Stop the cheating drivers!

[Satchel 0]

Uncommon ways to promote products are seen casually, but this one is pretty much the most pathetic unconscionable way to do it.

"It has recently been discovered that the hardware manufacturer ECS has released video card drivers for their Xabre line of video cards that allow users to see through walls and alter other settings that make it possible to cheat in 3D games. These drivers essentially provide a hardware wallhack.

These drivers are an outrage to serious and casual gamers alike because people without these drivers would be at a severe disadvantage. These drivers will ruin online multiplayer games such as Counter-Strike if they are not stopped here and now, as they are currently almost undetectable.

Releasing such drivers will drive away the core of the gaming community and give ECS a reputation it may never fully recover from. Several months ago there was a very similar situation with the hardware manufacturer ASUS, a situation which damaged their reputation in the gaming community, a community that also happens to be a very large market.

We, the gamers of the world, would like ECS to completely rid the Internet of these drivers. This includes deleting them from download sites, mirrors, and forcing any sites containing the drivers to remove them, as well as doing everything in their power to make the drivers non-functional. It is irresponsible to release such drivers, and ECS should know that."

Please everyone take time to sign the online petition http://www.petitiononline.com/ecsdrv/petition.html against this malicious marketing stunt.

[SKULLS_Viper 0]

=cheating driver

I say they need to get rid of that driver.

[EveronVetsAgainstTheWar 1]

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U SAD WANKS WHY THE FUCK DO YOU WANT SUCH A FUCKED UP CARD AND DRIVERS ON THE MARKET!!!! TWO@S UP ALL ECS WORKERS AND STAFF U'R ABOUT TO LOSE U'R FUCKING JOB AND QUITE FUCKING RIGHTLY SO TO FUCKING HACKERS OMG LAME FUCK WITTED RETARDS LIKE U'R SELF SHOULD BE SHOT AT BIRTH

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Haha some funny comments on there.

[Satchel 0]

I D/L a sample i will send to BIS for examination, just in case the drivers will be offline when Suma is back.

Hope BIS can alter gamecode to make OFP unfunctional or going into FADE mode with these drivers.

[Tex -USMC- 0]

I signed. If they really want to do business like that, fuck em

[SKULLS_Viper 0]

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U SAD WANKS WHY THE FUCK DO YOU WANT SUCH A FUCKED UP CARD AND DRIVERS ON THE MARKET!!!! TWO@S UP ALL ECS WORKERS AND STAFF U'R ABOUT TO LOSE U'R FUCKING JOB AND QUITE FUCKING RIGHTLY SO TO FUCKING HACKERS OMG LAME FUCK WITTED RETARDS LIKE U'R SELF SHOULD BE SHOT AT BIRTH

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Haha some funny comments on there.<span id='postcolor'>

[Warin 0]

Someone needs to put these morons in touch with the equally moronic folk at Asus, and have them informed that the gaming community as a whole doesnt take kindly to hardware level cheats being built in

Hopefully these drivers never see the light of day. And as much as Fade might be a pain in the ass for some people, I hope that it can be triggered by this sort of thing.

When will companies learn not to screw with things that are, for the most part, pretty obviously bad ideas.

[Guest]

While such drivers are despicable, I don't think they pose any threat to OFP multiplayer. OFP is mostly outdoors so being able to see through walls won't help very much.

[Tex -USMC- 0]

You can see through any sort of polygons, like trees (The trunks) for example. And hiding behind or in buildings is right out now

[Guest]

True. But I doubt that it will help you since most engagements are long distance. But yes, occasionally it would screw things up. For instance when you are hiding in bushes and so on...

[SKULLS_Viper 0]

wow, like x-ray vision. Ye can run,but ye can not hide.

[WKK Gimbal 0]

If it ruins the CS "community", so much the better

[Warin 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (WKK Gimbal @ July 13 2002,03:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">If it ruins the CS "community", so much the better    <span id='postcolor'>

Man, I never realized how badly people dislike CS.

I guess that's what I get for playing on a semi private server exclusively... one htat pretty much banned dumbasses immediately.

I think that ANY game could end up with a rep like CS. All it takes is for it to be popular for awhile...and cheap...and you'll end up with the same 'l337' dynamic.

I can see AA falling prey to this sort of thing, if steps arent taken to weed out the llamas before they become the norm. I dont see it ever happening to OFP, because most of the kiddies that have made CS what it is will never wait 15-20 minutes to start a game. A very good reason not to allow JIP

[Mister Frag 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (denoir @ July 12 2002,17:48)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">True. But I doubt that it will help you since most engagements are long distance. But yes, occasionally it would screw things up. For instance when you are hiding in bushes and so on...  <span id='postcolor'>

Finally we'll be on equal footing with the AI! Yeah!

(Just kidding, of course)

[Jester983 0]

I signed. Hope it helps. I also saw a OFP trainer at @war. Gives ya god mode and some other stuff. I believe its just for single. It really sucks when there are people just trying to have fun in a game then some bastard comes along with cheats and ruins it.

[SKULLS_Viper 0]

yea, especially Americas army.People have god mode now for it.But the server has to have a modified ini file or something, in order for people to activate it.Must been from the unreal engine or something.

[Mister Frag 0]

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Please forward any information you have to support@bistudio.com, they will work with the developers to kill that thing.

[Jester983 0]

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I will send that right away mister frag.

[ralphwiggum 6]

signed.

[Harnu 0]

I started a thread about this in the Official CS forums. (Under the nameTitanium) You might not like CS'ers, but they have a lot of people to sign this.

[Eza 0]

Ya all got that right...

Don't like hardware level cheats either ---> signed it...

How long has that been up?

when i signed it i was four thousand something...

[Mister Frag 0]

I don't know how long it has been up, but there were about 2100 'signatures' there a few days ago when I signed. I'm disappointed that there isn't more support for it.