article: anti-cheats

[CSN NewsBot]

Exo has written a fine article detailing the history of anti-cheats. Here's a little preview:

The fight against cheats began with PunkBuster. Clans could restrict use of their tag in Punkbuster servers and cheats were very, very minimal when the development was at its peak. The PunkBuster developers (project leader Tony Ray) prided themselves in being self-sufficient but they, like anyone else, probably wanted more praise for their efforts. PunkBuster wanted to be integrated into CS, but Valve turned them down. Punkbuster then halted Half-Life support.

Watch the lawn!

[Jsunu]

GJ EXO

[Dangki]

Not a very interesting subject matter but I guess whatever turns you on.

[Jsunu]

NA exo doesnt get very much praise... I wished u did talk about the history of cheats.

[MikeJ]

Good read, but you missed a few points. The first program ever to detect OGC was TSC (i think that was the name of it). A server side modification for CS that had some extra annoying features, as well as the OGC detecting (which worked within seconds). However it used variable detection which was blocked by OGC at verion 5.x. During the 5.x days an admin mod plugin called "Jedi no cheat" came out which stopped 5.x of OGC, it was closely follwed by CSG, and we all know the story from there.



Server admins: get HLG @ http://www.unitedadmins.com

[k1nk0s]

Nice article.

[MikeJ]

Dangki wrote..

Not a very interesting subject matter but I guess whatever turns you on.

Ask someone the first thing that comes to mind when you say "counter-strike". One out of every two will say "cheaters".

[-Dice]

Nice work, Exo. Let's go burn some myg0ts.

[Dangki]

MikeJ wrote..

Ask someone the first thing that comes to mind when you say "counter-strike". One out of every two will say "cheaters".

Hows that make the topic of anti-cheat programs interesting? Sure they were allot of cheaters and cheat detection programs before Valve decided to do what they should've done ages ago but its still a dull jog down a very recent memory lane. In my opinion anyway.

[zimzap]

Oh so lets all overlook the fact that Valve did nothing to stop the cheats for OH so long and then does stuff for the last motnh or so and all is forgiven?



Plus the new delay of CZ to next year isn't nice.

[MikeJ]

Oh so lets all overlook the fact that Valve has been updating and supporting this mod since the first beta. And without them it would be nowhere today. And let's forget about all those exploits, cheats, and other various bugs they have fixed. And that's not counting the shitload of content they have added. Fuck Valve, fuck the man, fuck the machine. I'M ABOUT TO BREAK.

[downloap]

OGC is the beat cheat programs but whit vac , system ( creator of ogc ) is having some real challenge . Cheating-death was one of the best anti-cheat and now some league are making it required for every match ! ( Day of defeat on cal ) .



The cheat who works on vac all suck OpenGl hack is a joke !



Oh and dont forget those who gave us some great anti-cheat



Paladin , Tsc , jedinocheat , etc



CS 1.5 is far one of the best cs version whit practically no cheater ( except on no-secure server )



Good job valve !

[-Dice]

Cheaters: Oh Go Cry

[street]

Go go gadget propaganda machine!

[Exo]

MikeJ wrote..

Good read, but you missed a few points.

If I had gone in detail with every attempted anti-cheat, the article would be 3 pages of bull feathers.



It's a little dull talking about every single attempt that failed in a week.