New Anticheat
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5 Dec 2013, 23:07
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Well not really, it's an old one but it still works better than nothing. Punkbuster may not be getting updated but it still has the features required to bust cheaters such as pb screenshots and being able to identify who people are, which afaik that's all tzac did towards the end.
I know there are arguments against it such as lag, but does it really lag people any more?. It may just be me but I don't experience any lag on the public servers that run it such as HBC.
What are your thoughts on using PB again?
e: unless there's a better alternative to using nothing.
I know there are arguments against it such as lag, but does it really lag people any more?. It may just be me but I don't experience any lag on the public servers that run it such as HBC.
What are your thoughts on using PB again?
e: unless there's a better alternative to using nothing.
we dont care about random idiot
free multihack bypass pbss
pb guid ingame was the only way to identify players, and they could share their etkey
+ how long would some of them play it.. maybe one match and then quit
If you had to choose between running cups with an anticheat and running cups without an anticheat, and both options would result in teams refusing to play, which one would you go with?
Also, keep in mind that I do not base my decisions on whether or not they will make
and I'd go with option that will piss off less people
What do you mean "overall reaction"? What happens when people don't react well to your new decision? What do you do then?
I've talked to many "respected community members" who are fine with using UAC. How do you decide which players' opinions you go with?
Leaving comment here to edit it later cuz CS game starting
4 people busted
As I said below, I have never once tried to do things on my own without asking others for advice. I consult other admins and players on a regular basis. The sad truth is that no one was able to find anything better than UAC because there was nothing.
edit: And as far as I know, no one has figured out a way to spoof PB guids yet (I know some people managed to spoof the last 8 characters or so, perfect for making false PBSS's, but that's about it).
Would like to play a bit but im not motivated enough coz of less AC :(
its the same to me, but a stable working ac would be good
That being said, if you want to play with PB then go for it. But don't expect me to be the one to take the initiative and get it all set up and running for you. These kind of journals are nice I guess, but it's the same thing every time: "Check out all these ideas I came up with! As soon as I find someone else to work on this, it's gonna be great!" See Frop's comment in this journal.
I have no idea where these comments about ClanBase not listening to the community are coming from. Seriously? Ever since I introduced UAC to ET, I have said over and over that you guys should feel free to come up with ideas for alternative anticheats on your own. Less than a handful of players have PM'd me with ideas. I've been flamed more in the past few months for UAC - for finding an anticheat to replace TZAC - than I have in my entire "career" as an admin.
I never made any promises about UAC and have always been fully aware that it isn't perfect. There was simply no other option. Trust me, I tried to find one. I didn't ask for any of this, honestly. I never wanted to be the one to decide which anticheat we would use. I would have gladly handed that decision over to Killerboy or some other admin with more experience than me. I wish chaplja was still around and developing TZAC, so that we could have avoided this situation altogether. But, it is what it is. I am not going to apologize for "forcing" teams and players to use a less-than-perfect anticheat.
So, go for it. Talk to PBBans or whatever and get everyone in the ET community to use PB again, and enjoy being flamed on a daily basis if it doesn't work out 100% perfectly.
thanks for all the shit u do
2k10 GET A LOAD OF THAT GUY AND HES AN ADMIN
oh boy
In order to replace something you need a replacement!
I don't know anything about coding, but how hard it would be to code a program just to identify the players? It's not like these out dated anticheat programs are catching many cheaters anyway.
I don't know anything about coding either, but yeah I guess it can't be too difficult. Dunno who would be willing to actually work on it though.
we played like that some time ago, at nopb, and no one cared about identification, you can still force adding etpro guid and screenshot of etpro guids after every game as an identification. people who would like to spoof someone would at least needed to make some effort and play on some cheat with guidspoofer.
I have lags always, so I dont really care about PB, bust never had any problem with UAC apart from the instal. process + just see how many "skillboosted" players suck playing with it. (That's not directed against you my sweet predator xd)
and well cb got its democrew so what's the problem? i guess they hired some competent people to do their job? and also it shouldn't be an opinion just of one guy who is cheating and who's not (on demo), so there shouldn't be any biased bans i hope :)
I know ET's Community has never been good in this, but all you need to do is exclude them [from competition].
As for the community, sadly nowadays theres like 80% of ppl that are complete randoms and have no idea who they re, and thats mostly left to play, hell even a low+ war nowadays aim on top level :D
At least its a good aim practise, nonetheless!
Enjoy while it lasts :)
But if cheaters are the main problem, then they're basically digging their own grave. Also scamming chaplja wasn't quite nice either, afterall he's the one who saved ET and gave it another good 2 or 3 years.
Indeed, having that split up with chaplja wasnt good, but cant really go into this since what its done, is done, we can only hope to find new anti cheat in near future and enjoy couple more years of ET.