Well, technically, folks who change their WON ID to avoid being banned will be caught and banned again, so buying new CDs is irrelevant. The only option banned players will have is to play on "VAC in-secure" servers until they are unbanned, if and whenever that would be.
----------------------------- Nick McLaren, CCNA, SCSA Battle LAN Technical Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.battlelan.com/ ----------------------------- <quote who="Christian"> > Is it only me perceiving the economic aspect of this? I can't say I like > it. > > Is it true that universal banning will be systemized via WON? E.g. a > cheater caught will be banned through WON, thus he won't be able to play > any secure servers at all. > > Is this Valves last desperate measure to squeeze out a few more bucks > from CS addicted teenagers? It's easy to make out the logics of the > following statement: > 1. Cheater gets caught. > 2. Cheater receives universal ban. > 3. Cheater buys himself a new copy of the game, and gets a new WON-ID. > 4. Valve sqeezes more money out of an elderly engine. > > And please - I'm no oracle, correct me where I'm wrong (note the word > -where-, not -if- :)) > > Opacus - admin of [PLUTO] Counter-Strike [As near 1.3 you can get] > http://cs.pcom.no/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
