For the past 13 years PBBans has been completely independent and we have been free to choose our hosting providers because of the donations from our generous community. However, over the past 6 months the monthly donations have not been enough to cover our hosting costs even with the reduction of the amount required. The additional funds have been coming from the months we exceeded our monthly goal which is now running out.

Over the years we explored many options to help fund PBBans but our primary goal is to keep our services online and ad free without requiring any fees to use if possible. Using advertisements on the website was an option and we did try Goggle ads for guest users but they didn’t work out in the end.

We have had numerous offers from game server providers to host us on hardware they own or rent and we greatly appreciated the offers. We prefer the ability to choose our own hosting solutions and didn’t want to run into the scenario of the GSP no longer wishing to sponsor us and we would be forced to move.

Finally, the number of streaming servers has dropped considerably over the last 8 years and the number of active community members with it. With more new games not using Punk Buster it has reduced the community overall.

If you use our services, please consider donating if you haven’t already done so. To those that have and continue to donate we thank you. Your contributions help keep our community alive.

https://www.pbbans.com/donations.html

We wish to take this time to thank everyone that help keep PBBans online for the past 13 years. From our donors, streaming admins and other supporters, we would not be here without you.

We welcomed a few new staff members this year that included -Slayer- and DHGreeny. Sabret received a promotion to Operations Staff as well.

Please be reminded that we count on the donations that our users give to keep our services online and free. Over the past few months we have not been meeting our donation goals so please donate if you are able to do so.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all the staff here at PBBans. May your holiday season be filled with joy and happiness. We look forward to seeing everyone in 2016 where we mark our tenth anniversary of launching the PBBansHub, the first live banning system using PBUCON.

The studio is proud to announce the integration of a highly respected anti-cheat into H-Hour to supplement the protection provided by VAC. PunkBuster™ is the original Anti-Cheat system for online multiplayer games. In the past only AAA games were able to use these tools in the daily battle against cheats but we reached out and arranged to bring you the best tool we could find.

 

Evenbalance's goal in creating this software is to keep the playing field as even as possible so that PunkBuster-enabled games are played the way they were meant to be played. For more information on Punkbuster, you can visit their site here:
http://www.evenbalance.com/

https://www.sofstudios.com/index.php?/topic/9907-server-downtime-patch-notes-release-2319/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/293220/

As 2014 comes to an end, we would like to take this time to say thank you to all of our streamers, donors and supporters for your continued support.

This year brought us another server move to help combat the numerous DDoS attacks we have been receiving. However it made PBBans even better because of the new hardware, new software and connectivity. Plus it lowered our monthly costs as well. Also remember to update your UCON profiles if your server isn't streaming.

Happy Holidays from all of us at PBBans. As always have a safe and cheat free holiday season. We look forward to seeing you in the new year.

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=announce.php

 

Electronic Arts Inc. has contracted with Even Balance, Inc. to integrate PunkBuster™ Anti-Cheat software into Battlefield Hardline™. We will soon be opening a section on our website to support PunkBuster™ for Battlefield Hardline. EA, Battlefield Hardline and the Battlefield Hardline logo are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

4.    Consent to Monitor.  You may opt to install Punkbuster Anti-Cheat technology by Even Balance, Inc. during the installation of this Software.

http://www.battlefield.com/hardline/beta/beta-agreement

Sign up for the beta here:

http://www.battlefield.com/hardline/beta?intcmp=opm_bfh_beta-reg

A game based signature is available for account users to select.

We have lifted the BF3 bans for Violation #51048 from midnight on June 1st to present time from the MBI and the UMBI.

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-bf3.php
 

Wednesday 06.10.2015 [11:00AM]

We have confirmed that long standing Violation #51048 may be triggered by newly released non-cheat software. This Violation code has been removed from our system and we encourage server admins to give the benefit of the doubt to players who raised this violation number after May 31, 2015.

37 Battlefield 3 Bans have been removed from the MBi.
9 Unofficial bans have been removed also.

We have lifted all BF3 and BF4 bans for violation #79623 after Even Balance confirmed that the violation could have been raised by non-cheat software.

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-bf3.php
 

Tuesday 04.14.2015 [2:00PM]

We have confirmed that Violation #79623 may be triggered by non-cheat software. This Violation code has been removed from our master servers.

 
250 Battlefield 3 Bans have been removed from the MBi.
81 Unofficial Battlefield 3 Bans have been removed also.

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-bf4.php

 

Tuesday 04.14.2015 [2:00PM]

We have confirmed that Violation #79623 may be triggered by non-cheat software. This Violation code has been removed from our master servers.

243 Battlefield 4 Bans have been removed from the MBi.
166 Unofficial Battlefield 4 Bans have been removed also.

We have lifted all 81570 and 81576 bans in BF3.

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-bf3.php

Tuesday 12.09.2014 [3:15PM]

We have confirmed that Violations #81570 and #81576 in BF3 may be triggered by non-cheat software. These Violation codes have been removed from our system and we encourage server admins to give the benefit of the doubt to players who raised these violation numbers.

81570 bans:

837 Battlefield 3 Bans have been removed from the MBi.
289 Unofficial Battlefield 3 Bans have been removed also.

81576 bans:

411 Battlefield 3 Bans have been removed from the MBi.
143 Unofficial Battlefield 3 Bans have been removed also.

1,680 Total Bans Removed

06/26/2014 21:31:10

We have confirmed that Violations #130846 may be triggered by non-cheat software. This Violation code has been removed from our system and we encourage server admins to give the benefit of the doubt to players who raised this violation number.

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-bf4.php

7 BF4  bans have been removed from the PBBans MBi.

1 BF4 ban has been removed from the UMBI.

We have lifted all 81568 bans in BF4 for the time being.

Even Balance has not yet confirmed if it is a false positive but we decided to lift the bans as it can take EB a few days to confirm if a violation number can be triggered by non-cheat software.

We can easily restore the bans should EB confirm they are valid so we have lifted them to prevent possible innocent players from being able to play. This also gives EB more time to investigate.

1,543 Battlefield 4 Bans have been removed from the MBi.
546 Unofficial Battlefield 4 Bans have been removed also.