Worries of a key revoke

[curiosblockland6]

Today I was playing Blockland with my friend, but he doesn't have Blockland so he had to use my key. When we were done playing Blockland, he had to go home... I said "OK, I need to get my key back now" And he said nope, and left with his laptop. I tried to warn him what he was doing, as it would make me REALLY pissed at him and neither of us could play BL. He didn't listen.

I'm worried, because I've heard that rapid IP changes could mean a key revoke. (Rapid IP changes would mean key "sharing," and Baddy doesn't like that)

So, do rapid IP changes REALLY cause a key to be removed?

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[BlockStar]

Well for starters I wouldn't have admitted that here.

[Crown2]

Your friend is an starfish. 

[CanadianPenguin]

Badspot more or less revokes shared keys if the key is jumping across the ocean every few minutes, as if you posted it online. If it's in your town you might be okay, but I'm not 100% sure.

[BlockStar]

If it's in your town you might be okay, but I'm not 100% sure.

But can't someone come to your house and use their key there even if they don't leave in the same town?

[Bisjac]

i don't believe this story. i say he shares with a friend over the net. and the story is to try to victimize himself, in hopes of gaining sympathy and not get banned.

[Crown2]

i don't believe this story. i say he shares with a friend over the net. and the story is to try to victimize himself, in hopes of gaining sympathy and not get banned.

Yea that or maybe he's telling the loving thruth.

[Dr.Block]

Nice friend you got there. I love when my friends steal my stuff.

[Nickelob Ultra]

Yea that or maybe he's telling the loving thruth.

Everybody lies.

The only variable is what they lie about.

[DrenDran]

You're not allowed to share keys.
So you actually did do wrong.

OK, I need to get my key back now

It's not a real loving key.
You can't hand it back to someone.

I tried to warn him what he was doing, as it would make me REALLY pissed at him

"You better not do this, or I will get mad."
Sounds stupid.

[curiosblockland6]

i don't believe this story. i say he shares with a friend over the net. and the story is to try to victimize himself, in hopes of gaining sympathy and not get banned.

Nope. What I said was 100% true.

[curiosblockland6]

You're not allowed to share keys.
So you actually did do wrong.

It's not a real loving key. You can't hand it back to someone.

I meant for him to just uninstall Blockland, not give my key back.

EDIT: Crap. Sorry about the double post.

[DrenDran]

Nope. What I said was 100% true.

You shared your key.
Which you're not allowed to do.
If you got key revoked it wouldn't be much of a surprise, though I kinda doubt anything will happen.

I meant for him to just uninstall Blockland, not give my key back.

That's loving stupid.
You shouldn't expect your 'friends' to uninstall programs on their pcs for you.

[curiosblockland6]

That's loving stupid.

I always thought you were a nice guy...

Oh, well. I'll just try to tell him to uninstall it again. Just about the only thing I can do at this point...

[Wedge]

Well if you ever get an opportunity to use his laptop you can just go in and delete the key.dat off his computer. You could also try and trick him into deleting it, by telling him it's a virus or something. Also, for next time, realize that people on your local network can just connect to a LAN server with the demo version (this is an intentional feature). I've used it to run multiplayer servers when I had friends over with just one copy of the game.

There's also a number of ways to forget up the key file so they have to re-enter it. Having your friend install hamachi and setting it to their primary network adapter might work.

Of course, if you actually gave them a copy of the key then there's nothing you can do since they can just keep re-entering it.