Punkbuster...good, but not good enough
Posted: 2009-06-20 05:10
PB is a great program for stopping cheaters, and has helped immensely to "de-cheat" many games.
But the problem comes when people are kicked for plainly stupid reasons. Granted, the bans are accurate, but why?
They are issued by a human.
Simply put, what I am putting forth is taking away the ability to take action against players not confirmed by a human to be cheating.
This would mean
-PBBans still works [These are issued by a human]
-PB Screenshots are still taken and reviewed by admins
However, it would also mean
-No more MD5 kicks, these would simply be admin alerts showing the supposedly edited and correct files side-by-side
-No more MD5 kicks for non-PR mods in PR
-Any other kicks that aren't 99% false positive are reviewed by admins
PROS: Reduce the number of inaccurate "dumb kicks" in PR immensely, make people happy consequently
CONS: Increase workload on admins slightly, might be some work for the DEV's
But the problem comes when people are kicked for plainly stupid reasons. Granted, the bans are accurate, but why?
They are issued by a human.
Simply put, what I am putting forth is taking away the ability to take action against players not confirmed by a human to be cheating.
This would mean
-PBBans still works [These are issued by a human]
-PB Screenshots are still taken and reviewed by admins
However, it would also mean
-No more MD5 kicks, these would simply be admin alerts showing the supposedly edited and correct files side-by-side
-No more MD5 kicks for non-PR mods in PR
-Any other kicks that aren't 99% false positive are reviewed by admins
PROS: Reduce the number of inaccurate "dumb kicks" in PR immensely, make people happy consequently
CONS: Increase workload on admins slightly, might be some work for the DEV's