So to clarify, if your not running a pretty vanilla gamemode, you will be banned. Jailbreak, Zombie Mod, etc, appear to be banned if they modify player's model, or give a custom weapon.
On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Max Krivanek <[email protected]> wrote: > So Valve updated their terms, custom content is banned. Any custom > items/skins/whatever. Lovely that they didn't bother to notify us using > that GSLT tool at all. I don't know where or how they thought > changing Vitaliy Genkin's originally posted rules would get noticed. > > [To clarify: it is also not acceptable to provide players with custom > models and/or weapon skins that do not exist in the CS:GO ecosystem] > > http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/server_guidelines/ > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Max Krivanek <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Repost due to too long a message (it included previous messages in this >> thread before). >> >> ---------------------------------- >> >> I really cannot believe they're treating these like VAC bans. Client >> side cheating is very different from modified servers. The server being >> modified means a good chance for a false positive. A plugin could be using >> an interface innocently, but be marked as a "inventory modifier." Valve >> has never clearly communicated with the community on what exactly they >> consider wrong. Does this mean just official items/skins, or does this >> mean server cannot have any custom weapons/items/skins? Does this mean if >> the gamemode we use restricts certain items that we are up for ban? Even >> though the server is clearly listed as a modified server like Jailbreak? >> What happens when a GSLT is compromised? Shared GSPs aren't exactly rocks >> when it comes to security. And either the GSLT token is set in command >> line, which is possible to see with process stats, or its set in >> autoexec.cfg. Process stats are not generally privileged information on >> OSes. In Linux this can be accessed via the file system >> in /proc/<pid>/cmdline. A simple SourceMod plugin can strip through a >> GSP's /proc folder and steal all the GSLT tokens. There is absolutely no >> security here. The file method through autoexec.cfg would depend solely on >> file permissions. >> >> There is just so many things wrong with this system that, unless Valve >> fixes it, will force us to abandon and boycott CS:GO and future Valve >> titles. A lot of times this plugins are used for innocent purposes, and >> not to generate money. But because of a few bad apples Valve decides to >> wack everyone else. This is truly unacceptable. >> >> I say to those affected, get together with your communities and organize >> a protest for this over-reaching and over-bearing response by Valve to just >> a few people that were abusing the system. The best and most effective way >> would be to cease playing CS:GO, get a refund on it if you can, and post >> public announcements stating why such actions had to be taken. >> > >
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