As with previous PB GUID Global bans, the new Hardware GUID bans are permanent and will not be lifted. So punks who are determined to cheat so badly on PB-enabled servers that they try to hack PunkBuster may now need a new computer in addition to a new cdkey in order to return to PunkBuster servers. When players raise a violation that corresponds to hacking or interfering with PunkBuster's normal operation, we now (in addition to Global PB GUID bans) are Globally banning the new Hardware GUIDs across all games supported by PunkBuster (including games supported in the future). We use multiple private one-way hashes so that no serial number information for individual computers can be determined by admins or anyone else who may try to obtain this information from a Hardware GUID (and as always, no personal information of any kind is examined, stored or transmitted by PunkBuster). PunkBuster now computes Hardware GUIDs for various pieces of hardware on players' systems while playing on PunkBuster servers. The cost of hacking on PunkBuster servers has just gone up significantly. If you feel that you have recieved a global GUID or Hardware ban in error, you may submit a support ticket to Even Balance PBBans has actually done you a favour by letting you know that a global GUID ban has been issued on your pbguid by Even Balance, there will be a lot more players who have joined servers that do not stream and will be struggling to find out what happened. The only reason your pbguid appears on the PBBans ban list is because you joined a PBBans streaming server direcly after Even Balance activated the global GUID ban on your pbguid.ħ. When the 'silent logging' phase is over, Even Balance issue a global GUID ban on every pbguid that was detected during the 'silent logging' phase.Ħ. 'silent logging' is when cheat use is detected and logged by PunkBuster software but no action is taken at the time.ĥ. Global GUID bans are normally issued by Even Balance after a period of 'silent logging'.Ĥ. Third party anti cheat sites have no input what so ever re global GUID bans.ģ. Global GUID bans are issued and maintained by Even Balance themselves.Ģ. Make sure to add any information to it that you think will help your cause (don't forget your GUID).Īlso make sure that you have told Even Balance that your ban is a global GUID ban.ġ. We (PBBans) will deny the appeal made through our systems due to the above reasons.Ī troubleticket with Even Balance is the only thing that can help you. Third party anti cheat sites such as PBBans have no input nor control what so ever re global GUID bans, so using the PBBans appeal system to appeal a globally banned GUID is useless for all parties involved.

Global GUID bans are issued and maintained, exclusively by Even Balance.

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