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CS: Source Anti-Cheat Soon
by Steve Gibson, Mar 25, 2005 5:09pm PSTIf you're like myself you gave up on playing CS:Source at least for a little while because cheating was just getting insane. Well here's some good news from Valve Software:
Next week we'll begin beta testing the new Valve Anti-Cheat system. For people playing multiplayer games, there will not be any visible difference while we're conducting the beta, but we will be logging cheating violations into our database to make sure it's ready for general release. This will be the last public notice before the system is released and active for everyone. If you have any cheats for multiplayer games installed on your computer, now would be a good time to uninstall and stop using them. When a cheat infraction is detected, the offender will be permanently banned from playing on secure servers. In lighter news, work is progressing on Lost Coast, that is the level we've built to showcase a new piece of rendering technology coming to Source called High Dynamic Range lighting, first mentioned here. Valve's Doug Lombardi will be showing the level on G4 TV next Wednesday, March 30th. More information on the broadcast is available here.
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Everytime a new update comes it seems like steam is being used more and more as a way to release material that should have been completed in development but gabe newell got so overanxious they rushed it out the door. Is the game polished with the content it came with? Yes. Is some of the content they released in the last 3 months stuff that should have been included with the game? Definatley.
Just seems like the developers(valve) are using steam as a way to cover their asses for poor planning in development (and we know that happened....September 2003 anyone?).
It is nice to get all this content easily but comeon valve....lets have a better development next time ok? I mean we paid 50+ US Dollars for a very polished game with little additional content only to be added later. Feel sorry for the people that beat HL2 and put it away for good. They didnt get their 50+ Dollars worth
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So, I really don't care about this.
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Besides, another $30 gets em another account. Hopefully HL2/CSS is no longer hackable, or this is all a moot point.
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Bots don't accuse you of cheating.
Bots don't kick you from the server for getting 3 headshots in a row.
Bots don't enjoy your wife Biblically while you are away at work.
Bots don't make fun of you or give you a hard time when you are down.
Bots don't neglect dirty dishes in the sink for days.
Bots don't borrow your car without putting gasoline back into it.
Bots don't talk during movies.
Bots don't interrupt you while you are expressing yourself on a personal level.
Bots don't tell you that they'll call and then don't.
Bots don't date a girl that dumped you.
<3 Bots <3
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What constitutes a secure server? *curious*
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Thankfully I haven't been playing HL2 in the past couple of months, so I don't know: is it still that easy to play with pirated/hacked games/accounts on legit servers?
/kills self
In other news, lets hope the anti-cheat system works for a good amount of time before it too is broken.
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But hey those are my thoughts... if you like the game, party on Bill and Ted. :p
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But since people have paid to use this network, that isn't even a year old, it may be in bad taste not to give fair warning about these measures.
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Gettin repetative. Glad to see, NOW, they have finally given us more information. Can't wait for all the losers to get perm bans.