Because people go to steam powered user forums and then get flamed, etc. Because people go to steam support and get told they will NOT EVER be unbanned.
And then we have the programmers and people who know what they are doing, and know for a fact themselves that it wasnt a hack, and go out of their way to prove it that VAC had a false positive. It will certainly be interesting to learn of the outcome of this. Jonathan Murphy wrote: > Exactly what he said, this is a pretty serious accusation and if you want > help you need to give as much information as possible (perhaps even zipping > up all the plugins you were running?) and send it directly to a Valve > developer on this list. > > Can I ask why have so many people been VAC-banned by the plugins but it's > only now being reported? > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Kevin Ottalini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > >> Please post exactly what you were doing, what addons you were using, the >> command lines you added. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Michael Barr" >> To: "Discussion of Half-Life Programming" <[email protected] >> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:23 PM >> Subject: Re: [hlcoders] WARNING: VAC may be banning developers >> bymisdetecting server plugins as cheats. >> >> >> >>> Trust me, I expected to be flamed. I have been just as skeptical, if not >>> more, than a few that have replied in this thread when I have seen >>> >> similar >> >>> posts, and thought the same thing. This is an "open forum" for >>> >> discussion. >> >>> If it makes someone feel better to call me a script kiddie that hacks or >>> cheats, feel free to do so. Feel free to question my motives, but I have >>> nothing but good intentions here. >>> >>> The primary point of this posting is simple. It is a warning of genuine >>> concern, as I can not see any reasoning behind the ban aside from what I >>> stated above. While I would love to be unbanned, that is not quite the >>> point. >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
