Just a thought on those that had fake clients connecting to their servers, it's entirely possible that they were testing to see if your server would get punished by Valve before using them on their own servers. I would strongly suggest blocking those IP's.
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:47 PM, Denis Eliseev <lisee...@yandex.ru> wrote: > Yes, i've encountered this problem too (37/32 players on 32 slot server > without reserver slots??? O_o). But I remember, that after this mass attack > Valve updated all games with patch notes "Fixed a problem that allowed > spoofed IP addresses to make connections to the game server" - > http://store.steampowered.com/news/8323/ , so this was common problem. > > 03.03.2013, 13:13, "ics" <i...@ics-base.net>: > > Now his server IP's are out and Valve can atleast check out if he has > > some fake clients running that their systems won't detect and punish > > accordingly. > > > > I'm pretty sure i've encountered this "fake client" issue on my CSS > > server without requesting it about a year ago. Suddently it was full of > > players in early morning that never happens as people who play there are > > at sleep. > > > > But when i checked those players out, i found out that they were not > > real ones, just speccing and dropping off 5 minutes later. The Steam > > accounts and id's that were displayed were from actual players but they > > were either offline, not been online for days and so on but the > > IP-address was the same for all of them. IP was in France. Someone was > > doing some testing back then and propably picked a distant server by > > random. > > > > -ics > > > > Todd Pettit kirjoitti: > > > >> He tried to sell it to me. I told him no. He wanted $900 dollars for > fakeclients he somehow controls from a server. > >> > >> The photobucket link shows him clearly talking openly about it on his > own group page. Apparently someone attacked his servers and he thinks it > was me because I told him off just before it happened. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Jethro Seabridge" <jet2the...@gmail.com> > >> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" < > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > >> Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2013 5:10:29 PM > >> Subject: Re: [hlds] ATTENTION ADMINS AND VALVE: Scammer/Thief: Elite| > Mamo > >> > >> This is an server issue though, atleast from what I understand. This > is a "fake clients" plugin, correct? > >> > >> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:09 PM, wickedplayer494 . < > wickedplayer...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> > >> This list is primarily meant for server issues only. See the SteamRep > forums instead: http://forums.steamrep.com/forums/report/ > >> > >> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Elite| Anonymous < > elitemojo...@yahoo.com > wrote: > >> > >> I am a former member of a TF2 group called ElitePowered run by > Elite|Mamo. > >> Mamo is selling fake clients and apparently scamming people out of > their money somehow too. I have talked to 3 other group owners who can > confirm this. > >> > >> This is a screenshot of him taunting a guy he apparently scammed and > bragging about how he did not give him the fake clients. > >> > >> > http://s1352.beta.photobucket.com/user/elitemojo123/media/Fakeclientproof_zps3f1b1969.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 > >> A > >> I already used the report function to report him but from his comments > he thinks he has some new fool proof fake clients and he is selling it as a > service to everyone who can pay. > >> Here is a list including his profile and all the groups he is the > owner of: Please report them as well so Valve will take immediate action > before he starts distributing this to people. > >> > >> http://steamcommunity.com/id/Mamo > >> > >> http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ElitePowered#members > >> http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TheBattleGrounds#members > >> http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ElitePoweredCounterStrike#members > >> http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Netcode#members (He is not > officially the owner of this group but is the first Admin listed) > >> > >> http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Netcode#members > >> http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ElitePoweredUGC#members > >> http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ElitePoweredTF2# > >> http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ElitePoweredandFriends#members > >> > >> Mamo's Server IPS: > >> 74.121.181.177:27015 > >> 74.121.181.178:27015 > >> 72.9.147.133:27060 > >> 72.9.147.133:27015 > >> 72.9.147.133:27090 > >> 72.9.147.133:27030 > >> 72.9.147.133:27045 > >> 72.9.147.133:27150 > >> 72.9.147.133:27165 > >> 72.9.147.133:27225 > >> 72.9.147.133:27210 > >> 74.121.181.186:27015 > >> 72.9.147.133:27045 > >> 72.9.147.133:27120 > >> 72.9.147.133:27135 > >> 74.121.181.179 > >> 74.121.181.179 > >> 74.121.181.176:27015 > >> > >> Teamspeak Server > >> 72.9.147.130:9987 > >> > >> Your humble servant, > >> Elite| No More > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >
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