Originally posted by: chizow
Ya...PB is a clunky POS for sure. There was a big update around Thanksgiving for COD4, maybe the Saturday after...was unreal, no one could play because the servers all updated automatically, most people didn't have the updater installed so they had to get the updater from the PB site, which was getting completely slammed. Once you got the updater, the update server kept timing out bc it was getting slammed as well.
It really should be integrated or seamless if its a requirement to play online. Still, its better than NOTHING imo and at least gives the appearance there's no one cheating (IDK what loopholes it has honestly). In the end it doesn't seem like anyone's cheating and makes me love love it that much more when whinos cry when you kill them (repeatedly).
Originally posted by: binister
I had to manually update mine as well.
I really hate that the PnkBstrA.exe process eats up 30MB of memory when I am not even playing a game.
Originally posted by: Zbox
I completely agree.
Punkbuster is a pos for running as a memory hog service, not working properly, and its ability to effectively stop cheating is poor.
Originally posted by: martensite
I wonder if PB really works as advertised, or it's just a placebo...
Originally posted by: fleabag
Originally posted by: Zbox
I completely agree.
Punkbuster is a pos for running as a memory hog service, not working properly, and its ability to effectively stop cheating is poor.
<insert memory rhetoric>UNUSED MEMORY IS WASTED MEMORY!!!1!1!!!!!!1!</insert>:roll:
Glad I don't have COD4 I guess...
Originally posted by: manowar821
It does definitely stop script-kiddies. It doesn't stop the knowledgeable cheaters, but it stops most of them. (Most of them, being the retards)
The people who are left over still cheating are usually easily detectable, and/or tone it down as to not get too much of an advantage, lest they get caught in an otherwise clean game.
I run servers some times, it helps. A LOT.
Originally posted by: skace
Those who remember the time before PB, also known as the OGC era, do not knock PB despite it's flaws.