<div>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.
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<div>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.
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<div>All imo, naturally.<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/14/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rok Meglic</b> <<a href="mailto:rok@gaming.si">rok@gaming.si</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Jay Vasallo wrote:<br><br>> Good point.<br>><br>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Lorbach"
<br>> <<a href="mailto:alorbach@ro1.adiscon.com">alorbach@ro1.adiscon.com</a>><br>> To: <<a href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</a>><br>> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:40 AM<br>> Subject: RE: [cod] PB for COD2 news?
<br>><br>><br>> Lets wait and see how long this "block" will last ;)<br>><br>> Regards,<br>> deltaray<br>><br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From: Click Bouyow [mailto:<a href="mailto:click@deadboneplatoon.com">
click@deadboneplatoon.com</a>] Sent: Monday,<br>>> November 14, 2005 3:34 PM<br>>> To: <a href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</a><br>>> Subject: RE: [cod] PB for COD2 news?<br>>><br>>> I don't think the system Garetjax is working on works that way. It
<br>>> blocks changes to the DirectX code, so that the cheats can't work.<br>>> It does not try to identify cheaters, as such. It just stops them.<br>>> Since he is a member of this group, he can probably explain it a bit
<br>>> better, unless he is under and NDA. I do know that he was scheduled<br>>> to deliver a working copy to ATVI last Friday.<br>>><br>>> John<br>>><br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>> From: Jay Vasallo [mailto:<a href="mailto:jayco1@charter.net">jayco1@charter.net</a>]<br>>> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:40 AM<br>>> To: <a href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</a><br>>> Subject: Re: [cod] PB for COD2 news?
<br>>><br>>> Where is his site? How will they honor the bans? Will there be a site<br>>> compariable to <a href="http://www.punksbusted.com">www.punksbusted.com</a>?<br>>> Example: If I get banned because of a program I had running in the
<br>>> background... how would I go about defending myself and getting the<br>>> ban removed?<br>>><br>>> Anyone know?<br>>><br>>><br>>> ----- Original Message -----<br>>> From: "Click Bouyow" <
<a href="mailto:click@deadboneplatoon.com">click@deadboneplatoon.com</a>><br>>> To: <<a href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</a>><br>>> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 7:33 AM<br>>> Subject: RE: [cod] PB for COD2 news?
<br>>><br>>><br>>> > Activision has stated that there will be an AC patch, but they did not<br>>> > confirm, nor deny, Punkbuster. I believe they are seriously<br>>> looking at > the
<br>>> > Anticheat by Garetjax.<br>>> ><br>>> > <a href="http://www.iwnation.com/Forums/index.php?showtopic=16588">http://www.iwnation.com/Forums/index.php?showtopic=16588</a><br>>> ><br>
>> > John<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > -----Original Message-----<br>>> > From: <a href="mailto:luke@techfreak.org">luke@techfreak.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:luke@techfreak.org">
luke@techfreak.org</a>]<br>>> > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:26 AM<br>>> > To: <a href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</a><br>>> > Subject: [cod] PB for COD2 news?<br>>> >
<br>>> > I've been out of town lately - any news on a patch that will<br>>> include PB<br>>> > for COD2? If we don't hear anyting possitive soon we will have to drop<br>>> > support for the game so I need to know If I missed some new
<br>>> > development.....<br>>> ><br>>> > Thanks!<br>>> ><br>>> > Luke<br>>> ><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>><br>><br>PB for quake4 lasted 20 minutes before it was cracked. I expect longer
<br>than that???<br></blockquote></div><br>