Halo PC/CE now just that bit more safe from piracy!

[Rosco]

I really wish you wouldn't have posted those. Someone joined our server yesterday who was probably using one of them. He joins with one of those fucked up names that breaks the server app (puts parts of his name in his score on the F1 screen). He has no other names in the DB, yet knows all about the server app and that it's called Devicator. I tell him he needs to change his name because he's going to break the app. He ignores me, and keeps rejoining with different name variations, trying to break the app. I tell him to change his name or I'm kicking him. He replies "Ban me, I have no key ". Then he finally breaks the app, and I have to restart the server.

Hilarious.

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lol server trollers, you'd think people have more to do than join servers on a random key just to be a moron.

[tythespy]

He joins with one of those fucked up names that breaks the server app (puts parts of his name in his score on the F1 screen). He has no other names in the DB, yet knows all about the server app and that it's called Devicator. and I have to restart the server.

happens once a month on my sever, just ban and restart - not a big deal to go without apps for a day

-e lol theirs 17 Haloallnames hack in my app database, taged and banned

[Limited]

If said versions are disabled all the people who legally own the game will update to 1.08 and increase it's player base by that much more.

You cannot assume users will do anything. Your leading yourself down a dark alleyway doing so.

The publicly available patch for 1.08 by BrandiniMP that fixes the additional security holes DOESN'T include the cdkey nullification stuff, at least that's what he told me.

Um, it did contain it because I found it in your server and the exe. The way I found it in your server is irrelevant, but thanks to Brandini even more people are getting into 1.08 servers with no CD keys.

If I can be of assistance to the last remaining "dev" we have in banning these pirates (which I'm sure he's not a fan of) I will be. Why are you guys complaining that I'm wasting my time? I've put (maybe) 10 minutes of total time into my messages to him, it's not like I'm wasting my life away devoting it to vanquishing evil-doers from the internet.

No, but you are probably irritating and wasting Rogers time. Hes not a dumb person, he understands it alot more than you. The only difference is "community knowledge" that we have over him. But its not his job to fix our faults.

[Cortexian]

happens once a month on my sever, just ban and restart - not a big deal to go without apps for a day

-e lol theirs 17 Haloallnames hack in my app database, taged and banned

Can you pass those over, it's annoying me greatly.