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New protocols were introduced for security purposes. If an applicant fails any of the set protocols we have in place the only outcome is a temp or perm denial dependent on what protocol the applicant failed on. If a website is submitted and when checked it says "under construction" or has no working features then a temp denial will result. The way is always left open to re-apply if this is the only issue. Over 5,700(and rising) admins have made the effort to ensure their application goes through, its entirely up to you wether your willing to join them or not. http://www.pbbans.com/account_application.php

http://www.pbbans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=49924

Your account currently looks like this; Send the relevant commands to the problem server again via bf2cc; http://www.pbbans.com/info-center-hubguide.html#bf2cc Streaming will kick in instantly if everything is ok. You can check it yourself via the server checker in the left side menu here; http://www.pbbans.com or http://www.pbbans.com/msi.php

Again, you have never applied for a team account so your server is not added to the Hub. solution; Apply for a team account click me

A forum account and a Team Account are 2 seperate entities. You have never applied for a team account, so your server wont be added to the Hub. ;) solution; Apply for a team account click me

Initiating streaming with PBBans is this simple; Send the relevant commands to your server. Select preferred method here; http://www.pbbans.com/info-center-hubguide.html (please note you will not get a server response from bf servers) Apply for a team account here; http://www.pbbans.com/account_application.php (make sure you fill in all the requested information) Sit back and relax, within a few hours your application will have a response in one of the sections here; http://www.pbbans.com/forums/index.php?showforum=435

http://www.pbbans.com/info-center-pbsvc.html

The clan tag is for admin purposes only Bro ... be creative and add a . or something like that :) You need to apply for a team account and be accepted before anything is added to the hub ... its quite normal for bf2 / 2142 etc servers not to return a response to PB commands, but they will have a positive effect if entered correctly. You quit irc too soon :) make your application and we can take it from there.

All that is required for a server to be configured for streaming is punkbuster enabled and the relevant commands sent to initiate streaming. When you have the mod running send these commands one line at a time via bf2cc; pb_sv_writecfg pbucon.use pb_sv_restart ... wait 20 seconds pb_sv_task 0 7200 pb_sv_ver pb_sv_usessionlimit 8 pb_sv_autoupdban 1 pb_sv_uconadd 1 64.27.21.46 pbbanshub pbbanshub pb_sv_writecfg

I dont see a team account that you belong to Bro.

You have a forum PM with all relevant details of your clan team account. :)

We can now tell in an instant if a COD4 server is cracked (using a modified exe / binary). I first tried deleting the server from the Hub and sending a forum PM to inform the admin that re-adding the server would lead to account suspension. Due to the amount of re-additions, this method is obviously not working. From now on, cracked servers will be deleted from the Hub and added to the PBBans server blacklist. This will force the admin to contact us and they can be told "face to face", so to speak, exactly why their servers have been removed from the Hub, and in a lot of cases, why their forum access level is now set to member.

You have a forum pm :) edit; in fact you now have 2 forum pm's lol

Just for info :) If ever you have a problem with your team account, the correct way to get it fixed is to make a post here; http://www.pbbans.com/forums/index.php?showforum=395 If you try to create another account the form will not be available, and even if it was, the new account would be deleted for duplication. Another route is to join our irc channel #pbbans on the quakenet network or use the java applet to contact staff "live"; http://www.pbbans.com/irc/index.php If you elect to use irc to contact a staff member, please hang around for a few minutes for a reply.

Just a quick "heads up" Bro. You have access to the SGA section of the forums, so you can read why extra security measures were put into place. The slightest concern when a new forum account is checked, will result in limited forum access only. Your co-leader has limited access to the PBBans forum and can post there if he feels an explanation is in order.

and with that "pearl of wisdom" :P I think full circle has been reached. I would hate to provide the 187+ cheat forums with more source of entertainment. Time to bring this to a close

If you used the webtool to initiate streaming .. it first of all creates a blank file (pbucon.use) this is required for PBUCON to work. Is pbsvucon.use a typo or the name of the actual file on your server ?

Predictably, first patch released and still no pbucon fix applied.

I have sorted that out for you Bro :) You will find some helpful stuff here on managing your team account; http://www.pbbans.com/forums/index.php?showforum=436

Whats your usesessionlimit to ?

PBBans and PsB use 2 totally different streaming initiatives and neither one has any impact on the other.

right, enough is enough .. I will post wtf I like on our own forums and right now I will post this for all to see. First of all thank you very much for highlighting this issue, without your rather abusive post's this would most probably have slipped under the radar. Lee & Keehin are 2 guys who work for AdvanceTec Ltd. The company even has a forum; http://advancetecforums.com/viewforum.php?f=43 You wil see on that forum that they run a 32 man cod4 server .. it just happens to be streaming to us. Lee = mib001 keehin = ATGx Spartacus note the alias an IP of the guy banned; http://www.pbbans.com/mbi-viewban-fecf633e-vb92336.html (appealed with the brother excuse) compare IP of cheater to IP of SGA (TA master); Last Seen IP 82.6.67.192 The end result is that the team account is suspended and the server removed from the Hub. Anyone with a cheat conviction is not welcome to stream here, you are of course welcome to try streaming elsewhere. You never know, the staff elsewhere might not be as bad as you reckon they are here. Your forum account is now suspended, I have had enough of the random abuse that gets thrown about lately.

errr, you asked a question and got a comprehensive reply. You have an increased warning level already, and thats after a couple of post's. have I missed something here :unsure: Maybe your clans team account manager can explain it a bit better; *************************************************************** Team: Advance Tec Xtreme Gamers ([ATGx]) Account ID: 5735 Streaming Status: Streaming (1 / 1) *************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------- User List --------------------------------------------------------------- keehinlomax (110437)

The chance you take when buying any game second hand is that the pbguid could be on the banlist of a major anti cheat site or globally banned by EvenBalance. The only thing that concerns us is the 32 hexadecimal pbguid that is generated by the game cd key. There is no doubt that a player with the pbguid of 0ff09e416215b821d109b201fecf633e was detected with cheat files in his game directory on a PBBans protected server. The ban is therefore valid and will not be removed from the MBI. A trace of the banned players IP leads to exactly the same place your posting from so maybe you can pop round and tell him why he can not play cod4 with his "second hand" game. Nothing more to be said, so topic closed.

We had to introduce new security measures recently and one of the main criteria we look for is a working clan website. What you need for a successfull application is; No cheat convictions. A working clan website. No hotmail mail address. A clan name & tag are incremental info that is needed for administration purposes. Do not forget that our banlist is public and bang up to date, you can download it here; http://www.pbbans.com/mbi.php This will at least keep convicted cheaters off your server.