A most distressing worry March 27, 2007
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , add a commentI randomly was looking through the internet (as you do) when I came accross this link.
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2088
Having sifted throught the comments and article, it worries me that in one quote someone apeared to be banned after getting a demo video (made by another player and emailed to Valve) made of him getting four headshots in a row.
Now don’t get me wrong, all cheaters should go burn in hell, but there are really good players out there (as well as people who get lucky shots).
Another thing is people being banned through other means. Steam uses VAC (Valve Anti Cheat system I believe). It checks whether: a)Core game exe and dlls have been modified, and b) what programs are running as you play. From what I have seen, some programs are mistakenly labled as cheats. The steam forums and site seem most unhelpful, and also claim that VAC is 100% correct, and that if you are banned you are cheating filth. ¬¬
My advice is that when playing a game through Steam, turn off ALL un-necessary programs (such as msn, etc). Leave firewalls and virus scanners on. Never turn those off. If you do get banned, don’t go to the forums, they’re useless and you’ll be flamed to death. Instead go to the Steam support page. HOWEVER, don’t do it instantly. I have read of cases where accounts are wrongly banned, and are unbanned around a week later. Leave it a few days and see if you are unbanned.
Additionally, a VAC ban does not stop you playing these games online. You can still play on non VAC secured servers, and can still play in single-player.
BROADBAND! March 27, 2007
Posted by metritutus in : Uncategorized , add a commentHas finally come! (well actually I had it when I posted my previous entry here but anywho I say about it now).
Upon first gaining it I went on a mad spree and downloaded every Half-Life related thingy on Steam, EXCEPT Half-Life: Source.
DO NOT BUY it! Instead I must advise anyone interested to go to www.blackmesasource.com.
On another note, I have been playing CounterStrike: Source.
My fave map: Office. Sadly I still get quite poor pings and am sometimes auto-kicked, but at least it’s not 800 now!
Want to know who I am? (probably not, but hey!) Well, I’m
[TCHS] Master Bob
The TCHS stands for Techious, founded by my friend. Sign onto his forum here.
I’m a mod there, known as Species (I did NOT choose the name. He didn’t want me to go as Master Bob.)
I have also recently discovered a most disturbing game called Carmageddon. It’s supposed to have zombies instead of people, but from where I got it, it had a patch to add the people. . .
Most disturbing. . .