I think Simon's point is, what if you ban the actual owner of the key? We've taken a fairly hardline stance with this, and say "tough luck" if someone complains about being banned if their CD key appears to be in general use (ie, we can see a lot of different players with the same WONID from a variety of hosts). We tell the (supposedly) original owner of the key that they should apply to Sierra to get a replacement - we've had several users say they did this and got a new key.
We also have users submitting WONIDs for unbanning that many, many other users have also submitted for unbanning - these are obviously users with a pirated copy of the game and some CD key they got from Google - it is quite amusing to see the number of users that expect to be unbanned because of this. Obviously, these WONIDs stay banned. Nominally, I would like to see whoever controls the WON authentication banning CD keys that are obviously in mass circulation - this is only really doable if there is a clear, defined, and easily accessible path for legitimate users who have lost their CD keys to re-apply for new ones (along with a small fee to encourage them to be more careful next time!). -- david ---- Original Message ---- From: "Michael Ressen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Cleanup CDKEYs >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Simon Garner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> You cannot ban a player just for using the same key >> as another player. > > Sure I can. > > Key-sharing? No, I don't believe it. Multiple keys are used for one > thing: cheating. Anyone I see flip flop between keys, I'll ban them > on sight if it comes from the same ip. > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
