It just takes the developer to realise that the biggest increase of quality of the game to the public is to stamp out cheats, not to implement bot support.
I'm sure the quality assurance department just play in a closed environment (which of course would be cheat free) and not in the 'real world', where the cheats exist. Perhaps the only feedback Valve are getting is that of "the game is fine I just need a way to play it in case I have no friends" instead of "The game is fine except on every server I join someone is running around 4 times as fast as I can and is shooting me through walls before I even see them". Valve are quite quiet on their anti-cheat technology, so don't expect a reply soon. I emailed 4-5 Valve employees a couple of weeks ago with a polite question regarding an update to VAC, including :- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Gabe Newell, CEO or 'top dog' [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Nick Shaffner, who has been responsible for a lot of updates to hlds list about VAC updates [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Alfred Reynolds, who is the person who usually updates the list on a hlds/srcds update. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Eric Smith, who has updated this list in the past with informaton about server updates and VAC updates. All emails proved unsuccessful and I did not receive an email from any of the above email addresses. I cannot wait for Valve to update their VAC technology, as VAC can prove to be far more effective then C-D can be if it is maintained and updated correctly. Regards, Ryan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 January 2005 22:24 To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: RE: [hlds] First CS:S Cheat released - Valve help us please. /me looks forward to the March release of BF2. Valve has proven over and over again that it's about the money and not the quality that they provide. I'm all for improvements to the game but DAMN man! /me shakes his head and walks away.... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 4:23 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] First CS:S Cheat released - Valve help us please. Did you happen to see Valve's little update Window last night? The one that talked about them introducing bots and another map with the next update? I was so pissed. No talk of VAC2 at all. I could care less about bots! *sigh* I'm sure the girls at Valve know all about these cheats. I just wish they'd keep the community informed about their progress in releasing VAC2. ~Tony On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:57:44 -0500, StealthMode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tricky I commend you. If half the people who discovered these hacks > submitted them instead of complaining. Things would get detected much > faster. > > StealthMode > #lotgaming > www.lotgaming.com > (Site still not 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.12 - Release Date: 14/01/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.12 - Release Date: 14/01/2005 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
