[cod] PB for COD2 news?

[Ian mu]

Every game will get cracked (assuming it has people playing it), that much
is inevitable. The question is how long before that crack is stopped, and a
year or two down the line when more cracks come out and companies are
working on new games, how long is it before they are stopped again. It's a
battle of wills.
 I also think a lot of people don't understand fully some of the methods
applied with cheat prevention. Although it may sound counter intuitive,
sometimes its actually "planned" to let people on a server thinking their
cheat works (which they may have tested offline for example so as not to be
banned), only then to ban a whole heap of players all at once. PB have done
this specifically at times, I'm pretty sure Valve have done the same at
times as well with vac. Just because someone gets on a server with a
cheat/crack isn't the main issue (although naturally better if they don't),
its how long it is before thats stopped and the long term support for the
game.
 All imo, naturally.

 On 11/14/05, Rok Meglic <rok at gaming.si> wrote:
>
> Jay Vasallo wrote:
>
> > Good point.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Lorbach"
> > <alorbach at ro1.adiscon.com>
> > To: <cod at icculus.org>
> > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:40 AM
> > Subject: RE: [cod] PB for COD2 news?
> >
> >
> > Lets wait and see how long this "block" will last ;)
> >
> > Regards,
> > deltaray
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Click Bouyow [mailto:click at deadboneplatoon.com] Sent: Monday,
> >> November 14, 2005 3:34 PM
> >> To: cod at icculus.org
> >> Subject: RE: [cod] PB for COD2 news?
> >>
> >> I don't think the system Garetjax is working on works that way. It
> >> blocks changes to the DirectX code, so that the cheats can't work.
> >> It does not try to identify cheaters, as such. It just stops them.
> >> Since he is a member of this group, he can probably explain it a bit
> >> better, unless he is under and NDA. I do know that he was scheduled
> >> to deliver a working copy to ATVI last Friday.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jay Vasallo [mailto:jayco1 at charter.net]
> >> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:40 AM
> >> To: cod at icculus.org
> >> Subject: Re: [cod] PB for COD2 news?
> >>
> >> Where is his site? How will they honor the bans? Will there be a site
> >> compariable to www.punksbusted.com <http://www.punksbusted.com>?
> >> Example: If I get banned because of a program I had running in the
> >> background... how would I go about defending myself and getting the
> >> ban removed?
> >>
> >> Anyone know?
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Click Bouyow" <click at deadboneplatoon.com>
> >> To: <cod at icculus.org>
> >> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 7:33 AM
> >> Subject: RE: [cod] PB for COD2 news?
> >>
> >>
> >> > Activision has stated that there will be an AC patch, but they did
> not
> >> > confirm, nor deny, Punkbuster. I believe they are seriously
> >> looking at > the
> >> > Anticheat by Garetjax.
> >> >
> >> > http://www.iwnation.com/Forums/index.php?showtopic=16588
> >> >
> >> > John
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: luke at techfreak.org [mailto:luke at techfreak.org]
> >> > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:26 AM
> >> > To: cod at icculus.org
> >> > Subject: [cod] PB for COD2 news?
> >> >
> >> > I've been out of town lately - any news on a patch that will
> >> include PB
> >> > for COD2? If we don't hear anyting possitive soon we will have to
> drop
> >> > support for the game so I need to know If I missed some new
> >> > development.....
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >> >
> >> > Luke
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> PB for quake4 lasted 20 minutes before it was cracked. I expect longer
> than that???
>
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