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Optional.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:29 pm
by kappage
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?
Re: Optional.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:41 pm
by martini161
not without detailed stuff to let the user know what they are doing, no it shouldnt. me thinks standford should know about this...
Re: Optional.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:46 pm
by Alathald
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
Re: Optional.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:01 pm
by martini161
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?
Re: Optional.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:09 pm
by InspectahACE
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
Re: Optional.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:19 pm
by DaIceMan
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.
Re: Optional.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:43 pm
by Apoptosis
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?
Re: Optional.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:05 pm
by martini161
ill go do that right now.
Re: Optional.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:09 pm
by martini161
Re: Optional.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:59 am
by kappage
Well i guess its not really allowed. DIdnt think it would go this far, Oh well
Re: Optional.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:40 am
by DMB2000uk
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
Re: Optional.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:08 am
by Sporg
Odd, I was able to read it last night shortly after he posted over there. Now I am getting 'not authorized' as well.
Re: Optional.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:31 am
by dicecca112
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
Re: Optional.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:52 am
by Darkstar
i get the same, but it looks like they started investigating the team already;
http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f ... 135#p61364
Re: Optional.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:35 pm
by martini161
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. ;)
Re: Optional.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:01 pm
by Darkstar
well, matt mentioned on the forum link i posted, that you had come across this, and it looks like Vijay is handling it.
Re: Optional.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:48 pm
by dicecca112
no contact from Vijay to me. Looks like it was before hand, I suspect that this teams points will drop dramatically
Re: Optional.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:10 pm
by geokilla
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.
Re: Optional.
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:43 pm
by Bwall
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.
Re: Optional.
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:15 pm
by DMB2000uk
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