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11-25-2004, 11:36 PM
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Freaky me Freaky you
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Re: HL2 - 20,000 Pirates BANNED!
Banning 20,000 dumbasses and having 1 guy who has a workaround is better then nothing. At least the people banned will learn not to try stupid methods to get HL2 to work.
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11-26-2004, 01:04 AM
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Re: HL2 - 20,000 Pirates BANNED!
How exactly did valve know who was pirating the game and who was not? Is it possible that they made a mistake in some cases?
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11-26-2004, 01:20 AM
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Re: HL2 - 20,000 Pirates BANNED!
Well, the pirated copy isn't 100% the same for the legit version. I've heard of a bug in the pirated version where the color of the flashlight battery is always red no matter what. That you can spot and ban people with that pretty easily 
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11-26-2004, 05:05 AM
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Re: HL2 - 20,000 Pirates BANNED!
Hehe, that's cool. 
Hack the banners!!!!  I mean ban the hackers!
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11-26-2004, 10:29 AM
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Re: HL2 - 20,000 Pirates BANNED!
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How exactly did valve know who was pirating the game and who was not? Is it possible that they made a mistake in some cases?
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for pretty much most of em. They know the fake CD Key, and everytime someone tries to register online with that cd key, they know its a pirated version.
They know every CD written out on the games they've made and shiped out. they're all logged on the computer. so when someone tries to register with a key they've never made, then its pretty simple to tell really.
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11-26-2004, 11:01 PM
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Re: HL2 - 20,000 Pirates BANNED!
Its good to see people finally being punished for this kind of thing.
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11-27-2004, 07:50 PM
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Re: HL2 - 20,000 Pirates BANNED!
Although I have my problems with Steam and Valve, you can't argue with it's effectiveness compared to other forms of hacker deterrents.
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