usmarine
Banned
+2,785|6973

chuyskywalker wrote:

Currently there has been hardware bans issued by punkbuster. A punkbuster and evenbalance hardware balance keeps you from playing ANY game on punkbuster enabled servers without buying a new harddrive and network card. They also have an invalid users agreement with this in it. They are using it as a monopoly for there company. They are also potentially hurting retail of the hardware and they maybe hurting other peoples hardware that should not of been banned. Please help stop hardware banning.
This petition sounds like it was written by a 4 year old who fell down and scraped their knee and is now screaming at the ground for being mean. There's no research behind it, no reasons, and no rationale.
PWNT
LockerFish
Member
+47|6918
11 Total signatures as of 10:46 EST, July 7, 2006. Wow. Sounds like you're on a roll!
Snipedya14
Dont tread on me
+77|6907|Mountains of West Virginia

ExecutionerStyle wrote:

Wow, burned by the Creator.
Amen. Well said Chuy
-=raska=-
Canada's French Frog
+123|6838|Quebec city, Canada
I agree with hardware bans, most of them are made for a reason and its a good way to avoid cheaters

yes errors might happen but if we stopped every procedures that have error possibilities, there werent many of them...

the creator of this petition must be against jail too, because sometimes innocents are imprisoned...
Spidey
Member
+1|6804

JaM3z wrote:

my friend actually got a hardware ban for no reason, after long emails with PB and EA support they unbanned him, it was weird his account didnt get reset and he doesnt even play much he just got a hardware ban, i was like WTF.

And before anyone says he used hacks, this is his account:

http://bf2s.com/player/70800095/

Hacker lol i dont think so.....
Its funny to hear people say he/she doesn't hack look at the stats they suck.  I've played against a few people in bf2 and other games that have hacks running and they still suck..lol

Last edited by Spidey (2006-07-07 08:11:55)

Dsp-CS-
Claymore magnet
+98|6918|Alaska
You either got banned for gliching, or having a hack, now its your problem, deal with it dont be coming in here yelling OH GUYS PLEASE SIGH THIS I NEED IT, pff you got your self in this postition, too bad, should of played like a normal bf2 player, lol lying is not gonna get you anywhere
Lucien
Fantasma Parastasie
+1,451|6865
Can we get rid of this thread already?
https://i.imgur.com/HTmoH.jpg
PASSUBY
Member
+30|6844|Louisiana

SargeV1.4 wrote:

Can we get rid of this thread already?
Yea, it's time for spelling class!
OpsChief
Member
+101|6888|Southern California

bravo3_1/22 wrote:

there is a monopaly that will keep you from playing bf2 with your computer. it will ban you and the only way to unban you is to get a new harddrive and network cand....not cheap....so help us remove this bullshit from bf2 by  sightning  this patition to remove what  should not be in f2 in the first place!!!!
(any link worx)   thank you and plx sighn!  we will die w/o it




      http://www.petitiononline.com/26001172/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/26001172/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/26001172/petition.html
OK be very specific please. What drive and NIC did you have and what did PB/EB ask you to buy? Did your NIC have defects or a DUPed MAC? Details please...
--->[Your]Phobia<---
Member
+35|6968|UK - England
Hardware ban?I suppose they take your MAC address?
If they do just go ahead and change it OR  maybe im wrong lol on how they do this
Lucien
Fantasma Parastasie
+1,451|6865

--->[Your]Phobia<--- wrote:

Hardware ban?I suppose they take your MAC address?
If they do just go ahead and change it OR  maybe im wrong lol on how they do this
Your mac adress is in your hardware,  you can't just change it without getting different hardware. MAC adresses are universal, you won't get two of the same unless if someone f'ed up at the factory, so there's another reason why you can't change it.
https://i.imgur.com/HTmoH.jpg
Todd_Angelo
Leukocyte
+336|6839|Warlord

JaM3z wrote:

my friend actually got a hardware ban for no reason, after long emails with PB and EA support they unbanned him, it was weird his account didnt get reset and he doesnt even play much he just got a hardware ban, i was like WTF.

And before anyone says he used hacks, this is his account:

http://bf2s.com/player/70800095/

Hacker lol i dont think so.....
Uh okay, that's fairly good evidence that sometimes they don't know their arse from their elbow.

The fact that they recanted is also a bad sign; they should be bloody sure before they do it!
Hurricane
Banned
+1,153|6842|Washington, DC

There are ways to circumvent PB hardware bans.
thedoo2
Eluded Fate
+20|6757|Texas
Today 10:00:06   -1   please god help remove this gaynesfrom bf2 so we can play W/O problems    alien whare, save yourself your money, damnit. 


haha, this is rich.  So who's the cockless wonder here that's so against someone having something nice???  lol  I mean of all the things to give negative karma.......my fucking computer???????
alpinestar
Member
+304|6808|New York City baby.
HARDWAREBAN = hackers & glitchers and other scum.... don't sign it fuck em..
bravo3_1/22
Member
+23|6920

chuyskywalker wrote:

Currently there has been hardware bans issued by punkbuster. A punkbuster and evenbalance hardware balance keeps you from playing ANY game on punkbuster enabled servers without buying a new harddrive and network card. They also have an invalid users agreement with this in it. They are using it as a monopoly for there company. They are also potentially hurting retail of the hardware and they maybe hurting other peoples hardware that should not of been banned. Please help stop hardware banning.
1) How is their user agreement illegal?

2) How is PB a monopoly? If they are the only anti-cheat people on the market, they can't be wronged because no one else has decided to compete with them.

3) Hurting the retail of HW? Do you even know how their PBGUID system works? How specifically or non-specifically do they target bans? Do i need the NIC? The Graphics Card? The whole system?


This petition sounds like it was written by a 4 year old who fell down and scraped their knee and is now screaming at the ground for being mean. There's no research behind it, no reasons, and no rationale.
idk how its illigal user but its a monopaly suz they can do whatever4 cuz thyre the only ppl in gaming things
Hurricane
Banned
+1,153|6842|Washington, DC

bravo3_1/22 wrote:

chuyskywalker wrote:

Currently there has been hardware bans issued by punkbuster. A punkbuster and evenbalance hardware balance keeps you from playing ANY game on punkbuster enabled servers without buying a new harddrive and network card. They also have an invalid users agreement with this in it. They are using it as a monopoly for there company. They are also potentially hurting retail of the hardware and they maybe hurting other peoples hardware that should not of been banned. Please help stop hardware banning.
1) How is their user agreement illegal?

2) How is PB a monopoly? If they are the only anti-cheat people on the market, they can't be wronged because no one else has decided to compete with them.

3) Hurting the retail of HW? Do you even know how their PBGUID system works? How specifically or non-specifically do they target bans? Do i need the NIC? The Graphics Card? The whole system?


This petition sounds like it was written by a 4 year old who fell down and scraped their knee and is now screaming at the ground for being mean. There's no research behind it, no reasons, and no rationale.
idk how its illigal user but its a monopaly suz they can do whatever4 cuz thyre the only ppl in gaming things
That's not a monopoly you idiot. Like you said, they're the only anti-cheat company so they CANT be a monopoly with no other possible competition for them to take over. The only other major anti-cheat is VAC, made by Valve. VAC is for Steam games. PunkBuster is for other games.

EDIT: Well I'm wrong, it's a 'natural' monopoly. Not a monopoly caused by laws or buy-outs, but caused because nobody has attempted to do as good a job as EvenBalance and Valve. There are some third-party anti-cheats such as Cheating-Death, but those aren't AC companies so much as just add-ons for the game.

Last edited by ExecutionerStyle (2006-07-08 21:10:24)

Erwin_Rommel188
Member
+59|6897|Seattle

JaM3z wrote:

my friend actually got a hardware ban for no reason, after long emails with PB and EA support they unbanned him, it was weird his account didnt get reset and he doesnt even play much he just got a hardware ban, i was like WTF.

And before anyone says he used hacks, this is his account:

http://bf2s.com/player/70800095/

Hacker lol i dont think so.....
I get it!

They banned him so he would stop giving other players free kills...
--->[Your]Phobia<---
Member
+35|6968|UK - England

SargeV1.4 wrote:

--->[Your]Phobia<--- wrote:

Hardware ban?I suppose they take your MAC address?
If they do just go ahead and change it OR  maybe im wrong lol on how they do this
Your mac adress is in your hardware,  you can't just change it without getting different hardware. MAC adresses are universal, you won't get two of the same unless if someone f'ed up at the factory, so there's another reason why you can't change it.
I know what a MAC address is
oh yeah and you can change them
some examples :-
http://www.nthelp.com/NT6/change_mac_w2k.htm
There are also loads of utilities. Also once you have changed it, its inevitable they are referred back to the original ones in the hardware after reboot.
-fe.lep-
Member
+8|6915
Keep up the good work PB, Its about time someone had the ball's to enforce hardware ban's on these lamers. As for the people saying, Someone else did it, my brother did it, my goldfish did it, You're all on the same ip, therefore u all get banned. Have it.

www.anticheat.co.uk read the caught cheaters section sometime, Its a UT and UT2k4 site, but it really does make funny reading. The excuses just crack me up.

Last edited by -fe.lep- (2006-07-09 06:59:42)

mooncricket
Knife Whore
+10|6949|Alabama

bravo3_1/22 wrote:

idk how its illigal user but its a monopaly suz they can do whatever4 cuz thyre the only ppl in gaming things
Use the check spelling button and come up with a cohesive, well thought out argument. I understand what you mean about a "monopoly"(hey, look, I can spell it right). BUT IT REALLY ISN'T ONE. Mononpolies take over other small buisnesses and large ones and come to complete control of an entire (horizontal) industry. The problem is, as many have stated, my self included, that there is no alternative to punk buster. And I'm am almost certain they banned you and your friend for doing something that violates the PB terms of service. Now there are a lot of other games out there that do not require PB, go buy one of those. Kthxbye.
bravo3_1/22
Member
+23|6920

ExecutionerStyle wrote:

bravo3_1/22 wrote:

chuyskywalker wrote:


1) How is their user agreement illegal?

2) How is PB a monopoly? If they are the only anti-cheat people on the market, they can't be wronged because no one else has decided to compete with them.

3) Hurting the retail of HW? Do you even know how their PBGUID system works? How specifically or non-specifically do they target bans? Do i need the NIC? The Graphics Card? The whole system?


This petition sounds like it was written by a 4 year old who fell down and scraped their knee and is now screaming at the ground for being mean. There's no research behind it, no reasons, and no rationale.
idk how its illigal user but its a monopaly suz they can do whatever4 cuz thyre the only ppl in gaming things
That's not a monopoly you idiot. Like you said, they're the only anti-cheat company so they CANT be a monopoly with no other possible competition for them to take over. The only other major anti-cheat is VAC, made by Valve. VAC is for Steam games. PunkBuster is for other games.

EDIT: Well I'm wrong, it's a 'natural' monopoly. Not a monopoly caused by laws or buy-outs, but caused because nobody has attempted to do as good a job as EvenBalance and Valve. There are some third-party anti-cheats such as Cheating-Death, but those aren't AC companies so much as just add-ons for the game.
yes n00b they boust out other companies thay tried as thoe i hear dont know if its true thoe
bravo3_1/22
Member
+23|6920

mooncricket wrote:

bravo3_1/22 wrote:

idk how its illigal user but its a monopaly suz they can do whatever4 cuz thyre the only ppl in gaming things
Use the check spelling button and come up with a cohesive, well thought out argument. I understand what you mean about a "monopoly"(hey, look, I can spell it right). BUT IT REALLY ISN'T ONE. Mononpolies take over other small buisnesses and large ones and come to complete control of an entire (horizontal) industry. The problem is, as many have stated, my self included, that there is no alternative to punk buster. And I'm am almost certain they banned you and your friend for doing something that violates the PB terms of service. Now there are a lot of other games out there that do not require PB, go buy one of those. Kthxbye.
yes its like a monopaly they bought out smalers ones
dontfeedthenerd
Member
+38|6759

bravo3_1/22 wrote:

mooncricket wrote:

bravo3_1/22 wrote:

idk how its illigal user but its a monopaly suz they can do whatever4 cuz thyre the only ppl in gaming things
Use the check spelling button and come up with a cohesive, well thought out argument. I understand what you mean about a "monopoly"(hey, look, I can spell it right). BUT IT REALLY ISN'T ONE. Mononpolies take over other small buisnesses and large ones and come to complete control of an entire (horizontal) industry. The problem is, as many have stated, my self included, that there is no alternative to punk buster. And I'm am almost certain they banned you and your friend for doing something that violates the PB terms of service. Now there are a lot of other games out there that do not require PB, go buy one of those. Kthxbye.
yes its like a monopaly they bought out smalers ones
So what if it's a monopoly. It's a natural monopoly, thus is  not illegal. Punkbuster didn't buyout any other smaller companies, it hasn't used illegal business procedures. Right now it's just keeping cheaters offline where they deserve to be.

Does the system make a mistake once in a while? Yea sure, no system is flawless but I'd venture to guess that 99.9% of the players w/ hardware bans deserve them.

Oh yea, and they aren't the only anti-cheat option in mulitplayer games. Valve has it's own, Valve Anti-Cheat or VAC. And Cheating Death by United Admins Limited also exists: http://www.unitedadmins.com/index.php?p … ontent=cd. Do some research before you start crying wolf little boy.

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