[bf1942] Ban email

[Neal Clayton]

btw was submitted under games/first person shooters.

Neal Clayton wrote:

> just submitted..
>
> EA: BF2 server configuration is "hacking"
>
> EA has started <a 
> href="http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/625/625301p1.html">banning</a> IPs 
> of privately hosted BF2 demo servers from the Gamespy public server 
> list if the servers were changed to remove demo-specific time limits 
> and restrictions on in-game weapons that EA wanted to keep exclusive 
> to their in house servers.  The catch?  The changes in question were 
> simple settings in the server's python server config files that only 
> had to be uncommented to be used, and there was no EULA or TOS 
> distributed with the Linux server to violate <a 
> href="http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=7046&highlight=#7046">per 
> a user on the EA Games UK public forum</a>.
>
> Joe wrote:
>
>> I second that.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Ressen [mailto:netadmin at michiganburbs.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:50 PM
>> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
>> Subject: Re: [bf1942] Ban email
>>
>>
>> Joe wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Broadbandreports and many other sites are running front-page 
>>> mentions of
>>> this horsecrap. Maybe that will get EA's attention..
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Someone get this up on Slashdot.
>>
>>  
>>
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