2012-10-16, 12:21 PM
So, is this the first time you've ever browsed the FM before?
Just messing, but seriously, this has been around forever. It comes and goes, though, so it's possible for you to have missed it, even during the times where it was running rampant for days on end (and I suppose it would be different for each server [and you might not have even been playing during its run]). Earliest SS I have is from 9-14-2011, though I recall seeing this phenomenon before that:
![[Image: xjiya.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/xjiya.jpg)
You can even see the empty spot to the far left. I don't know how the hack works, but I do know it involves fooling the game into thinking the spot--which was filled by a now-DC'd occupant--is still there, but the actual character placement is wherever the hacker wants within that FM (and it used to span multiple FMs). Thus, you can't establish a store in that spot since the game still treats it as occupied.
Just messing, but seriously, this has been around forever. It comes and goes, though, so it's possible for you to have missed it, even during the times where it was running rampant for days on end (and I suppose it would be different for each server [and you might not have even been playing during its run]). Earliest SS I have is from 9-14-2011, though I recall seeing this phenomenon before that:
You can even see the empty spot to the far left. I don't know how the hack works, but I do know it involves fooling the game into thinking the spot--which was filled by a now-DC'd occupant--is still there, but the actual character placement is wherever the hacker wants within that FM (and it used to span multiple FMs). Thus, you can't establish a store in that spot since the game still treats it as occupied.