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Valve Gets Tough On Counter-Strike Cheaters
Tycow writes "Valve is finally getting tough on Counter-Strike cheat creators, according to a post by Gabe Newell on HL2-Fallout, who confirms: 'We've started taking legal action against cheating (cheat-sites, cheat creators,...) both in the US and abroad.' The makers of OGC, one of the mainstream cheat software sites for online games, are apparently seeking legal advice. CS-Nation also has a story noting: 'This is just another front in Valve's anti-cheating campaign. Back in April, Valve began a significantly more aggressive banning methodology, that came as a byproduct of a rapid series of VAC updates silently distributed to all CS servers.'"
As a former CS gamer from a Cal-IM team (Slow in the head) it is my opinion Counter-Strike should be destroyed altogether. I was around since the early beta versions and every version past Steam was more and more nub friendly and more and more system stressing leading to random results while playing. The quick scope awping was ruined and so was the last ounce of skill in that game. Divert your efforts from fixing Counter-Strike and focus it like a laserbeam into releasing HL2 bug and hack free (like thats possible).
1.)DMCA law makes it illegal to circumvent encryption, companies use it to prosecute people who make mod chips for Xboxes, free DVD players for Linux, remanufactured toners for printers, etc. Slashdot rating - EVIL!
2.) RIAA sues people who write software that could possibly be used for pirating material they protect - EVIL!
3.)Company sues people who make add ons to a product they have because at times use of product can be inconvient to some in the community, even though the afore mentioned programs probably contain no intellectual property of the company in question. - GREAT!
Really, thank god there is no town called Slashdot, because living with you people would probably mean no smoking in or around bars, a town ordinace requiring you to mow your lawn once a week, and requiring landlords to finish cellars of their apartment buildings so that when you moved out of your parents house at 35, you can find a suitably dark apartment that won't hurt your eyes that never see the light of day.
Oh, there's cheaters on counter strike servers! You poor little players! Seriously people, this is not really a good thing. What if someone out there made a MOD for half life, with a theme or some sort of controversial content? Does Valve have the right to sue you to stop you distributing that too?
Easy guys, I put my pants on one leg at a time. The difference is after I put on my pants I make gold records!