Cheating in HL

[joker_927]

If you get caught cheating in a DOD server are you banned from ALL HL and mod servers?

some servers add banned ip to a master list. this list is used by some servers just to keep the cheaters off


Jason

[joker_927]

really? there is some huge long black list somewhere on the internet? Or you mean like clan servers talk to each other and ban the same ppl.

Yes there is actually a ban list. Not a whole lot of servers use it. It’s not used often because they ip that’s banned usually are not given a reason why. So people are afraid of jerk off admins being stupid banning people because they don’t like them

[joker_927]

I also thought Steam servers were all interlinked with a central black list. I rememeber a year ago I was caught with a orphaned cheat file and banned from one TFC server. I coulnd't join any TFC server that was WON authorized or somthing like that.

Thought stema was the same way.

[Atomic Rooster]

Don't cheat. It ruins the game for everybody.

[joker_927]

Wait, I'm not cheating. I just thought that steam had implemented all their servers with cool new anti-cheat stuff that bans people from mutiple mods.

Aparently no one can verify that.

Cheating is like masturbation . . . at some point, you're the ONLY one who gets anything from it.

[willy_ph]

I'm not sure whether steam is utilizing a global blacklist, however, I would be interested in knowing if they have employed such a list to combat cheaters.

[willy_ph]

You could post to the steampowered.com forums and see if someone there can come up with the answer for ya.

It looks like steam will render a blacklist useless, as your individual ID is generated based on the email address you use to register, rather than your unique cd key. I guess we'll have to rely on VAC to combat those who insist on cheating.