Posted: 8/24/2010 6:17:29 PM EDT
Are they afraid to ban people for hacking? I was playing MW2 and a player on the other team called in 3 AC130 strikes. I am about to uninstall that POS game and quit buying anything with uses a steam interface. |
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The bans come from the Valve Anti Cheat system (VAC.) This is an automated system that detects "cheat signatures" and bans accordingly. If a player is caught with a cheat, it could take up to two weeks for the ban to come into effect. The problem with this system is as soon as one cheat becomes detected, a new undetected cheat will be released. Since cheats are being updated regularly, it could be months before that player slips up by running an outdated cheat. I think the problem here is the fact that Infinity Ward completely ignored the PC player base and chose to use matchmaking instead of having dedicated servers with active admins. VAC is not a replacement for active admins, yet Infinity Ward decided to rely solely on VAC. If anyone is to blame here, it's Infinity Ward. Steam is just a content delivery system and it has come a long way since it was first released. Don't let one bad game ruin your outlook on Steam. Manual VAC bans are possible, but they don't happen very often. The Golden Wrench scandal comes to mind. |