SuperTaz

The games are developing better technologies, but, EB still has the same system they did back when they began with a few updates here and there. EB needs to build a whole new verification and security system with better features in order to be competitive with Steam and VAC. At least VAC now went to VAC2 and they are currently working on VAC3. PB's UCON is still they way it has always been. There is no UCON2. Punkbuster Pros: Live banning Global Bans on some violations (Should be all violations) UCON system to allow streaming to 3rd party sites PB Screenshots (When they work correctly) CVAR scans MD5 scans Demos on some games (3rd party sites only) Punkbuster Cons: Kicks players for using non-cheat software like steam and xfire. Black Screenshots UCON not secure enough PB GUID's can be spoofed(ET players) Same GUIDs for different games (i.e. BC2 and MoH) Can lag server with wrong configurations PB kicks players if it can't communicate with EB Auto-Updating does not work all the time (Have to manually update) Some cheats that are supposed to be detected, aren't! VAC Pros Mass Bans Auto-updated through steam If you're banned, then you're banned from all games using that engine. Once banned, you need to buy a new game. No kicks for non-cheat software. No lag from VAC Now has VAC2 system Has verification system to see if game is cracked or not. More secure VAC Cons Have to wait for players to be banned (delayed mass bans) No screenshots No MD5's No CVARS Cannot contact VAC to discuss ban or to submit cheats via email Does not detect some private cheats at all because they don't buy cheats. Maybe some of you can point out other pros and cons for each. That is what I can think of at this point.

Yes and PBSS, but, I do not count that yet because EB fails to fix them.

Evenbalance violations and MD5 scan violations are the only evidence allowed from PBBans Streaming BC2 servers.

Yeah, it does look like BF2. It only has 32 players though...I like the 64 slots better. lol

Could be worse. MoH could have VAC.

There are cheaters in every game. There are some issues with PB and BC2 that are being worked out as we speak. There will always be cheats that will go undetected for a short period of time until someone submits the cheats to EB or EB gets them some other way. Eventually, those cheats will be detected. It takes time. You have to be patient. I am sure EB is trying their best to fix these issues because they do not want to have future games go with VAC.

...you have a train horn in your vehicle :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQpa8whzwAE

The ban is over at GGC: http://www.ggc-stream.com/search/server/guid/gid/1d199fb1a803dbc7030e705d37df257b You are not banned by us. And also, do not hijack someone else's thread that is over a year old. Make your own threads.

Zombies FTW! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq20dW6Qj4Y

Oh sure. Looks like they had every intention of going with dedicated servers and PB, but, someone must have said to do it another way at the last moment.

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Hey look! Charlie Brown is a software developer for Valve. Scroll down five names on the right side: http://www.valvecorporation.com/company/people.html

A new studio is working on the next Call of Duty title. Call of Duty 8 anyone? http://www.sledgehammergames.com/games

See if you all can run COD:BO: http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/ My system can run it with no problems. :)

A member on callofduty.com had a question and answer session with JD on COD:BO. Read it below:

Go into my server for about 2 minutes: IP: 206.217.129.82:28930 As of now, your guid is clean.

Go into the game and open the console by pressing the tilde(~) key and type "/pb_myguid", without the quotes, and post it here.

I agree with them nerfing the quick scoping. That was annoying!

What's the matter with that? Those 50 slot shipment and killhouse servers in cod4 are awesome for fragging. :P

That about sums it up. :)

I agree, hellreturn. I miss games when they were 50+ players, like COD4, BF2, BF2142...These 18-32 slot servers are not cutting it for me anymore.

But, this one has dedicated servers and zombie mode (Co-Op) is back. :P

You can now pre-order COD:BO on steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/42700/

http://www.teamspeak.com/?page=downloads We are up to Beta 32:

The dev's may have got mad at people asking the same question in many threads and wanted to reduce flame threads. That is why I am a big fan of using the forums' search feature before posting a question or else I would get flamed for asking a question that has already been asked and answered.