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The admin's jobs just got a lot easier....

Post by BaronVonRotterdam » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:57 pm

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Re: The admin's jobs just got a lot easier....

Post by Mobster » Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:49 am

Sweet!
We don't have to worry about hackers, that are already delt with.
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Re: The admin's jobs just got a lot easier....

Post by Mobster » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:19 am

Original Post:
MaydaX wrote:With more EA games using one standard PB GUID that is shared among multiple games, we have added a new Enforce MBi Bans (EA GUID) option which checks connecting players GUIDs against the MBi across multiple EA games that share the same PB GUID. This currently includes Bad Company 2, Medal of Honor and Battlefield 3.

This means that if you get banned in one of the games listed above you are kicked in other games that use the same GUID.

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fozzer wrote: The misinformation and assumption posted elsewhere warrants a little explanation I think.
This feature is not the work of EvenBalance, it's not the work of EA/DICE, It's nothing to do with Origin.
This feature was thought of and coded by MaydaX in his role as PBBans website and Hub developer.

At the moment the Enforce MBi Bans (EA GUID) option is only available to PBBans streaming admins.
It's not on by default and the relevant flag must be selected by the streaming server admin.

The newer EA games(BFBC2, MOH and BF3) all have a common pbguid linked to their EA account.
Example:
Previously, when a banned MOH player joined a BFBC2 server, provided he had not raised a cheat violation on BFBC2, he could do so with impunity because the Hub only checked his pbguid against the BFBC2 MBI (Master Ban Index)
Now the option is there for PBBans streaming admins to allow the Hub to check every incoming player against the BFBC2 / MOH / BF3 Master Ban Indexes.
If the incoming players pbguid is found on any of the 3 he will not be able to join the server.
It should be noted that the Hub is doing the checking and not the server so no game server resources are used in the checking process.

It's something akin to a zero tolerance policy being enforced by the Hub on the newer EA game releases that share a common pbguid.
It's entirely optional, so if a server admin disagrees with with any of the above, all he has to do is not check the Enforce MBi Bans (EA GUID) flag.

This feature is unique to PBBans but will probably go the way of every other feature we have pioneered by being copied in its entirety by other sites with no credit given, seems to be the way of the world these days. :(
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Re: The admin's jobs just got a lot easier....

Post by ZombieSlayer » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:41 pm

That's awesome :)
If you lost your cd and have the old drive and have not reinstalled UT2004 or reformatted the drive, you can find your old cd key in the registry here ...

My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Unreal Technologies\Installed Apps\UT2004

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Re: The admin's jobs just got a lot easier....

Post by Mobster » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:00 pm

fozzer wrote: At the moment the Enforce MBi Bans (EA GUID) option is only available to PBBans streaming admins.
Someone will need to apply to be a streaming admin.
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Re: The admin's jobs just got a lot easier....

Post by BaronVonRotterdam » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:32 pm

utMobster wrote:
fozzer wrote: At the moment the Enforce MBi Bans (EA GUID) option is only available to PBBans streaming admins.
Someone will need to apply to be a streaming admin.
Yeah I'll take care of all that.
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Re: The admin's jobs just got a lot easier....

Post by Deathrasher » Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:34 am

rofl 39 bans and counting :)

thats a shame frigin people cant just play fair and obey rules.

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Re: The admin's jobs just got a lot easier....

Post by NumbWarri0r » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:09 pm

Mmmm, gonna make life easier (inlove)
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