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From: "Husayn ibn al-Samarqandi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 6:22 AM
Subject: Cheating on our servers
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> Colleagues:
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> A few times in the past I've submitted postings to the list that more
> address the policies and even philosophies I have with regards to
> administering a HalfLife server, running the risk of going "off topic."
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> This morning I've sent a message to my administrators with regards to
> maintaining the atmosphere of sportsmanship, team play, and camaraderie
> that I am striving for on the server that I maintain. I feel this
> important as we work to comprehend, address, and respond to the horrific
> events of September 11. It offers a small island of relief in an otherwise
> frightening world. Administering my server is also a small means by which
> I can perform some mundane chores to continue a bit of normallacy in my
> own life.
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> One of the problems that I continue to confront in administering my server
> is cheating. Many of us see it regularly. The more extreme forms of
> cheating we see have the sole purpose of selfishly distrupting the game or
> bringing down a server (the "no name" cheat has the capability of doing
> this). I've never quite understood the mindset of those individuals who do
> it. Recent events have allowed me to look at it in a slightly different
> way.
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> While in no way do I wish to diminish the horror and import of the
> terrible events that have recently taken place, I am now starting to think
> that the mindset of cheating does in a very small way share that of
> terrorists. The cheaters wish to selfishly disrupt and destroy. While none
> of them may ever aspire to perform such actions "in the real world," they
> none the less are disrupting the servers we manage and destroying the
> structure of the games we offer. Their reasons are beyond the
> comprehension of the majority of players and administrators. The defense
> of my server against such actions is a task that I'm not quite in the mood
> to undertake now and feel that my efforts could be better used elsewhere.
>
> Am I reading too much into this or being a bit too harsh? I'd appreciate
> the thoughts of you veteran administrators out there.
>
> "Insane" Husayn
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