I know that no one here knows me, nor does anyone here have any reason to trust what I am saying is accurate. I can only give my word. Unfortunately, this is the internet, and words as well as character lack the power they have in person.
I can honestly say that I am fully unaware as to why my ban took place, and the plugin is the only thing I can think of that could be misconstrued as a cheat. I surely feel that I seem to be trustworthy, and I trust myself implicitly. However, if I manage to help the community by being banned, then I am happy. Being a "casualty of war" or a "martyr" have been terms that have been thrown around by quite a few friends of mine. I wouldn't say that I have such a flare for the dramatic. The point of everything that we are seeing here is that I feel that this must have been a false positive if my account wasn't hacked or hijacked. I take great care in my account information, and I have always been very respectful of the VAC system. I knew cheats existed, but I would never be stupid enough to go to the websites to try them. Typically cheat sites are a virus waiting to happen. On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Olly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seeing as all of the player locations are stored on the server anyway, > altering them would have no effect on the client (apart from being in a > different place obviously...) > I have used SigScanning MULTIPLE times and its never been a problem. > > Just because someone 'seems' to not be like the cheating type, if you > wern't > there, you don't know... (This is the internet after all...) > > From the SteamWorks site it said that VAC uses a list of known cheats, so > either you (possibly inadvertently) got one of these on your computer, or > there was hash collision (which is extremely unlikely). > > If it does turn out to be a problem with VAC, then I wouldn't get all hot > under the collar about it.. im sure valve will sort it, and un-ban anyone > that did get banned. > > 2008/11/5 Keeper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I would definitely get in touch with Alfred to let him know what's > going > > on. If he can't help you then he might be able to get you with somebody > who > > can. > > > > Keeper > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mattie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:41 AM > > To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] WARNING: VAC may be banning developers by > > misdetecting server plugins as cheats. > > > > Hey guys, > > > > I know XE/Michael personally-- he's devoted almost all of his free time > > (for years) improving player experiences with Counter-Strike: Source. > > There's absolutely no way a real cheat is involved here. Unless his > > account was stolen/masqueraded by someone and means unknown to him, this > > is a false positive. > > > > As a plugin developer, this is really scary-- developers need to be able > > to work on their plugins without fear of losing all of their Steam games > > (and having to make a plea against their reputation). > > > > Since the Steam support groups are wildly unsympathetic for these cases, > > it would be tremendous help if someone from Valve could forward this > > thread internally to help us track down how this false positive was > > caused. It would prevent a lot of confusion if we could pin down what > > actually caused this specific VAC ban. > > > > I can't imagine this would be anything triggered by EventScripts (or > > we'd have a lot more bans), but if it's caused by the GunGame Utils > > plugin or something similar, the community needs to understand this risk > > and change their processes accordingly. > > > > Thanks for your understanding, > > -Mattie > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
