DICE warns against unofficial Battlefield 3 servers
Battlefield 3 associated producer Barrie Tingle has warned gamers against the "temptation" of playing the upcoming shooter on unofficial servers, noting that doing so could compromise accounts.
Battlefield 3 associate producer Barrie Tingle has warned gamers against the "temptation" of playing the upcoming shooter on unofficial servers, noting that doing so could compromise accounts.
Last week, Battlefield 3's server files leaked onto the internet, opening the floodgates to unofficial servers for the game's ongoing beta test on PC. Using the files, users have been able to adjust a number of properties, including increasing player counts from 32 to 100.
Writing on DICE's forum, Tingle (who goes by the username Bazajaytee) said that the team is currently working "to have these [unofficial] servers dealt with."
"Playing on those servers can cause your account to become compromised, stats to be altered or other issues to arise which may lead to having your account banned," Tingle wrote.
An account ban could result in a ban from EA's Origin store, locking players out of all titles they have purchased from the digital distribution service.
There are two ways this quote can be taken: either DICE is saying that simply playing on unofficial servers will result in an Origin account ban or there is a higher risk of security holes on these servers, which may lead to scenarios forcing DICE to take action (accounts being compromised or altered, for example). Of course, it would appear most have assumed the former.
Shacknews has contacted Tingle for clarification on his comments. Until then, he asks that players "please avoid temptation and remain on these official servers."
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Thanks for the warning, dad.
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haha! They can't be serious about this!
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They were showing up in the battlelog browser, but I haven't seen them pop up since they went down for maintenance the other day. They must have figured out a way to filter them on their end. After playing a few rounds of conquest on Metro, Rush mode is even worse than it was.
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That would be retarded if quick matching put a player into one of these unofficial servers and it got them banned.
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That's a nice way alienate your core user base and modding community. If it wasn't for the modding community, their games wouldn't have had the longevity that people still take for granted to this day. They owe most of their success to stellar mods like Desert Combat and Eve of Destruction. This is just another reason why people need to stop supporting companies like this. Buncha ungrateful pricks!
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Lemme guess, official servers can only be rented from hosting companies and anything setup by a "normal" person is going to be flagged as unofficial?
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Remember when you could play on modded servers? Those were the days!
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Piracy + DLC + Complication:
The suits don't want it because theorhetically having ded server files out there, means they can be cracked and so people can play pirated multiplayer.
The suits also don't want it because mods can cannibalize dlc and map pack plans. They are gonna charge $15 for the Back to Karkand expansion, intelligent modders could have released that themselves and or even more old maps, or new ones. You don't want to compete with "free" mods, for your paid DLC.
The devs don't want it because it's a hassle. Having to secure and support the files, make them user friendly etc. They are busy crunching to make their game release on time, already spend too much time at the office and not sleeping, so having one less thing to get ready for the public, makes there lives just a little less worse.
None of those reasons benefits the consumer mind you, but other then our $60, the consumer doesn't figure that high up in decisions most times...
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as time goes on, I miss the simplicity of playing bf1942, and hosting a server, with bots etc... it was easy back then.
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What about users who don't read forums? How could they have any idea the other servers were improper?
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a friend of mine ended up on an unofficial server last week, gained 1.6 million xp before he realized it was screwy.
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