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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Interesting post there, but it basically boils down
to fact if you wanted to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>build a stats system that is to the majority part
hack proof ( prevent</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>sending false stats ) </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>then this is possible. It will never be 100% even if</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you run it only on "EA" servers I can guarantee you
that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Limiting the stats, hence ranking generation to EA
only servers will only</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>achieve one thing that is the opposite to what the
stats where added to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>achieve in the first place. This will be
a small unsupported community.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If they cant see that they will never be able to
provide the quality of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>server purely due to there limited location
facilities, not to mention</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>there now quite legendarily bad technical support,
then they are</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>kidding themselves.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Even a game with such promise as BF2 has;
could well be destroyed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>it if EA continue to take this
standing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Steve / K</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sechon@blackmud.com href="mailto:sechon@blackmud.com">Joe</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bf1942@icculus.org
href="mailto:bf1942@icculus.org">bf1942@icculus.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 18, 2005 9:42
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [bf1942] How could DICE
agree to this??</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=296504021-18022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Check this out guys:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=296504021-18022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbattlefield/topic.asp?fid=7419&tid=1604084&p=2#18058535">http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbattlefield/topic.asp?fid=7419&tid=1604084&p=2#18058535</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><br>================================================<br>
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