[bf1942] Ban email

[Dave Snodgrass]

TLC being the key point. Not some guy in chennai making $5/day to
watch an admin panel for 25 hosts.


On 6/15/05, Patrick Scott <pscott at extremesims.com> wrote:
> Hear, hear. The EA servers were never well run, and (sorry to say)
> many of the other servers out there are on oversubscribed hosts. The
> best servers are those run with TLC by a clan who wants the best
> experience.
> 
> On 15 Jun 2005, at 00:59 , Joe wrote:
> 
> > Stupid as it sounds, the past few days have been very stressful in
> > relation
> > to the demo release. I've got about 25 guys in my clan whom are all
> > 150%
> > dedicated to the clan and our chosen game, plus the literally
> > hundreds of
> > regulars from the bfv server, all whom stand to be impacted by
> > these issues.
> > Sure, I'm doing it to have fun cos that's what it all boils down
> > to, but
> > this whole situation is just bad for everyone including EA.
> >
> > It's _not_ going to raise their sales, if anything it will in fact
> > hurt
> > them. No average joe-noob's going to be able to afford their own
> > server, and
> > well I guess we'll see how long EA's servers hold any thread of
> > organization/order..Normally, the average joe-noob can turn to the
> > high
> > quality, constantly administrated clan servers but folks can only
> > be stepped
> > on so many times before they say enough's enough (point passed for
> > many on
> > this list, and many whom are no longer on this list)..Surely these
> > actions
> > this past week will have shaved some of the private servers off of
> > bf2,
> > probably not a whole lot looking at the big picture, but some, and
> > there's
> > no reason to do so.
> >
> > At the end of this, I really think there will remain no "winner".
> > EA will
> > have the final say/action on it aside from folks dropping their
> > games, but I
> > really can't see it turning out positive for them, us, or the average
> > player.
> >
> > It's a losing battle for all sides.
> > -=CCC=-eggs
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Neal Clayton [mailto:xayd at vae-victus.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:42 PM
> > To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> > Subject: Re: [bf1942] Ban email
> >
> >
> > actually what really went through was better proof read, I added
> > "plain
> > text" before "python server config files" as well, but it's late and i
> > forgot to copy/paste before submitting, bleh.
> >
> > all this reading of forums and mailing lists at work makes life hard i
> > tell ya, i need a vacation.
> >
> > Joe wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Swapped uncommented/commented but close enough. ;)
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Neal Clayton [mailto:xayd at vae-victus.org]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:34 PM
> >> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> >> Subject: Re: [bf1942] Ban email
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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