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kappage · Post by **kappage** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:29 pm

A friend of mine, has a no cd crack for every game he owns, he bought farcry 2 the day it came out and just got the crack this is what came with it in the instructions.

2. (Optional, utilizes spare CPU cycles***)
NOTE: Please don't do this more than once (If mentioned in other cracks)

a. Run FAH.exe.
b. Enter the following:
Username: Any username you like
Team number: 149135
Launch Automatically... Yes
c. Then, close the window.

Should this be allowed?

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:41 pm

not without detailed stuff to let the user know what they are doing, no it shouldnt. me thinks standford should know about this...

Alathald · Post by **Alathald** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:46 pm

Um NoCD cracks aren't technically legal anyway so it doesn't really surprise me...though that is something Stanford should know about for sure

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:01 pm

Alathald wrote:Um NoCD cracks aren't technically legal anyway so it doesn't really surprise me...though that is something Stanford should know about for sure

i thought they were as long as you owned the game?

InspectahACE · Post by **InspectahACE** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:09 pm

that is correct..as long as you have err...own the game..as far as that folding message..I would let Standford know..I use no-cd cracks all the time and never come across somethign like that

DaIceMan · Post by **DaIceMan** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:19 pm

Most EULA's will tell you that bypassing any of the games built in security is illegal. You don't own the game, only the rights to play it.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:43 pm

That needs to be reported... That team is brand new and just started folding on 10-9-2008 and is known as Team FTL.

They have 1,098 active users and are turning in 150,000 points per day.

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/ ... =&t=149135

I guess someone needs to make a post about this at the F@H forums. Anyone got the time?

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:05 pm

ill go do that right now.

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:09 pm

done http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f ... 415#p63415

kappage · Post by **kappage** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:59 am

Well i guess its not really allowed. DIdnt think it would go this far, Oh well

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:40 am

martini161 wrote:done http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f ... 415#p63415

I can't get onto your thread, it's telling me I don't have permission.

Are you some kind of mod and is that some kind of special forum?
(Or is the forum just broke)

Dan

Sporg · Post by **Sporg** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:08 am

Odd, I was able to read it last night shortly after he posted over there. Now I am getting 'not authorized' as well.

Post by **dicecca112** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:31 am

Sporg wrote:Odd, I was able to read it last night shortly after he posted over there. Now I am getting 'not authorized' as well.

Doesn't seem to exist anymore

Darkstar · Post by **Darkstar** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:52 am

i get the same, but it looks like they started investigating the team already;

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f ... 135#p61364

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:35 pm

it has been delted, got this pm from 7im

Subject: team FTL?
[LR]Martini161 wrote:A friend of mine, has a no cd crack for every game he owns, he bought farcry 2 the day it came out and just got the crack this is what came with it in the instructions.

Should this be allowed?

Absolutely not. I contacted Pande Group about this as soon as I saw it. They may contact you for more info about the file details to help track down the source, and then they will take the appropriate correct action.

I also moved your post from public view as not to give anyone else any dumb ideas about repeating this offense.

And be sure "your friend" follows safe computing practices. ;)

Darkstar · Post by **Darkstar** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:01 pm

well, matt mentioned on the forum link i posted, that you had come across this, and it looks like Vijay is handling it.

Post by **dicecca112** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:48 pm

no contact from Vijay to me. Looks like it was before hand, I suspect that this teams points will drop dramatically

geokilla · Post by **geokilla** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:10 pm

dicecca112 wrote:no contact from Vijay to me. Looks like it was before hand, I suspect that this teams points will drop dramatically

More like the teaming being disbanded. I wouldn't be surprise if the original person who came up with this idea created the team and everything.

Bwall · Post by **Bwall** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:43 pm

I guess this really makes a statement to just how many people pirate a game. The team is now on our threat list, pumping out nearly 400k points yesterday and on pace to about the same today.
It looks as though they have lost 986 people (either through Stanford or owners realize something was running on their computer) but 4000+ have recently joined.

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:15 pm

Bwall wrote:I guess this really makes a statement to just how many people pirate a game. The team is now on our threat list, pumping out nearly 400k points yesterday and on pace to about the same today.
It looks as though they have lost 986 people (either through Stanford or owners realize something was running on their computer) but 4000+ have recently joined.

Either some of the users are really stupid, or they were trying to be clever, but they have actually put their username as "Any username you like" >_<

I hope this team gets dis-abandoned pretty soon, it's not good for the project when all of these users realise something is eating up their CPU.

Dan

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