I am making a distinction between non-steam users and cheaters. Someone using non-steam should of course not be able to play, as they have not paid for the software. These people are also very likely to cheat, as they have nothing to lose (getting a new steamid is very easy).
Those that download a "cheat" from a website somewhere are not guilty of anything until they actually go to a VAC protected server and play. This is why we should not attempt any punishment. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mason Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [hlds] cheat Disagree completely with your point. File erasing / altering so their game no longer works is NOT unethical and wrong. Think of all the companies like Adobe and Microsoft who have put out products which stop working (or a portion of the product stops working) if they discover you are using an illegal reg key. Same difference. VAC2 will come out and hopefully solve a good portion of this anyway. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Fencik Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [hlds] cheat Lol...a horrible analogy I admit. But some people are taking my idea and twisting it. Malicious file erasing, etc. is unethical and wrong. Providing a working cheat for a cheater is giving them what they asked for. If it gets them VAC-banned...then that's their fault. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Whisper Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds] cheat David they (the police) actually do this You have obviously not been paying attention to COPS :) On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:11:55 -0500, David Fencik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That would be taking it too far. > > Think of police trying to combat prostitution....they'll dress up and > act like one, so that would-be whore-getters will solicit them. > Punishment is dealt to the solicitors through the proper channels of the > law. > > This is what we'd be doing...we don't need to worry about punishing > cheaters...we just want to make sure they are caught. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 9:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [hlds] cheat > > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] or you could just put > a a page with a cheat, that is a horrible virus that makes the cheater > pc blow up :) > -- > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
