BF2S Forums banned?!

The only thing that has changed recently was I tried the widescreen fixer here: http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=85605

I wasn't impressed, so I deleted the program and now play(ed) in windowed mode. 

I assure you all that I have never hacked.  I'm sure you can tell from my stats.  Is there a way to tell what hack I'm being accused of?

I already started the appeal process.  I'm just waiting now.

I was just hoping y'all experts could shed some light.  "Gamehack" seems really vague.

They're really vague in their description, I had a friend who got banned for a red dot program and it came up as a 'multi hack'.

Such a cunt if you were banned for a program that doesn't make a difference, I swear one day they'll ban J2K.

globefish23 wrote:

Very bad luck in getting banned now, where the v1.50b3 patch for BF2 already supports widescreen resolutions and the final release of 1.50 also fixes the FOV, just like the widescreen fixer does now for v1.41.

I was thinking that if I am forced to buy a new copy, I might just install the latest beta.  Do know if there are many US servers?  I don't want to update only to have to play on high ping servers.

alexb wrote:

houseofnub wrote:

globefish23 wrote:

Very bad luck in getting banned now, where the v1.50b3 patch for BF2 already supports widescreen resolutions and the final release of 1.50 also fixes the FOV, just like the widescreen fixer does now for v1.41.

I was thinking that if I am forced to buy a new copy, I might just install the latest beta.  Do know if there are many US servers?  I don't want to update only to have to play on high ping servers.

*As far as I know*, buying yourself a new copy of the game won't cut it. You'll need a new PC, if its a global GUID ban.

They stopped doing HWID bans a few years ago due to legalities.

All you need is a new CD Key, you can still use your old IP however doing so will link your new GUID to your banned one.

houseofnub wrote:

I already started the appeal process.  I'm just waiting now.

I was just hoping y'all experts could shed some light.  "Gamehack" seems really vague.

Don't get your hopes up. A clanmate of mine recently got a PBBan, while he clearly hasnt hacked at all. I appealed the ban and they said that they found it not to be an error and would not lift the ban.


EDIT: Looked up his ban, apparantly it was a 'Gamehack' also. Fuckin' PB

Last edited by RDMC (2009-08-12 04:59:30)

Fateless wrote:

RDMC wrote:

houseofnub wrote:

I already started the appeal process.  I'm just waiting now.

I was just hoping y'all experts could shed some light.  "Gamehack" seems really vague.

Don't get your hopes up. A clanmate of mine recently got a PBBan, while he clearly hasnt hacked at all. I appealed the ban and they said that they found it not to be an error and would not lift the ban.


EDIT: Looked up his ban, apparantly it was a 'Gamehack' also. Fuckin' PB

Out of curiosity, care to share the name so we can look to see?

miquel72. If you can find out anything that could give us a clue about his ban, because the weird thing about this ban is, that the time says something like 12:30, while he was at work during this time and nobody was at home. Weird eh.

coke wrote:

RDMC wrote:

Fateless wrote:

Out of curiosity, care to share the name so we can look to see?

miquel72. If you can find out anything that could give us a clue about his ban, because the weird thing about this ban is, that the time says something like 12:30, while he was at work during this time and nobody was at home. Weird eh.

So it's likely that someone hacked his account...

Seems very unlikely as we are not talking about BF2 in his case, but CoD4.

RDMC wrote:

Fateless wrote:

RDMC wrote:

Don't get your hopes up. A clanmate of mine recently got a PBBan, while he clearly hasnt hacked at all. I appealed the ban and they said that they found it not to be an error and would not lift the ban.


EDIT: Looked up his ban, apparantly it was a 'Gamehack' also. Fuckin' PB

Out of curiosity, care to share the name so we can look to see?

miquel72. If you can find out anything that could give us a clue about his ban, because the weird thing about this ban is, that the time says something like 12:30, while he was at work during this time and nobody was at home. Weird eh.

No banned acc's for that name.

Look at it this way.
You downloaded a small program that modifies your BF2 files to give you an advantage!

Are the suppliers of these file going to tell you there NOT safe to use? No I don't think so.
Who told you the file was OK to use? Shouldn't you be aiming your frustration at them and NOT Punkbuster who caught you with modified gaming files. I'm not going to call you stupid, just naive. In your appeal did you provide the links to where you got it from and where you read it was safe to use?

If your ever in doubt you should check the Punkbuster, PB Bans or Evenbalance forums. If you don't then how can you defend yourself. Ignorance is never an excuse in the big world........

=BBUK= RAVEN wrote:

Look at it this way.
You downloaded a small program that modifies your BF2 files to give you an advantage!

Are the suppliers of these file going to tell you there NOT safe to use? No I don't think so.
Who told you the file was OK to use? Shouldn't you be aiming your frustration at them and NOT Punkbuster who caught you with modified gaming files. I'm not going to call you stupid, just naive. In your appeal did you provide the links to where you got it from and where you read it was safe to use?

If your ever in doubt you should check the Punkbuster, PB Bans or Evenbalance forums. If you don't then how can you defend yourself. Ignorance is never an excuse in the big world........

I tried the widescreen fixer once before removing it, and that was about a week prior to the ban.  Unless the program actually modified the game files, I can't imagine that being the cause.

I have no idea what would have caused it, unless one of the other programs I was running at the time caused a false positive.

=BBUK= RAVEN wrote:

Type your player name in here http://www.pbbans.com/mpi/index.php follow the info. Try both with and without tags.

If your banned it will tell you so and why. You then have the right to appeal. Appeal button. Give them all the info you can and they will look into it. May take a few days.

If the answer is clean GUID then you are not PB Banned........Good Luck.

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Last edited by houseofnub (2009-08-26 16:48:31)