[Crimson_Fate]

This is why I only play single player games on PC these days. People generally suck....

 

[Punished Miku]

This happened to me on DS3, Frustrating.

Fucking Reynolds....

 

[skneogaf]

Please send me his address details

 

[FingerBang]

"I'm an activist!" Proceeds to derive pleasure from permanently damaging people's games.

...just like any other activist

The only thing worse than being one of these types of douchbags is being one of these douchbags and trying to make yourself out as some kind of hero. This guy is just a piece of shit who is just using a technical issue to explain away why he's a piece of shit.

This clown is a prime candidate for chemical castration.

Holy shit dude, calm down. He's an asshole bothering people playing video-games, not a serial pedo.

 

[bender]

Ohh look! Another Eden Ring thread!

 

[Silver Wattle]

There's really no reason to get other players soft banned, just a dick move.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Ages ago I got invaded in DS and got a message to see if I wanted to trade. I was with my main ng+++++ build and was about to put the game back on the shelf for a while so I just dropped all my slabs and fully leveled gear. This was the sentiment of the subsequent message:

I had so many cool interactions with other randoms in early Souls games. Not so much in recent years.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[FunkMiller]

Cunts gonna cunt.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Will gaming ever stop being cringe?

 

[StateofMajora]

If it was 1998 we would see a ton of threads on OoT, Goldeneye, and MGS.

I knew Ocarina of time. Ocarina was a friend of mine.

Eldin ring, you’re no Ocarina of time.

 

[RPS37]

Aw darn guess I gotta hold off from playing until they catch him…..

 

[Graciaus]

Considering From did a work around this time where you can't be invaded unless you play COOP it isn't a huge deal. Before you had to play offline or not at full strength. Still annoying people actively try and ruin other's fun.

 

[Cyborg]

He is truly a pathetic person. Ruining games for gamers who just want to enjoy the game.. Get a life, a job, a wife, and a normal hobby.

 

[AV]

Kotaku got played with decade old Bane memes.

 

[Zeroing]

 

[Three]

literally locked 60 on SX

Are you talking about Elden Ring or DS3 here? If Elden Ring on Series X the framerate is the lowest one of the lot. Far from locked 60.

 

[Black_Stride]

Aw darn guess I gotta hold off from playing until they catch him…..

Elden Ring 2 coming 2029.

RPS37 : Great I can finally play Elden Ring.

 

[BennyBlanco]

wow what a cool guy