Someone threatened to spoof my guids yesterday and get me banned. I called him out on it and low and behold here I am, on a ban list. Though my regular name is 'prophet', I usually pub as Xmg a you will see in the screenshots and ban information below.
pbbans ban link: http://www.pbbans.com/mbi-viewban-ed1918e5-vb124831.html
It contains my pb guid alright, but the IP address is from some country in Europe (I am from Newfoundland, Canada) and it's from a server which I have never played on.
My ip: 142.162.86.118
Here are some screenshots I took yesterday of the guy threatening myself and some other players on the server:
http://img160.imageshack.us/my.php?image=guidspoof.jpg
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/36/guidspoof2.jpg
The fact that I'm on a ban list worries me but not nearly as much as how is someone able to get my guid there with such ease?
Also discovered this:
http://www.pbbans.com/mbi-latest50-et-lfb2.html
Those are the latest bans for ET. As you will see, you have a lot of them of "supposed" North American players banned from the same overseas CYBERGAMES server. All of them have a *very* similar IP address and all say the players are all from VENEZUELA, which they are not.
190.201.161.233 - NEB!Dominator
190.201.161.172 - Cachucha
190.201.161.177 - Xmg (me)
190.201.182.7 - hello
190.201.173.201 - lelaw
There have been many more bans added for supposed North American players. All have a similar IP and come from the CYBERGAMES server:
MULTIHACK #70534 Zicario
190.201.169.147 [Venezuela] [CYBERGAMES]
84.247.226.3:27971 Apr 29, 2009
8:42 pm
MULTIHACK #70534 evilzombie
190.201.160.154 [Venezuela] [CYBERGAMES]
84.247.226.3:27971 Apr 29, 2009
8:38 pm
MULTIHACK #70534 .fa.Corey
190.201.166.243 [Venezuela] [CYBERGAMES]
84.247.226.3:27971 Apr 29, 2009
8:31 pm
MULTIHACK #70534 Bliss
190.201.165.121 [Venezuela] [CYBERGAMES]
84.247.226.3:27971 Apr 29, 2009
8:27 pm
MULTIHACK #70534 NuMLocK
190.201.169.170 [Venezuela] [CYBERGAMES]
84.247.226.3:27971 Apr 29, 2009
8:22 pm
All I had to do to get around it was simply delete my guid. I'd appreciate it if you removed my guid from the list. I have had it for many years and do not want my name/guid connected to a ban list in anyway, shape or form. Here is the info regarding my banned guid:
Violation information from PBBans.com:
Ban Date: Apr 29, 2009 at 1:41:52 pm EDT
PBBans BanID: 124831
PBBans Ban Link: http://www.pbbans.com/mbi-viewban-ed1918e5-vb124831.html
Game: Enemy Territory
Violation: VIOLATION (MULTIHACK) 70682
I know there is a proper appeal process but a lot of this information came into light after I had already submitted the appeal. As well, I figured I'd bring it to everyone's attention in case you were not already aware of it.
