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Deacon wrote:
There's a Mark Brown, Jeremy Brooking, Britty Priddy, and others on
every list out there. Controlling it is difficult without being a BOFH.
And only a few months ago you would be include
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From: "Eric (Deacon)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Cleanup CDKEYs
> Florian Zschocke wrote:
> > But our Eric (Deacon) is pretty unique. Haven't seen on
Florian Zschocke wrote:
But our Eric (Deacon) is pretty unique. Haven't seen one of those
on any other list out there. :)
I boggle the mind *and* the soul ;)
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Eric (Deacon) wrote:
There's a Mark Brown, Jeremy Brooking, Britty Priddy, and others on
every list out there. Controlling it is difficult without being a BOFH.
But our Eric (Deacon) is pretty unique. Haven't seen one of those
on any other list out there. :)
Florian.
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According to the great words of Deacon:
> Tony Di Schino wrote:
>> why does every topic on this list go to hell so painfully?
>
> There's a Mark Brown, Jeremy Brooking, Britty Priddy, and others on
> every list out there.
I'm offended that you forgot me. I'll have to be a bigger pain in the ass
i
Tony Di Schino wrote:
why does every topic on this list go to hell so painfully?
There's a Mark Brown, Jeremy Brooking, Britty Priddy, and others on
every list out there. Controlling it is difficult without being a BOFH.
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Stefan Huszics wrote:
m0gely wrote:
Who cares where. Just because it's being used on 10 diff subnets
ANYWHERE
oughta be enough.
So if you take your laptop with you on your traveling holiday and
connect a few times you are pretty much f*ed and have to buy a new game? :(
I should have mentioned, 1
Jeremy Brooking wrote:
Oh, you mean like your Original post above eric?
My "Original post" had nothing to do with you and was not a flame or
anything even close. In fact, it was a valid suggestion for a
resolution of the topic issue. Apparently you refer to my "Original
post" as the amazingl
ul next time!).
-- david
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From: "Michael Ressen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Cleanup CDKEYs
>> -Original Message-
>> From: "Simon Garner" &
> -Original Message-
> From: "Simon Garner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> You cannot ban a player just for using the same key
> as another player.
Sure I can.
Key-sharing? No, I don't believe it. Multiple keys are used for one
thing: cheating. Anyone I see flip flop between keys, I'll ban th
Jeremy Brooking wrote:
Simon Garner wrote:
This might help fix the timeout/reconnect issue. But it still doesn't
help you to determine which player is the legitimate owner of the key
and which is not. That is the crux of the problem. You cannot ban a
player just for using the same key as another p
Eric (Deacon) wrote:
OK, I've figured you out. You're a political adviser for the DNC.
Heh, I couldn't resist ;)
And you either:
Work for Bill
or
Work for the CIA writing Bush's speeches.
:)
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Simon Garner wrote:
This might help fix the timeout/reconnect issue. But it still doesn't
help you to determine which player is the legitimate owner of the key
and which is not. That is the crux of the problem. You cannot ban a
player just for using the same key as another player.
-Simon
Totally
Jeremy Brooking wrote:
Eric (Deacon) wrote:
Jeremy Brooking wrote:
Eric (Deacon) wrote:
Yes, you've figured me out :roll:
Do you have anything intelligent to say? Praise or criticizm of the
idea, or are you just a jackass?
Oh of course eric, you are the only person has puts positive input into
t
James Clark wrote:
I don't think "cd key in use" problems should be lumped together with
cheating - they're a different issue.
Why not? The worst cheaters are also CD-Key stealers/traders.
...and some of the best players, occasionaly get "CD Key in use".
But ban them anyway, because they co
> -Original Message-
> From: Stefan Huszics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> m0gely wrote:
>
> >> And what exactly defines multiple locations?
> >>
> >> There is no possible way of telling, where an IP resides.
> So determining
> >> 'multiple locations' is not practical.
> >
> >
> > Who cares where.
Simon Garner wrote:
Plastic wrappered aren't they? I can't remember - been a while since
I bought my copy.
They should be, but not always.
-Simon
Not to mention, those plastic wrapper machines most companies have...
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On Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:02 PM [GMT+1200=NZT],
James Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I also think people are getting confused between two things
>
> 1 - multiple people using same key.
> 2 - the 'key is in use' issue some people suffer when it isn't
> actually in use.
>
> This thread
> And what if some punk with a keygen gets lucky and generates your key,
> then goes and plays CS - then you go to play and it says the key is in
> use and you get banned?
As far as I know you'd have to be VERY lucky to do this with WON.
Yes I do know what it is like for this to happen - I bought
On Wednesday, July 23, 2003 1:27 PM [GMT+1200=NZT],
James Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> When it has become an issue it doesn't matter who it is, the owner or
> the owners mate... both will be made to pay (and learn). In much the
> same way as all of those "brothers" out there got caught wit
Eric (Deacon) wrote:
Exactly, Stefan. If the CD-KEY IN USE error message comes up, it's
because Valve's received the communication, looked it up, and given it
the thumbs-down. If it's coming from the same IP, then don't worry
about it. If it's coming from different IP's, reject that CD-Key for
m0gely wrote:
Who cares where. Just because it's being used on 10 diff subnets
ANYWHERE
oughta be enough. Anytime a client gets "CD-KEY" in use, valve should
know
about it. And action could be taken. Location is irrelevant.
Thats the point, location is irrelevant. You could use a dialup, and b
On Wednesday, July 23, 2003 1:07 PM [GMT+1200=NZT],
Eric (Deacon) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Wow...how often does that happen? Maybe since it's never happened to
> me, I didn't think about it. Your connection to your ISP can be
> severed, reconnected, and for whatever reason assigned a new I
Stefan Huszics wrote:
I seem to recall, once upon a time, that there can sometimes be a delay
between when a CD-KEY is active and then shown inactive on WON. Leading,
sometimes to false "CD-KEY IN USE" errors...
But is it likely that the users IP would have changed before the wonid
database manage
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I seem to recall, once upon a time, that there can sometimes be a delay
between when a CD-KEY is active and then shown inactive on WON. Leading,
sometimes to false "CD-KEY IN USE" errors...
But is it likely that the users IP would have changed before the wonid
database ma
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