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Bro they got banned 2 weeks later its cool lolololololol.
or was that 2 years later :scratchchin: ................. :D
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Your website appears to offline.
Here is what is required for the use of PBBans services;
http://www.pbbans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82423
Once you resolve this issue, post back here and a PBBans staff member will assist you further.
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Here is a list of all servers that use the IP address of 95.154.113.75 and show on the BFBC2 master browser;
So my guess would be, the wrong port has been added for those 2 servers :P
Remember, all none streaming issues are client side, once we add a server to a team account, our work is done.
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VAC: Confirmed
We are serious about protecting the integrity of this game from hackers and cheaters who would otherwise ruin the fun for the honest players. Used in conjunction with our own anti-exploit measures, Theater reviews, trusted servers, and supplemented by server admins with kick and ban powers we believe that Valve Anti-Cheat will be an effective solution for Call of Duty: Black Ops PC. We are committed to working closely and diligently with Valve to deal with new threats as they appear.
Totally proves my point that most game devs know absolutely nothing about effective anti cheat solutions, the only surprise is that he was not recommending sv_pure 1 as an anti cheat solution :P
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Sorted :)
Thanks again, much appreciated.
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I'm not sure this is the correct forum but it was as close to my issue that I could find. I donated some time ago to ppbans.com and then sent email and pm's to rodeobob like it says on the Site Sponsor area to have my clan's name and a link to the clan home page appear in that section; however, all of my attempts to contact anyone on the issue have went unanswered and nothing has changed in the site sponsor section. Can someone tell me what I can do so that my donation, which I had planned on being monthly, is recognized in the site sponsor section.
Thanks in advance for your time.
Any donation is always welcome, monthly donations especially so :) without donations to pay our monthly bills we close down, its that simple.
We rely on clans / groups that use our services, to rate the quality of service by making a donation of their own violition.
We do not force a donation from anyone, we do not sell the features we have produced over the years.
By adopting this method, we have always been able to keep our site, totally ad free, and we always ensure that the quality and level of support for users of our services is top notch.
It also has a down side :( people forget that PBBans has a monthly bill coming in and dont bother making a donation at all.
Thus far the pro's outweigh the cons.
One time donators are not flagged as site sponsors, so if you plan on making a monthly donation, select your poison (bronze/silver/gold/platinum) and once your first donation is sent, PM me the details and i'll get your clan added to the site sponsors group.
A huge thanks for taking the time to make this query :) hopefully others will be encouraged / reminded by it.
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My thoughts.
It comes as no surprise to me that after all the hype and the "listening to the community" blurb, Activison / Treyarch have effectively ignored the potential customer feedback re COD:BO and just done their own thing.
I suppose Treyarch can argue that they have provided dedicated servers, but "its life Jim, but not as we know it" ;)
The one and only thing that concerns gaming companies like Activision, EA etc is profit margins.
They are, when all is said and done a business, and like every other business, they will always be looking to reduce costs and at the same time increase profit margins.
A simplified example;
A games company can easily produce 2 or 3 console games per year and make 4 - 6 million from the sales of those games.
At the same time, they can port 1 game from console to pc and make 1 million from those sales.
It does not take a lot of working out to see which way those companies are going to go to maximise profit margins whilst at the same time reducing cost :scratchchin:
Console gaming is were the big bucks are made, its that simple.
A console gamer buys a game, gets bored, buys another, expects nothing more from the game company.
A pc gamer, buys a game, maybe rents a server, installs mods when the original game gets boring (also increasing game longevity) , expects support in the shape of patches etc, all this increases the outlay that games companies set aside for support, hence we see pc games that are years old still going strong, and still drawing on the resources of the game company / developer.
There is probably a lot more, but you get the idea :)
The pc gamer is now living on console scraps and not the other way around.
Kotick has already declared an interest in partnering up with a company to develop a "pc" that you can plug straight into your TV set and get online with it click me to read the story and if you believe that all he wants to do is provide value to customers, I'll send the men in white coats around to your house
its all about controlling content/gaming environment and making the customer pay through the nose for it.Stopping piracy is not an excuse that I buy into.
No matter what the games companies do, there will always be some "genius" that finds a way around it.
Modded / chipped X boxes, the usb PS3 key (Sony shut the originators down, but I hear on the grapevine it will be released soon from locations were Sony will not be able to do much about it) and of course, we are all well versed in whats available for the pc :P
VAC v PB
VAC uses the delayed ban method, but is totally intergrated with the steam network, so its very handy for selling some map packs / weapon upgrades etc.
If your caught cheating by VAC, you get a total ban, and to game again you will have to buy a new game and create a new steam id.
PB as a stand alone product, if your caught cheating, you get a 2 minute kick(default setting) :blink: but they also have third party anti cheat sites like PBBans, that provide cheat related MD5 scans / cheat related cvar scans / scans for detecting cheat related binds and cheat files, this in turn makes PB a very effective tool for server admins in the fight against online cheating.
PB need to get the pbss issues sorted / intergrate a secure streaming method / or go the VAC route, to remain competitive as an anti cheat solution, of course they do not have a vast steam network to fall back on, so game companies who want to screw the customer out of every red cent they can, will always choose VAC as the easy option.
Do game companies care about online cheating ?
I very much doubt it, there would be 2 reasons to use VAC as an anti cheat solution ... its cheaper than PB, and, it has that vast steam network to control content etc.
PB have done a lot better protecting BFBC2 than any other game thats PB enabled.
They are detecting a lot more of the private/paid for cheats and issuing a globalguid ban to accompany the detection
(instead of leaving the actual banning to the likes of us)The questions that should be asked, is why they have not provided this type of support for all PB enabled games in the past/present, and whats the reason they have started the globalguid policy now.
Trusted providers (please note the use of the plural)is a useless exercise, server files get leaked and protection of stats/dlc is their only use (and thats a half arsed job)
Do they provide security ? ............. not that I have seen <_>
A single trusted provider is a new slant on things, I would dearly love to see the corporate hospitality bill of gameservers.com that helped swing things their way :P or maybe Treyarch see this as a way for them to control any dlc that they will surely introduce at a later date.
Whichever way you look at it, a single provider of servers is a monopoly, and that was outlawed ages ago.
I'll stop there before I really get warmed up :P just a few of my personal thoughts for you to mull over.
It will be interesting to see if EA actually learn anything from the COD:BO fiasco, because they surely did not learm much from the MW2 fiasco that preceded it.
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We have one ip already streaming and we would like for the other server(ip above) to be allowed to stream as well. If there are any steps that I have missed..please don't hesitate to inform me. Thanks in advance.
ip. 75.102.38.236:28960 {KATN} HC TDM
cod5 waw
This is something you can do yourself via account manager.
Add server then enter details.
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I'm trying to reapply now and I get this
* The clan tag you entered is already in use
My clan tag is [C4] since 2005; and so what?? can't be unique, there are so many clans over the world, clan tag could match with others clan tags; this is ridiculous.
I just need stream our server to can play a regional tournament in south america; WHY SO COMPLICATED?????
Just to refresh your memory, here is your original team account application;
Application Date: Jul 28, 2010
Team Name: Antipro Team Tag: Antipro Website: http://www.antipro.com.uy Applicant: elmonkeylp (159201)
I do not see a clantag of [C4] anywhere there.
Clantags are issued on a first come first served basis, they are used mainly for administration purposes at our end, so bear no real importance.
So, why complicate things ? :P
Just re-apply using the same info you used the first time round.
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The roster is showing now, in our index page.
I have an account here (Im posting :)), but Account Managament say:
** Access Denied **
You must have an account at PBBans to access this area.
To get a PBBans Account please visit our application page and apply.
What can I do???
Your original team account application was denied because you had no viewable roster.
Your original application had not been deleted, that is why you were getting access denied when you were trying to re-apply.
Try now, everything should be ok :)
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Sorry for thread hijacking but gameservers have a statement on their website regarding the exclusivity.
So much for open market :(
All that means is that their "corporate hospitality" was a tad better than others :P
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will get stumpy to have a look later . cheers for that fozzer
what i would suggest is you make it even easy to set up these accounts idiot proof :lol:
this maybe alot of work and you may think it is easy but to new people doing it it isnt so. this only loses you people who will use pbbans. yes you may say well theyll use someone else but the more you dont have the more games makers wont choose your product to use as support . maybe the steam overlords will rule soon anyway hope not
I think we have gone as far as we can re making setting up streaming as easy and foolproof as possible :P
What you have to remember is that initially, there was no problem setting up streaming.
The problems have started since someone at the client end changed something.
All none streaming issues are client side, we add the server to the team account, and our work is done.
The rest is up to the client :)
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the site account was suspended 7 days after this is why we posted again . pb on our config and data our side says its ok and it says that is went down 22nd or stopped streaming. our account was suspended due to the website this is what it looks like . we did explain before the suspension to the acount happened and a new proper website was being built .
venom ill ask stumpy later if you can have a look just to make sure . get this god aweful mess sorted .
nM-Dg, the team account that you are part of has never been suspended.
What has happened is that the server attached to your team account stopped streaming and all members of the team account were automatically downgraded to member.
After 7 days of none streaming, the server is automatically removed from your team account and the team account is deactivated.
A re-activation request then has to be made.
Your team accounts current status is active, so all it needs is a server adding to it that is configured to stream to PBBans.
All none streaming issues are client side.
So, if you want to resolve your none streaming issue, follow these simple steps;
1. Resend the streaming initiation commands to your server, pick the method that best suits you from this list;
http://www.pbbans.com/info-center-hubguide.html#ast
http://www.pbbans.com/info-center-hubguide.html#rcon
http://www.pbbans.com/info-center-hubguide.html#hlsw
http://www.pbbans.com/info-center-hubguide.html#ftp
2. Add the server to your team account via account manager.
What happens then, is that your server will join a queue (the final addition is always done by a staff member) the current wait time average is less than 5 minutes.
Thats it, problem solved.
The current members of your team account are;
edelweiss800 (master user) nM-Dg (has never logged in)
Ever hear the expression "making a mountain out of a molehill" :P
I dont think I have ever come across such internet drama, when the problem is self inflicted and so easy to resolve.
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My main intentions was to come here and issue my apology, not really to get my servers streaming again. But that being said, I would be more than happy to have the chance to comeback at a later time and be part of the streaming community. Right now it just doesn't feel right for me to come back. So again, thanks for giving me a chance to have a second chance, and I will catch you all later.
Apology accepted :)
When you think your ready to stream via PBBans again just ask for a re-activation here;
http://www.pbbans.com/forums/account-questions-and-troubleshooting-private-f553.html
Please be aware that our zero tolerance policy is always going to be there, and before a re-activation takes place, an audit will be done of your team account details (including clan members) to ensure all mandatory requirements for streaming via PBBans are met.
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The mere fact that you are able to post in the PBBans forums, and an SGA to boot, are testament that you are clean as far as we are concerned.
The only thing I can find is that b37fe208 has been used by players from France and Belgium.
The only major anti cheat site I can't check is GGC, their site always loads 1 page for me and nothing else, but everywhere else the pbguids you provided are clean.
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I disagree with the "once a day" theory because that just gives cheat coders / users a heads up that their cheat needs re-coding / updating.
The aim is to inflict maximum damage on cheat users (without users, cheat coders are fubarred) and the way EB have employed "silent logging" followed by globalguid bans does exactly that :)
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OK so fess up, who is this? :D
Not me :P
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We dont do witchhunts here :P
If you think this player is dodgy and he plays regularly on the same server you do, ask the server admin to keep an eye on him.
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It's the same price in GBP :( As in
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does it matter ??
Yes it does :)
We can only accept pbss from servers that stream to PBBans (except ET) for validation and authenticity purposes.
I dont see you or the website listed in your profile as belonging to a team account we have in our systems.
If we know who submitted the pbss we can look in the relevant forum section and check on its progress.
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Loads ok for me.
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Hi there ,
i saw that our Sof2 Fun Server and the Sof2 War Server are not streaming anymore sinds 30 July....
I did set up again all but still doesn't work...
Maybe i can get help from anyone :scratchchin:
92.48.227.140:20600 *[NwC!] FuNZoNe RD*
92.48.227.140:20800 *[NwC!] SoF2 WaRZoNe*
Thanks alot
GreetZ
Mrs. Poly
Punkbuster is not enabled on either of those servers :blink:
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Alls well that ends well :P
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Hello,
my provider is Hypernia. I can go in with the BC2 Guardian and the server seems online. I also check my CP and the game server is listed as running. How can I check that I don't have a corrupted file in the game server? How can I make sure my client side patch was installed correctly?
Thanks,
Adelbert Otto.
aka LesBear.
72.233.113.251:19577 does not appear in the bfbc2 master browser / server.
In fact no server with an IP of 72.233.113.251 appears in the bfbc2 master browser / server.
Conclusion;
Typo by the user (please double check your server address including the port)
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Corrupt install, raise a ticket with Hypernia.
Help server not streaming
in Streaming Questions and Troubleshooting
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I am using a Bad Company 2 Server Lookup tool, that was coded by MaydaX to specifically query the BFBC2 master browser and give us real time, accurate info re BFBC2 servers.
It's never let us down yet :)
There does seem to be something strange going on with those 2 servers though, because it looks like the game port has changed again;
Whatever it is thats causing this issue, its only affecting those 2 servers, and its only those 2 servers that are not streaming.
Can you get your GSP to do a full re-install of both of them (latest server version and fully updated PB) and lets see were we go from there :)