1) All the coders (well most that I know of) agreed to stage the strike
2) It was the people who used hacks who forced the coders to create the strike. It was really a godsend for the coders to give us players some VIP features but then we got a bit too testy, asking for infinite stamina, ammo, server crashers, etc. After a while coders got fed up with people constantly pressuring them to release new hacks and meet the demand. The point is that until people learn to shut up and stop taking things for granted, all VIP features will STAY in VIP hacks.
Another issue was the fact that many "coders" were just posers stealing code from VIP hacks and then just making their own hacks, claiming full originality. This is cheating many coders of their due credit as well as undermining the entire VIP section of CA Hacks. While many people who use these hacks may at first go
, this is pushing legitimate coders away from releasing hacks.
~Info provided by a somewhat dull-minded observer
/me