Talk:Candy Cane Socks/@comment-24425473-20171211181327/@comment-25098369-20171212010727

I would like to admit that at around 5 PM EST yesterday, I discovered a working way to get black socks that involved hacking with Cheat Engine. According to another hacker, hackers have been using another way to get black socks in the past, but the method was patched by AJHQ. I made around 12 socks (approximate because I haven't really been counting) and I gave most of them away for free. In private messages, I also told a bunch of other people about how to get black socks. I didn't use the socks to get any rares for myself, but the people who traded away socks told me that they got a TON of rares, like multiples of furries, headdresses, spikes, tikis, things most people would only dream of getting.

I had four socks left on an account when at 9 PM EST, AJ suspended all the accounts that I logged on with my IP. It's 8 PM EST now, so my suspension isn't lifted until one or two hours. Even worse, some of the other people who hacked in these black socks got permanently banned. I find it likely that AJ will remove all the remaining black socks on my account when I get unsuspended.

If you noticed an influx of black socks appearing at around the time I discovered the exploit, they weren't gained legitimately. Actually, I believe no black socks were gained legitimately because, like you said, people have spent hours and haven't gotten them. AJHQ was being dishonest when they claimed that black socks were obtainable because they wouldn't ban or suspend anyone if they were. Even though these black socks were gotten through dishonest methods, they wouldn't even be a problem if AJHQ actually made them obtainable through the Gift Calendar. It's partially AJHQ's responsibility as well. i hope this answered a lot of questions people had, and i'm sorry about the length of my comment, it probably took up a significant portion of the comments section. plus, it's probably not a good idea to spill a lot about this type of stuff in public lol