RE: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-20 Thread Whisper .
play word games all they want in an attempt to obfuscate what is actually going to happen. Original Message Follows From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-20 Thread Whisper .
[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] ---Original Message Follows From: "Ooks Server" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:21:57 -0700 > > >

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-20 Thread Ooks Server
> > > In all fairness to Valve, you don't hear as much about false bans these > days. I attribute this to the maturity of VAC - IOW, they are getting their > act together. I'm not saying that VAC is great or even good - just that it > seems to be working better then it used to. > __

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-19 Thread Whisper .
[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] Original Message Follows From: "Ooks Server" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:49:49 -0700 > Actually f

RE: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-19 Thread K. Mike Bradley
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 5:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies) K. Mike Bradley wrote: > Dude ... VAC ain't working at all now. > Maybe there are no false bans but it only detec

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-19 Thread John
K. Mike Bradley wrote: Dude ... VAC ain't working at all now. Maybe there are no false bans but it only detects outdated cheats. If it is not working at all then how can it possible detect outdated cheat??? ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences,

RE: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-19 Thread K. Mike Bradley
ds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies) > Actually false bans aren't really a problem in my opinion. Last time > my friend was falsely banned he contacted valve through the steam > website and they determined that he was indeed falsely banned, and removed it. > > And as far as

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread Ooks Server
> Actually false bans aren't really a problem in my opinion. Last time my > friend was falsely banned he contacted valve through the steam website > and they determined that he was indeed falsely banned, and removed it. > > And as far as I can remember, any mass false-banning that happened was > a

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread Ooks Server
> > > > You do realize that they increased their bandwith to 8Gb/s for the CS:S > pre-load and only used one half of that. When Hl2 release approaches the > plan is to increase it another 4Gb/s. > > Yeah - but it probalby won't be enough. In all fairness to Valve (wow, that is the second time I'v

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread Ooks Server
8, 2004 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies) > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > > I should have also added that many ISP's will gladly mirror the file for you > for their users, since it saves them downloading X Gigabytes worth of the same > d

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread Skirecs
As long as people keep there torrents open, the potential is huge, and grows with each download. - Original Message - From: "p3ng0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (

RE: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread munra
CTED] On Behalf Of Brandon Dumont - MWEB Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 1:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies) Good Idea Would be nice to mirrow it for my local dsl users as most of them have a 3gig internation cap. > -Original Message--

RE: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread Napier, Kevin
same data across > networks repeatedly. > > Hello Valve are you listening? > Original Message Follows > From: "Whisper ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologi

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread p3ng0
plus, this would reduce valve's need for bandwidth more than half. - Original Message - From: "Whisper ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies) [ Converted te

RE: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread Brandon Dumont - MWEB
ss > networks repeatedly. > > Hello Valve are you listening? > Original Message Follows > From: "Whisper ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies) > Date:

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread Whisper .
From: "Whisper ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:34:49 + [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] Networking Maths for Dummies (Something you have to wonder ab

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread Whisper .
[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] Networking Maths for Dummies (Something you have to wonder about with Valve) Total Available Network Bandwidth for STEAM Content Servers: 8Gb/s Total Number of Counter-Strike Players > 1,000,000 (Probably a lot higher if you consider actual STEAM Clients) T

RE: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread Spartibus
>The crap will really hit the fan when HL2 comes out and we pay an arm and a leg, only to find that we got hit with a false ban or for some reason need a new key/steamID. "Go pay $60 for another copy" simply is not an acceptable answer. I hope that Valve comes up with some way to address these issu

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread John
Ooks Server wrote: 1 - what would be the best way to get stolen cd keys retrieved? Buy another copy of Half-Life. Has Valve ever once issued a new CD key? Too many kiddies get banned for cheating and then go cry to Valve for a new key. The crap will really hit the fan when HL2 comes out and we pay

Re: [hlds] 2 off the topic questions (apologies)

2004-08-18 Thread Ooks Server
> 1 - what would be the best way to get stolen cd keys retrieved? Buy another copy of Half-Life. Has Valve ever once issued a new CD key? Too many kiddies get banned for cheating and then go cry to Valve for a new key. The crap will really hit the fan when HL2 comes out and we pay an arm and a leg