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On this our 32nd show we discuss the friction that occurred in the Homefront Forums concerning the two anticheat streaming services being endorsed and or used by KAOS. We clarify whether the ROC and PBBANS services truly crossed streams and what really went on. In addition we cover these other topics.
More Homefront Player feedback.
A Plastic Pirannha update.
Porting and why it gets a bad rap by PC gamers.
Yoshiro, TWI's CM joins us once again to help us discuss the ROHOS mods.
We are joined by Charles Ohlenberger the representative for the Iron Europe mod for ROHOS.
And much more.
Love the crosshairs #32 episode. I’d love to get together and talk sometime so you and your listeners can get a better understanding what ROC does and is about. Yes if you want I will be happy to discuss the PBBans controversy. Please send an email and we can get together via skype. I am looking forward to speaking with you Regards, ROC|ABN_RGR (Ranger)
Rgr,
there is no controversy that you speak of,
we all have a job to do here without the in fighting between the AC community..
better to stick on topic here so that your players know what’s going on with the ROC not PBBans..
Indian
There is no “controversy” re PBBans. What I saw posted in the Homefront forums was a little spat between members of BFROE (which was the forerunner of ROC) Two ex members of BFROE are now valued members of PBBans staff and thats were the association ends. PBBans is a third party anti cheat site that supports punkbuster enabled games using tools provided by Evenbalance. We provide cheat related cvar/MD5 scans, PBSS reviews, demo reviews (were applicable) unique to PBBans cheat file matches and a ton of inhouse tools and features to assist server admins in keeping their servers free of cheaters. PBBans banlists are publically available for any discerning admin to download and use and always will be. There is not a lot to choose between PB and VAC as an anti cheat entity, but the third party anti cheat support provided by sites like PBBans, Punksbusted etc etc turn PB into a much more effective anti cheat than anything else out there. Homefront does not have PB as an anti cheat deterent, ergo is not supported by PBBans. The only thing that would stir interest from PBBans is if Homefront switched to punkbuster. The spat on the Homefront forums did achieve one good thing, it made a game developer aware of how effective PB can be when coupled with a top notch third party anti cheat streaming service, so its not all bad
As far as I am aware, ROC is a reporting service and not a streaming service so we would never look on them as “competition” as such.
I hope that clears a few things up, PBBans is a hell of a lot more than a banlist compiler, and for the guy in the broadcast that thinks its “not rocket science” should maybe do a little homework before making a comment like that.
You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog.