[cod]Disappointing... & on Cheating

[Paul Warren]

That screen shot doesn't seem real some how. the "other" team seems to 
look like it has been layered on paint shop or somthing.




Geoff Goas wrote:

>they will not comment
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>(perhaps they will prove me wrong, but i severely doubt it)
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>On 10/30/05, James Landi <jim at landi.net> wrote:
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>>Bryan, can we get some type of comment from IW?  I for one would like to
>>know where this leaves us the people who spend a lot of $$ supporting this
>>game by running dedicated servers.
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>>Can you comment on what IW is doing regarding cheating and the other issues?
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>>I hate just playing SP, I need my MP fix!
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>>-Jim Landi
>>Rudedog
>>FPSadmin.com
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Geoff Goas [mailto:gitman at gmail.com]
>>Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 8:23 PM
>>To: cod at icculus.org
>>Subject: Re: [cod]Disappointing... & on Cheating
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>>looks like MPC work
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>>On 10/30/05, Perry Golden <goldenp at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>Fuel for the fire.  Found this looking to see if there were any CoD2 hacks
>>>out.
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>>>http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/127/asmcod29ie.jpg
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>>>On 10/29/05, Mark J. DeFilippis <defilm at acm.org> wrote:
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>>>>Man, You got to play on a few public servers in the
>>>>states.  I can not believe how many wall hacks I am
>>>>seeing, and Aimbots.
>>>>
>>>>As I stated, I was offered a cracked version of COD2
>>>>and a host of other games a week before they came out,
>>>>including the new BF2 add on which is not due for another
>>>>4 weeks (as of last week when the offer was made).
>>>>
>>>>It is clear that the cheat coders were ready with their code
>>>>before we even got the servers up.  I know a wall hack and
>>>>Aimbots when I see them.
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>>>>On the positive side, I have not found any sharking or exploits
>>>>yet, but I have to ask my clan.  They seem to find every one of
>>>>them :).  Off it goes to punksbusted.com, and TWL AntiCheat team
>>>>to be banned at least in competition play....
>>>>
>>>>The way I see it there are two possibilities:
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>>>>1. The EA Games/Apple Corporate method:
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>>>>I have to wonder... Did ACTV get the EA Games virus?
>>>>Or the apple Corporate virus?
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>>>>Case in point:
>>>>  Apple puts out a poor ipod with battery issues
>>>>  Class action lawsuit spawned
>>>>  On settlement, Apple has to replace battery of all bad Ipods and
>>>>    provide a $50 apple.com store credit.
>>>>  COst to Apple = $14.5 Million dollars (OUCH)  Right???
>>>>
>>>>  Wrong...
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>>>>   Based on sales of the ipod and Apples income, accounting
>>>>   shows that Apple made $14.5 Mil every 9 hours!
>>>>
>>>>Point is.. Do you think Apple is sweating the class action suit
>>>>of the scratched Nano screen now?  Hardly!  EA's sales of BF2
>>>>similar scenario, and no class action suit is the only real difference.
>>>>So EA ignores their customers.  Why shouldn't they?  The difference
>>>>in sales is minimal.  People complain, but still buy the game.
>>>>
>>>>Why in the world would we expect ACTV to be different?
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>>>>Possibility 2:
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>>>>The only possible answer is because in the past they have NOT
>>>>been an EA, or Apple. They have been a corporation of people that
>>>>seemed to care.  Individual pride in ACTV and IWN seemed to
>>>>reach outside the company to it's customers. Almost like a
>>>>family business.
>>>>
>>>>That is unique in this industry. I hope remain that way. I believe in
>>>>short time we will get a yea, or nay on anti-cheat, perhaps just
>>>>not as instantaneous as we all would like it to be....
>>>>
>>>>ACTV has a record of "Doing the right thing" in the past.  I just
>>>>have to believe that has not changed over night.
>>>>
>>>>Mark
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>>>>At 10:12 AM 10/29/2005, you wrote:
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>>>>For the PB/anti-cheat... It's sure that if some cheat comes around the
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>>>game will be dead so let's just hopes they are working on something
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>>against
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>>>that... and don't freak too fast before it is really cheat...
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>>>>Can't wait to get it in europa...
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>>>>Mark J. DeFilippis                    defilm at acm.org
>>>>                                      defilm at ieee.org
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