> And another thing I got out of that forum ... It takes 12-24 hours to hack
> new patches of HL, but only 10-15 minutes to avert PB ... As I stated in a
> previous message, I have run PB with the false sense of security that
> people were not cheating on my servers ... This has been a false sense of
> security ... PB simply doesn't work, confirmed. It's not like this is a
> new hack either ... It's not like it's one they don't know about either
> ... Publicly distributed, named and accessible ...
It really depends your definition of whether it "works" or not. For me, I have
no illusions that it instantly halts any and all h4x at any given time. I
*know* the h4xers are always going to be ahead of the game. PB is reactionary
software. A cheat is released, and they have to respond. I like it because
while there are usually new h4x coming out, a lot of them are still caught. I
know in my cheater log, there have been quite a few less sophisticated h4xers
caught.
And you know really, some people approach cheating as if it were AIDS or
something. Honestly, it's not that big a deal. Yes, it would be preferable by
far to have a cheat-free game, but we don't, we know we don't, and we play it
anyway. If a handful of people are able to cheat on my servers, whooptee doo.
PB catches the a lot in his net, and those that want to keep playing unmolested
need to be constantly on their toes looking for the latest and greatest, hoping
against hope they don't actually get caught while on a server cluster they call
"home". Some of y'all obviously feel differently, and that's of course your
prerogative, but I think it'd help to put a little reality check into your
expectations of PB and whether it really "works" or not. Honestly, I'm not sure
Valve can/could do anything with PB beyond contributing funds that would really
improve the basic situation we've got now. I'd rather have them concentrating
on the prevention of cheats altogether. PB is great in the absence of something
better, and it's frustrating that no new updates are supposed to be forthcoming,
but it's a band-aid fix...
Eric (the Deacon remix)
http://www.firekite.com
