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Dec 28th 2006, 09:32 PM
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Developer Group: Forum Admin Posts: 3,433 Joined: 24-August 04 From: NL, Canada Member No.: 1,258 XFire: maydax |
I'm sure some of you may have read the post on PsB that the Sof2 Auth server is now offline.
QUOTE Response (Tommy Hooper) - 12/28/2006 06:12 AM Thank you for contacting Activision Customer Support. All old copies of Soldier of Fortune 2 do not use the same key. Some of the recent copies do. The cd key check has been turned off for the game but Punkbuster still searches for the cd key on punkbuster servers. If you have any further questions, please contact our
website: <a href="http://"http://activision.custhelp.com"" target="_blank">http://activision.custhelp.com</a> |
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Dec 28th 2006, 10:07 PM
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Normal User Group: Streaming Game Admin Posts: 592 Joined: 17-June 05 Member No.: 100,776 |
Sorry man...not to sound like an idiot but confused... I have the same key since the day the game came out,,,are you saying someone else might have or get my key? I'm not worried about whomever getting banned...I know the protocal to ip\location towards a deff. ban,,I'm just wondering,,,my original key might be out now as a dup ? All these years of same key and only 3 ip's {cable co's changed}....just want to know if my info is safe. Cya
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Dec 28th 2006, 10:15 PM
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Developer Group: Forum Admin Posts: 3,433 Joined: 24-August 04 From: NL, Canada Member No.: 1,258 XFire: maydax |
Your key is safe, it's only for brand new games. They are rumored to have a new single key.
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Dec 29th 2006, 06:17 AM
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MBI and Appeal Management Group: Admin Posts: 5,338 Joined: 19-January 05 From: England. Member No.: 100,134 XFire: Shitfacedace |
Another thread about it here click.
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Dec 30th 2006, 12:47 AM
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Developer Group: Forum Admin Posts: 3,433 Joined: 24-August 04 From: NL, Canada Member No.: 1,258 XFire: maydax |
Read from the bottom:
QUOTE Response (Kirk McNesby) - 12/29/2006 01:35 PM
Hi, I'll make sure your concerns are noted, but beyond that there is nothing else I can tell you about this issue at this time. --------------------------------------------------------------- Customer - 12/29/2006 10:48 AM i understand that you have no control over the servers or pb settings on them. what you can do is issue a unique key to customers who prove they have this 1 key and proof of purchase. surley that is the only real solution here. along ensuring any new copies do not have the same key in future. sof2 is very much alive and well and is still in the top 12 on all game server listings (amount of players and servers) i know it is a old game and you guys have things more important to do than this but people are still playing this game alot. i hope you can see that it really is the image of your company that is suffering here. and hope you can set this right. i personally would love nothing better than to be able to say to people on the forums that yes you made a mistake but they will correct that mistake. --------------------------------------------------------------- Response (Kirk McNesby) - 12/29/2006 10:30 AM Hi, There is nothing further we can add to this conversation and I apologize I don't have something more definitive for you, but we've adjusted everything we can under our control to allow people to play without hinderance, the rest relies on parties outside of our direct control. --------------------------------------------------------------- Customer - 12/29/2006 12:59 AM yes they are capable of joining non pb server but the point is 90% of server run pb. out of that 90% i would say 90% of them do not have the guidrelax set to 4. so they cannot join those servers. limiting there multiplayer side of the game. which i will add that they purchased the game for the mp side. hopefully you can understand why this is unacceptable to the whole of the sof2 comunity and threads are popping up in most forums. how can the effected people get this resolved so they have no limitiations like the rest of us. --------------------------------------------------------------- Response (David Malka) - 12/28/2006 05:53 PM Hi, Thank you for the update and your patience in this matter. Are those six people capable of playing on non-Punkbuster servers? I look forward to your response. --------------------------------------------------------------- Customer - 12/28/2006 03:50 PM how is it possible for these people to join a normal pb server. as it is the server that checks the cd key/guid if 1 recieves a global ban then they all do. how can we as a server provider and mod maker assist them in connecting to any pb server if they have a genuine copy of the game and no cheats. what is stoping them from taking legal action if they are banned through no fault of there own because you do not provide a unique cd key/guid. --------------------------------------------------------------- Customer - 12/28/2006 03:47 PM no the question was not answered. --------------------------------------------------------------- Response (Jon An) - 12/28/2006 01:44 PM Hi, Thanks for contating customer support. All new copies of the game have come out with the same CD-KEY. Punkbuster does know this and the cd-key authentication has been turned off. Thanks and contact us again. --------------------------------------------------------------- Customer - 12/28/2006 06:56 AM i have six clients who insist they have the same cd key. they are friends and purchased new copies from diffrent outlets. ie dixons and free record shop. can you confirm that new copies of sof2 have the same cd key. and what can be done to allow them to play in the same pb enabled server. also does evenbalance know about this. |
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Dec 31st 2006, 09:57 AM
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Normal User Group: Streaming Game Admin Posts: 10 Joined: 26-December 05 Member No.: 102,175 |
i am the customer in that one up there. i did reply to them again asking them
"should i take this up with ravensoft or is there a governing body that deals with breaches of end user license agrements. " as yet no reply and its been a few days now. like others on all forums i cannot understand why they have done this or why they are refusing to not issue unique keys with proof of purchase. if i do recieve a reply i will let you know. |
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Dec 31st 2006, 04:01 PM
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PBBans Co-Founder Group: Forum Admin Posts: 9,877 Joined: 18-October 03 From: Little Rock AFB, Arkansas Member No.: 3 |
I think what is happening.....is this is the beginning of the end of SoF2. I would probably anticipate that PB support for the game will end sometime in the next few months (or sooner).
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Dec 31st 2006, 05:00 PM
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Normal User ![]() Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 4-August 05 From: California Member No.: 101,018 |
I see no reason why this should happen since there are still many of ppl with old cd-keys that are legit straight from the box that aren't part of these new cd-keys that are all the same so why would pb, PsB, or pbbans wana drop their support for the game since there are still many clean & dirty players out there still playing with 1 of a kind cd-keys that can be policed by the anti-cheat sites.
Just to bad that as far as I can see for the new ppl buying the game will be tuff cookies for them if the cd-key they are given is used to hack under by some1 thats an issue they need to take up with the manufacture of the game & let them know they are now selling cd-keys that are no good for multiplayer gaming which I asume they will tel them well guess you bought the game for the single player version tuff luck about the multiplayer version. Which sucks but hey as I see there are still many ppl with 1 of a kind cd-keys that need to be kept track of to keep the game clean for as long as we can rather then giving up cuz of a set back which only effects these new ppl buying the game sucks for them but no reason other should suffer cuz they came late in the game even though I will strongly support them in their fight against this being done to them since it's wrong for companies to sell the consumers the same cd-keys. |
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Dec 31st 2006, 05:29 PM
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PBBans Co-Founder Group: Forum Admin Posts: 9,877 Joined: 18-October 03 From: Little Rock AFB, Arkansas Member No.: 3 |
First of all.....PBBans provideds support for all PunkBuster enabled games. SoF2 is currently covered in this support. If EvenBalance decides to stop updating PB for SoF2, then we will follow suit.
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Dec 31st 2006, 07:30 PM
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Normal User Group: Streaming Game Admin Posts: 10 Joined: 26-December 05 Member No.: 102,175 |
the grimace thats just rubbish saying tuff if they bought it for mp. they paid there money the same as you or i. this is my whole grip on all forums. no one has the right to say they cannot play because of activisions mistake.
the only desent thing to do is to relaxguid 4. as this leaves not only activision open to reprisals but evenbalance and pb bans. if activision have done this then they have effectivly made eula nun and void meaning pb has no right to ban them under that eula. |
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Dec 31st 2006, 07:35 PM
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Accounts Manager Group: Forum Admin Posts: 15,441 Joined: 29-March 04 From: liverpool U.K. Member No.: 690 |
from what I can gather a huge administrative cock up has been made by Activision and their enquiry "can your players still play on non pb servers" speaks volumes.
I guess this is the quick fix for their mistake rather than do the decent thing. As Bob has stated, as long as PB support sof2 then so shall we, but I think Activision have effectively neutered PB and how long that support remains will be answered sooner rather than later. |
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Dec 31st 2006, 08:52 PM
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Normal User Group: Streaming Game Admin Posts: 149 Joined: 25-January 06 From: Rock Island, Illinois Member No.: 102,401 |
I think the best thing we all can do as a community is hit their customer support with tons of emails, if we can get enough to complain we might get something resolved. Highly doubtful but who knows. One quick question if any PB Staff are reading this, if Activision isnt contracted with Evenbalance will those servers running PB now have to run them without it? I really want my serverlogs, MD5 scans, and cvar checks, and pbss'.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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Dec 31st 2006, 09:14 PM
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Site Admin / COD Moderator / Hosting Provider Group: Retired Staff Posts: 1,175 Joined: 10-December 05 From: Tennessee Member No.: 102,074 XFire: sdtfmaester |
QUOTE(TheGrimace @ Dec 31 2006, 05:00 PM) [snapback]64229[/snapback] I see no reason why this should happen since there are still many of ppl with old cd-keys that are legit straight from the box that aren't part of these new cd-keys that are all the same so why would pb, PsB, or pbbans wana drop their support for the game since there are still many clean & dirty players out there still playing with 1 of a kind cd-keys that can be policed by the anti-cheat sites. Just to bad that as far as I can see for the new ppl buying the game will be tuff cookies for them if the cd-key they are given is used to hack under by some1 thats an issue they need to take up with the manufacture of the game & let them know they are now selling cd-keys that are no good for multiplayer gaming which I asume they will tel them well guess you bought the game for the single player version tuff luck about the multiplayer version. Which sucks but hey as I see there are still many ppl with 1 of a kind cd-keys that need to be kept track of to keep the game clean for as long as we can rather then giving up cuz of a set back which only effects these new ppl buying the game sucks for them but no reason other should suffer cuz they came late in the game even though I will strongly support them in their fight against this being done to them since it's wrong for companies to sell the consumers the same cd-keys. The issue is not the one cd key being a cheaters key its the fact that none of them can play on MP @ the same time it boots them for duplicate guid.unless guidrelax is set to 4 or higher.As said if pb stops supporting the game we will have no other choice then to stop supporting it also. |
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Jan 1st 2007, 04:04 AM
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Normal User Group: Streaming Game Admin Posts: 10 Joined: 26-December 05 Member No.: 102,175 |
i think all server admins should relax the guid. as activision have decided that as far as there concerned it should be then it makes sense to follow suit.
your servers will still be protected from cheats but people with new copies will be able to play. |
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