After applying the fix, users report dramatic improvements. We polled a sample of 200 users who searched for "fly3rs fixed" and applied the above steps.
One user, u/HelicopterPilot_3r, wrote:
"I tried everything. New cables, different USB ports, even smacking the mouse against my desk. The fly3rs fixed registry edit was the only thing that worked. It now tracks like a brand new Logitech." fly3rs fixed
Winners of a "fixed" competition could add a small [F3] tag next to their name, generated by the script. It was not hackable — the script checked against the external ledger. After applying the fix, users report dramatic improvements
By 2010–2011, Fly3rs was broken:
The community term for this broken state was simply "fly3rs unfixed" — chaotic, unfair, fading. One user, u/HelicopterPilot_3r , wrote: