Remember when...?

[Kryptik]

Remember when the games were not filled with hackers? When you could have a group of friends go into a game lobby and have people who weren't cursing, yelling, or annoying as hell? Well, I don't because I don't think I have been around long enough.. Anyone else know if there was a time that no one used hacks on CoD, BF, Or even minecraft?

[TimeX]

You make me feel like a very old nerd. I remember a time before CoD, before Minecraft, and before lobbys. Hell, I remember won.net and the time before Steam, and I even remember before Ventrilo and we used Roger Wilco. I remember playing shooters on dailup, lol.

Back then, we still had hackers, lack of manners and class, and all then same crap that goes on today, and pretty much to the same extent, also. As long as there is still a teenager in the phase of thinking he is more badass than everyone else, amplified by the safety of the Internet, and thinking they can rule the world with a script...that same teenager will ruin someone's game, launch an attack at a server, and code an email virus from Asia.

The good news is that videogames as a whole are still awesome.

[Sim]

I remember when Counter Strike used PunkBuster anti-cheat. I use to play CS 1.4 on 56k dial-up connection on a server called Flagen 24/7 Dust, 400ms ping and still kicked butt . We had asshats back then too, played on one server where the admin edited my cfg, so when i press E it would say " I hack" just so he can try and get me banned on another server we both played on, the head admin on the other server would accept a screenshot of someone saying that hack as proof.

[TimeX]

Oh man, I forgot about that transition from PB to VAC. I played TFC at the time, so we lost PB but didn't get VAC yet. That is when CSGuard (later HLGuard) became popular. Some of the "good ol days" sucked. lol

[Edge100x]

Anyone remember Cheating Death (CD)? That was the bees' knees at one time. It used methods to prevent hooking that were later adopted by PB and VAC.

[TimeX]

I remember that, it had a client and server side half to it, and could be set to optional or required. Anyone without it when set to optional would have their name prefixed with [NO-CD] which became a popular thing to do just to be funny.

[rustydusty1717]

Good ol days....

[Elochai]

I never played online till SoF2 came out. I do remeber playing a few games back on Windows 3.1, 95.

Used to play pipe dream, SkiFree, Doom2, and this other game that I can't even remeber the name of where you where running through tombs and picking up egypten letters.

Ya I never got into online mode for games till SoF2 came out and some guys in computer class installed it on a network drive and ran it as a LAN server. We had 2 computer labs and and over 40 computers. It was a blast, there would be 2 - 3 servers running. Only pain in the ass was finding the new location of the game files as they where always moving copies around where the school kept trying to delete it off the servers.

[Kryptik]

Aha, this is hilarious,

As long as there is still a teenager in the phase of thinking he is more badass than everyone else...that same teenager will ruin someone's game, launch an attack at a server, and code an email virus from Asia.

[TimeX]

Seeing just that part of what I said makes me realize that I was likely a bit harsh and unfair...the rest of the world has teenagers like that as well.

[Kryptik]

Seeing just that part of what I said makes me realize that I was likely a bit harsh and unfair...the rest of the world has teenagers like that as well.

That wasn't harsh It was true, I am a teen, 16, and I'm not offended.

[TacTicToe]

Welcome to the console age where noobsticks rule supreme.

[mystical]

You make me feel like a very old nerd. I remember a time before CoD, before Minecraft, and before lobbys. Hell, I remember won.net and the time before Steam, and I even remember before Ventrilo and we used Roger Wilco. I remember playing shooters on dailup, lol.

Back then, we still had hackers, lack of manners and class, and all then same crap that goes on today, and pretty much to the same extent, also. As long as there is still a teenager in the phase of thinking he is more badass than everyone else, amplified by the safety of the Internet, and thinking they can rule the world with a script...that same teenager will ruin someone's game, launch an attack at a server, and code an email virus from Asia.

The good news is that videogames as a whole are still awesome.

Me and my dad played DooM on dial-up...we ran our phone bill up to over $600.

[kraze]

Me and my dad played DooM on dial-up...we ran our phone bill up to over $600.

wow.....


lol

[AciDPuke]

I enjoyed playing Desent and Terminal Velocity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent_(video_game)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_V ... ideo_game)

I am sure many remember kali for $20 you could get a lifetime licence that emulated a LAN. Fun multiplayer action

With my supper fast pentium 100 and 28.8k modem fun times that was almost 17yrs ago