Author Topic: PunkBuster (Read 971 times)

Chairboy · « **Reply #15 on:** June 01, 2004, 09:23:08 PM »

If we can't trust the government, who CAN we trust?

Tumor · « **Reply #16 on:** June 01, 2004, 09:31:55 PM »

PB is the first first of things to come I would think. IMHO, the more damage done to dorks who cheat the better. I don't really give a crap if they scan my entire HD(s) and download the content on them. The game is free and PB is a requirement, no getting around it. Ya either use it.. or ya don't play. Whats the fuss?

Nwbie · « **Reply #17 on:** June 02, 2004, 11:44:05 AM »

Tumor · « **Reply #18 on:** June 02, 2004, 01:03:12 PM »

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Originally posted by Nwbie
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Ya, except you have a perfectly open choice, as well as a CONTRACT.

Sheesh...

DrDea · « **Reply #19 on:** June 02, 2004, 06:01:55 PM »

Ive been playing COD and the cheating scumbags made PB a needed thing.If you cant cheat anymore well to fuggin bad for you.PB ONLY looks for cheats.Anyone with an issue with PB is obviously the PUNK there looking for.My 2 cents.

quig · « **Reply #20 on:** June 02, 2004, 08:47:42 PM »

If you would give up you privacy to play America's Army, you have issues.

They couldn't give that game to me

If cheating is that big of a damn deal, the guys who make the original game should do something to stop it.

PunkBuster is spyware, plain and simple.

Cobra412 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 02, 2004, 08:56:34 PM »

Quig don't worry about installing PB. PB has been used for years with some games. One right off the top of my head that I can remember is Castle Wolfenstien. They are a legit company and they are only looking for cracked software that directly links to the AA folders.

This is so no one can run an external program outside of the AA folders and still have it affect the game. This was a real issue with the Delta Force series. Folks would run external based programs that would basically affect game play when you started them and then started Delta Force.

Americas Army in itself is free so in reality they are giving it to you. Their is no obligations to playing that game what so ever. It was designed and built for US Army for training troops and is now out to the public. It has been for some time now. I played it well over a year ago when I was into the FPS Delta Force series. I even downloaded the newest version recently and played it. It has servers that require punkbuster running to play in them. They also have servers that are purely cheat servers.

Tumor · « **Reply #22 on:** June 02, 2004, 09:13:47 PM »

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Originally posted by quig
If you would give up you privacy to play America's Army, you have issues.

ROFL!!!.... actually, it's just that I have nothing to hide. Nor do I have nightmares of armband wearing, jackbooted goose-stepping Homeland Security enforcers busting in on me an dragging me off for interrogation hehe.

Tumor · « **Reply #23 on:** June 02, 2004, 09:17:41 PM »

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Originally posted by Cobra412
Quig don't worry about installing PB. PB has been used for years with some games. One right off the top of my head that I can remember is Castle Wolfenstien. They are a legit company and they are only looking for cracked software that directly links to the AA folders.

This is so no one can run an external program outside of the AA folders and still have it affect the game. This was a real issue with the Delta Force series. Folks would run external based programs that would basically affect game play when you started them and then started Delta Force.

Americas Army in itself is free so in reality they are giving it to you. Their is no obligations to playing that game what so ever. It was designed and built for US Army for training troops and is now out to the public. It has been for some time now. I played it well over a year ago when I was into the FPS Delta Force series. I even downloaded the newest version recently and played it. It has servers that require punkbuster running to play in them. They also have servers that are purely cheat servers.

Oh C'MON Cobra!! Don't you know PB is only legit on the outside!! They also have a super sekret skworl dept, from there... if you know the right people you can make direct links to the CIA, FBI and ASHCROFTS OFFICE!!! <<<< works better lol.

DrDea · « **Reply #24 on:** June 02, 2004, 09:29:41 PM »

Castle wolf is one program running PB.Call of Duty now has it to due to the public out cry about the cheats.PB has nothing you need to worry about.All its going to do is weed out the known hacks.Someone can STII hack the game as long as its a private cheat that PB doesnt know about but once it starts to run the rounds on the web,PB will eventualy catch it.PB is a safe,and effective way to stop others from ruining your fun.Its not some K.A.O.S. plan to take over the world.

quig · « **Reply #25 on:** June 02, 2004, 10:09:09 PM »

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Originally posted by Tumor
Oh C'MON Cobra!! Don't you know PB is only legit on the outside!! They also have a super sekret skworl dept, from there... if you know the right people you can make direct links to the CIA, FBI and ASHCROFTS OFFICE!!! <<<< works better lol.

Look man, already said I have nothing to hide. I use this computer for the games. The other one for the porn.

Put down your crack pipe. Read the words that have been written.

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Cobra...

You have been hijacked that long now???

I'll check into them. Might get to play after all.

Fishu · « **Reply #26 on:** June 02, 2004, 10:20:20 PM »

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Originally posted by rpm371
It's from The United States Government. What are ya worried about?

Let's wait for couple more patriot act amendments

Sandman · « **Reply #27 on:** June 02, 2004, 10:20:53 PM »

Free software isn't so free afterall. LOL.

DrDea · « **Reply #28 on:** June 02, 2004, 10:47:47 PM »

Put down the crack pipe......

Fishu · « **Reply #29 on:** June 02, 2004, 11:02:45 PM »

Truthfully speaking.. if AA would be spying etc. etc., I'm sure there would been already a media coverage over it.
Do not understimate the conspiracy theorists - they surely would do everything possible to find out everything about AA.

...but so far I haven't heard the whine.

Also I have hard time believing Punkbuster would do anything "illegitimate" on your computer, considering the circumstances it's development began in first place.
It'd be also a major setback for it's principles and several gaming communities, if someone would find out it's doing MORE than supposed to.
That legal stuff is just against those silly law suits by every 13yr ol' cheater and their mommas.

IMO those who are definately caught from cheating, should be punished by the law - after all in most cases they are breaking the end user license agreement and in wide spread cases harming the business, let alone the harm caused to honest players. (Read; many people who did not play HL because of wide spread cheating)
Unfortunately it is too much asked, considering the nature of 'crime' - would probably cost more to act against them....