What would be nice is if a third option could be implemented in the Server Browser of the steam client so that you can choose:
VAC Secured CD Enabled Insecure This would allow users to see at a glance which servers are using CD. I realise this is rather off topic for the hlds list but imho its a good solution! Quoting "Darren J. Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thank you for your lengthy description. I have CD and have played CD > servers > off and on over the years. But realize that a majority of people playing > connect through STEAM now and it is easiest to pick a server from the > steam > serverlist - My serverlist is set to secure only because I don't want to > be > bothered wtih trying to figure out which 'insecure' servers are running CD > and which aren't. I tried looking for a CD server, but none of teh servers > listed with decent pings said anything about CD. > > Thus highlighting one of the biggest problems with CD - the client > proggie. > Most people encountering a server requiring they go download a 3rd party > software to play, will opt instead for instant fun by clicking on another > server in the list. > > Not trying to start a CD / NO CD flame here - I think CD is great and > applaud all who use it. I just think it's a terrible recommendation people > go play on insecure servers as 80-90% are flogging with haxors. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ludovic Tirtiaux > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 7:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [hlds] Re: hlds digest, Vol 1 #2908 - 9 msgs > > > Hi all, > > There are two kinds on 'insecure" servers: those with anticheat and/or > admins and those without. You obvously payed on servers of the second > kind. > > I am the admin of a CD (CheatingDeath) server and there are rarely > cheaters on it. From my point of view, the big advantage of CD is that > it has a client, that players must have. This forces players to do some > job in order to access a CD server. As a result, players on CD servers > are generally more motivated and mature than the average. This is what I > like the most with CD. That it is more or less efficient than VAC is not > that important for me. :) > > Just to say that banning all non-VAC servers would be rather harsh. > > Regards, > PDL Hagen > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >From: "Darren J. Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: [hlds] Steam and WON down > >Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 08:18:19 -0700 > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Well, > > > >For the first time since Steam was released I had to play on insecure > >servers as Mr. Hansen suggested. What a freakshow. Insecure servers > should > >be banned altoghether from Steam - what a freakin waste of time. Thanks > >Steam for a great weekend! Thanks Hansen for a derelict answer. (I had > >already figured this out myself and after playing 3 rounds on 3 different > >servers, I went outside for the weekend). > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
