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<blockquote data-quote="Rickyk" data-source="post: 1581303" data-attributes="member: 9519"><p>This is REALLY RIDICULOUS - From Gamespy -</p><p></p><p>"Recently, a number of <a href="http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/battlefield-3/index.html" target="_blank">Battlefield 3</a> players found themselves dishonorably discharged from service without any explanation. So they piped up on <a href="http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654624853001962/1/" target="_blank">the game's official forums</a> and got quite the enlightening response. Just not from DICE. Anonpbspoofer, a junior member of game hacking site Artificial Aiming wrote in <a href="http://www.artificialaiming.net/forum/general-discussions/56017-unerring-punkbuster-season-3-a.html" target="_blank">a forum post</a>:</p><p></p><p>"We are bringing back the unerring of punkbuster for a 3rd season." We have selected ggc-stream as the target since they have the most streaming bf3 servers and makes it very easy to add fake bans. In 2011 we hit them with a mass ban wave and now were are banning real players from battlelog while ggc-stream is totally unaware. We have framed 150+ bf3 players alone."</p><p></p><p>The goal? To protest PunkBuster's inclusion in Battlefield 3. You could be forgiven, though, for thinking anonpbspoofer is taking aim at the wrong target.</p><p></p><p>As a result, Artificial Aiming has distanced itself from what it's now labeled a rogue member lashing out alone. "This has nothing to do with AA," a staffer <a href="http://www.artificialaiming.net/forum/general-discussions/56017-unerring-punkbuster-season-3-a-6.html#post414318" target="_blank">wrote</a>. "The person who posted the first link is a junior member here."</p><p></p><p>EA, meanwhile, is "aware" of PunkBuster problems, but doesn't seem quite ready to acknowledge the banhammer-wielding menace. EA explained in a statement to <a href="http://kotaku.com/5878798/hackers-brag-that-theyre-banning-innocent-battlefield-3-users" target="_blank">Kotaku</a>:</p><p></p><p>"We are aware that some Battlefield 3 players are experiencing connection issues with PunkBuster enabled servers. This problem is limited to a small subset of players on PC and will not impact players on PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. We are actively looking into the specifics of this issue and we are confident that we will have a permanent solution in place shortly."</p><p></p><p>"In the meantime, if a player's connectivity has been affected, we recommend that in the interim they join servers that are not running PunkBuster. There is a filter setting for this in the multiplayer server browser."</p><p></p><p>So that's where we're at for now. Why, I ask you, does real-life vigilante "justice" always have to blow up in everyone's faces? I'm thinking it's either the lack of a high-tech bat costume or, you know, that other thing: brains."</p><p></p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>So in effect, EA/Dice expect us to play on non-pb enabled servers!? The very same servers that are possibly filled with people who hack without worry or concern about PB!? That sounds REALLY smart. Unbelievable......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rickyk, post: 1581303, member: 9519"] This is REALLY RIDICULOUS - From Gamespy - "Recently, a number of [url="http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/battlefield-3/index.html"]Battlefield 3[/url] players found themselves dishonorably discharged from service without any explanation. So they piped up on [url="http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654624853001962/1/"]the game's official forums[/url] and got quite the enlightening response. Just not from DICE. Anonpbspoofer, a junior member of game hacking site Artificial Aiming wrote in [url="http://www.artificialaiming.net/forum/general-discussions/56017-unerring-punkbuster-season-3-a.html"]a forum post[/url]: "We are bringing back the unerring of punkbuster for a 3rd season." We have selected ggc-stream as the target since they have the most streaming bf3 servers and makes it very easy to add fake bans. In 2011 we hit them with a mass ban wave and now were are banning real players from battlelog while ggc-stream is totally unaware. We have framed 150+ bf3 players alone." The goal? To protest PunkBuster's inclusion in Battlefield 3. You could be forgiven, though, for thinking anonpbspoofer is taking aim at the wrong target. As a result, Artificial Aiming has distanced itself from what it's now labeled a rogue member lashing out alone. "This has nothing to do with AA," a staffer [url="http://www.artificialaiming.net/forum/general-discussions/56017-unerring-punkbuster-season-3-a-6.html#post414318"]wrote[/url]. "The person who posted the first link is a junior member here." EA, meanwhile, is "aware" of PunkBuster problems, but doesn't seem quite ready to acknowledge the banhammer-wielding menace. EA explained in a statement to [url="http://kotaku.com/5878798/hackers-brag-that-theyre-banning-innocent-battlefield-3-users"]Kotaku[/url]: "We are aware that some Battlefield 3 players are experiencing connection issues with PunkBuster enabled servers. This problem is limited to a small subset of players on PC and will not impact players on PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. We are actively looking into the specifics of this issue and we are confident that we will have a permanent solution in place shortly." "In the meantime, if a player's connectivity has been affected, we recommend that in the interim they join servers that are not running PunkBuster. There is a filter setting for this in the multiplayer server browser." So that's where we're at for now. Why, I ask you, does real-life vigilante "justice" always have to blow up in everyone's faces? I'm thinking it's either the lack of a high-tech bat costume or, you know, that other thing: brains." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So in effect, EA/Dice expect us to play on non-pb enabled servers!? The very same servers that are possibly filled with people who hack without worry or concern about PB!? That sounds REALLY smart. Unbelievable...... [/QUOTE]
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