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The following is an open letter I have submitted to EA and thus thru them I suppose it will also make it's way to the DICE people.
While playing BF2 today on a server running "Kubra Dam" I was kicked after approximately 10-15 mins and told to "Go Hack somewhere else"!. This seemed to be an automated message via Punkbuster.
As such I was (read AM PO'ed) I do not hack/cheat etc. I have no hack/cheat software anywhere on this machine or any other. Never have never will.
I DO have a logitech G15 keyboard which runs a small app that displays my score and server info on the LCD screen.
I DO have a Saitek X-52 flight control system (JS & Throttle and a ton of buttons and sliders) which has a profile in memory for when I can actually get an aircraft and fly it.
I have sent the following open letter to EA:
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To EA and DICE
You people NEED to figure out that PunkBuster is, aside from being in itself a security hack and that it is worthless as a means of preventing "cheating" in any game it has been used in, does not work correctly nor does it garner any feeling of security for your customer (Player) base.
to wit:
While I was playing a BF2-Kubra Dam round, I get a kick message and told to "Go HACK somewhere else" With the info dialog stating that I had been kicked from the game for cheating via PunkBuster.
#1 - I DO NOT CHEAT NOR DO I HAVE ANY FORM OF CHEATING, AIMBOTTING, TEXTURE HACKING software on my machine!
Since I received the info dialog stating that it was PB kicking I do not believe that it was a manual kick because I happened to be accruing a decent amount of game points in the round and someone didn't like it.
2 I DO RUN a Saitek X-52 Flight control system AND I have a Logitech G15 keyboard. These ARE NEITHER CHEATS OR HACKS!!!! The only thing running on the G15 is a BF2 score display system.
The X-52 is running a profile for aircraft flight control for BF2.
Since PunkBuster scans memory and reports everything it finds to a PB master server it is probably saying these memory resident programs are cheats. AGAIN they are not.
And aside from PB opening a huge security hole in every machine it is running on, it is and always has been a totally ineffective effort to eliminate cheats.
Just think if you have a file open and minimised which has say your credit card account information with pin numbers and password. Start a BF2 round and whoopeeee PUNKBUSTER NOW HAS ALL YOUR CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT INFORMATION!!!
Fun HUH??
I DO NOT care to be labeled and LIBELED a cheater or a hacker since I am neither. I respect the efforts of both EA and DICE in the production and distribution of the Battlefield 2 game system. I would like that respect to be reciprocated to myself and any other players who may receive like treatment thru the BF franchise.
I reiterate that I do not feel the core BF2 system did this but punkbuster thru the game system and AS YOUR AGENT, IS responsible.
I feel that Punkbuster should be removed from the Battlefield(ALL) systems and replaced with a, if possible, viable, working cheat prevention system. I do not argue that a functioning system IS nessasary. Only that one which labels and defames your innocent CUSTOMERS as cheaters is not in the best interest of either EA, DICE nor their respective partners, stockholders and investors.
An apology to all the BF2 customers who have had dispersions cast upon them and their character by the miscreant Punkbuster software would not be out of place either.
Thank you,
*************************************************
Signed and dated with my name and BF2 ID#.
A copy is also available at:
Also do not allow the thought that I am some 13yr old whining about this. The circumstances which occurred today would be viewed as libel and prosecutable in a U.S. court of law. And I am FAR from being a 13yr old.
Take up the call and voice your opinions to EA/DICE.
or if nothing else at least be aware.
Thaks,
Curt
While playing BF2 today on a server running "Kubra Dam" I was kicked after approximately 10-15 mins and told to "Go Hack somewhere else"!. This seemed to be an automated message via Punkbuster.
As such I was (read AM PO'ed) I do not hack/cheat etc. I have no hack/cheat software anywhere on this machine or any other. Never have never will.
I DO have a logitech G15 keyboard which runs a small app that displays my score and server info on the LCD screen.
I DO have a Saitek X-52 flight control system (JS & Throttle and a ton of buttons and sliders) which has a profile in memory for when I can actually get an aircraft and fly it.
I have sent the following open letter to EA:
*******************************************
To EA and DICE
You people NEED to figure out that PunkBuster is, aside from being in itself a security hack and that it is worthless as a means of preventing "cheating" in any game it has been used in, does not work correctly nor does it garner any feeling of security for your customer (Player) base.
to wit:
While I was playing a BF2-Kubra Dam round, I get a kick message and told to "Go HACK somewhere else" With the info dialog stating that I had been kicked from the game for cheating via PunkBuster.
#1 - I DO NOT CHEAT NOR DO I HAVE ANY FORM OF CHEATING, AIMBOTTING, TEXTURE HACKING software on my machine!
Since I received the info dialog stating that it was PB kicking I do not believe that it was a manual kick because I happened to be accruing a decent amount of game points in the round and someone didn't like it.
2 I DO RUN a Saitek X-52 Flight control system AND I have a Logitech G15 keyboard. These ARE NEITHER CHEATS OR HACKS!!!! The only thing running on the G15 is a BF2 score display system.
The X-52 is running a profile for aircraft flight control for BF2.
Since PunkBuster scans memory and reports everything it finds to a PB master server it is probably saying these memory resident programs are cheats. AGAIN they are not.
And aside from PB opening a huge security hole in every machine it is running on, it is and always has been a totally ineffective effort to eliminate cheats.
Just think if you have a file open and minimised which has say your credit card account information with pin numbers and password. Start a BF2 round and whoopeeee PUNKBUSTER NOW HAS ALL YOUR CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT INFORMATION!!!
Fun HUH??
I DO NOT care to be labeled and LIBELED a cheater or a hacker since I am neither. I respect the efforts of both EA and DICE in the production and distribution of the Battlefield 2 game system. I would like that respect to be reciprocated to myself and any other players who may receive like treatment thru the BF franchise.
I reiterate that I do not feel the core BF2 system did this but punkbuster thru the game system and AS YOUR AGENT, IS responsible.
I feel that Punkbuster should be removed from the Battlefield(ALL) systems and replaced with a, if possible, viable, working cheat prevention system. I do not argue that a functioning system IS nessasary. Only that one which labels and defames your innocent CUSTOMERS as cheaters is not in the best interest of either EA, DICE nor their respective partners, stockholders and investors.
An apology to all the BF2 customers who have had dispersions cast upon them and their character by the miscreant Punkbuster software would not be out of place either.
Thank you,
*************************************************
Signed and dated with my name and BF2 ID#.
A copy is also available at:
Also do not allow the thought that I am some 13yr old whining about this. The circumstances which occurred today would be viewed as libel and prosecutable in a U.S. court of law. And I am FAR from being a 13yr old.
Take up the call and voice your opinions to EA/DICE.
or if nothing else at least be aware.
Thaks,
Curt
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