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[QUOTE="BillyTheBull, post: 638694, member: 13677"]
You're still confused about the IP thing, dot . . . maybe this will help:
 
If you are on a LAN (local area network) created by a normal router at home, work, coffee shop, airport, etc., each client on that LAN receives a unique [U]internal[/U] IP, either via DHCP or manual configuration, which lets the router distinguish one client from another and direct traffic appropriately. HOWEVER, all those clients connect to the internet via the same [U]external[/U] IP, namely the router's WAN (wide area network) IP, which is assigned by the ISP and can be static or dynamic, but will always be traceable to at least that ISP. (And the ISP, of course, keeps detailed logs of which customer has which exact IP at any given time; they typically will/should not release that info, though, unless there's a really good reason, like a criminal investigation, for example.) Hope that helps. . . .
 
Anyway, whether they used IP tracers, MAC tracers, or something else, I personally find it encouraging that PS obviously has safe-guards in place, and that they can - and will - go after cheaters. At the same time I can also imagine what a logistical nightmare it must be to try and monitor tens of thousands of accounts that are playing and/or logged in to the site at any given time; it doesn't surprise me at all that they can't catch everything in real time, and that invetigations like this one take some time to sort out.
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