something tells me that software devs arent paid on comission.
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:20:51 +1000, Bruce Bahamut Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When VALVe claims game devs get around $9 per boxed copy of a game sold, > I wouldn't blame them for turning down such a large request =) > > Every 'blessing' has it's 'curse' > > - Bruce "Bahamut" Andrews > > > > > Ian mu wrote: > > >Add up all the games supporting PB and you'll find there's nowhere > >near as much cheaters not sure what crack people are smoking if they > >think there's more. No comparison at all. Also there's the other > >features like screenshot grabbing etc which can catch many of those > >that get through as not detected yet, plus the global master ban list > >means its pretty effective. The downside is the extra lag, but thats > >normally only for the first minute or so when joining a server, then > >hardly evident. > > > >Don't confuse the amount of people getting caught with the amount of > >people cheating, if there's no way to detect cheats, doesn't mean they > >aren't there. PB games look like there's more cheats because it > >catches so many and removes them. You can't say the same with other > >games. PB made adminning public servers a blessing. > > > >The philosophy from the game companies is interesting as well. > >Evenbalance offered their services to Valve for $1 total nominal fee, > >Valve turned it down. Evenbalance offered their services to Id for > >free, Id said we'll take them but not for free, we'll pay you a decent > >amount to do a decent job. I know which company has the best > >philosophy for me. > > > > > >On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 10:12:41 +0100, Florian Zschocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > > > >>Peter Holcroft wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Or you could say: > >>> > >>>The only reason HLGuard started to fail, was because Valve fixed a very > >>>important file checking bug within HL without warning. > >>> > >>> > >>I would even go as far as to say that what CSGuard used as a file > >>checking feature was a security flaw in HL1, which Valve fixed after > >>getting kicked for it from within the community. And while they did it > >>without advance warning they sure didn't without saying so. > >> > >>Florian > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- Cheers! -- Elmer Fudd _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
