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wolveswithhats: Art of Bioshock Infinite: Elizabeth Concept...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:10:49 +0100

Art of Bioshock Infinite: Elizabeth Concept Art

Angry Child Elizabeth is so freaking cute. I CAN’T.

Important Announcement about ESEA.

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:20:32 +0100

Hey guys! I know that it’s pretty early in the morning where some of you are, but we recently have heard about some rather big news for those involved with competitive TF2 or gaming in general. I don’t know how many of you use ESEA’s services, but for those that do, you will want to pay attention.

A member of ESEA by the name of unisolsz recently discovered that the client required to play ESEA was running a bitcoin miner. This discovery was made after players were complaining about virus alerts from the client, as well as extremely high GPU usage and BSODs.

For those unaware, bitcoiner miners when not properly configured can use 100% of GPU processes and can lead to shorter life for hardware, as well as permanently damage it.

ESEA admin lpkane admitted that it was an “April Fools joke” that had been mistakingly been left in the client and ran for only 2 days. He also claimed that only 2 bitcoins were mined in total (roughly $280 USD) and would go to the prize pool.

However, he goes on to admit that these bitcoin miners had been running since April 14th, and instead of running for only 2 days, it had run for two weeks. In those two weeks, a total of 29 bitcoins were mined, or roughly $3,602.21 USD. He now claims that all of the mining code was removed from the client.

It has been pointed out (comment #54, on page 2) that this is not the first time that lpkane has used the ESEA client to mine bitcoins.

Regardless of whether you play competitively, this is an important matter that needs to be shared. This bitcoin miner was added to the ESEA client without the users knowing, and proceeded to use their computers (which could have potentially damaged hardware, as well as raise electricity bills) without their consent.

If you want to follow this more closely, there is currently a Reddit thread on the matter.

This is an example of the community being taken advantage of through no fault of their own, and unless we make acts like this public knowledge, they will continue to happen.

- Cadet

Very well put. There are several Reddit topics, though the main one is the r/games one. It’s pretty sad that the community has to go through this, but like Cadet said, we need to keep talking about this, let companies know that this kind of behaviour is not okay.

Hello! :) My name's Cadet and I'm an admin on FYTF2. It's funny that you say that, because I am in the process of currently writing up a post about this very thing. Thanks for giving us a heads up, though! You will see a post about it shortly on the blog.

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:35:30 +0100

Hai!

You are? That’s good. It’s all pretty sad. I really hope the CS & TF2 communities can bounce back from this. It’s not like Valve show the competitive scene much love, so it’s pretty awful that we’d do this to ourselves.

I’m pretty sure this is going to blow up because ESEA are a company, not a ragtag group of people doing this for fun. Gamespot have already started researching this (http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1dglil/popular_competitive_gaming_league_esea_admins/c9q91e7). He tweeted about this so it’s legit. :<

^^ Good luck with the blog post, I’ll be reblogging that for sure.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon looks so freaking cool. Are you going to...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:15:31 +0100

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon looks so freaking cool. Are you going to play it?

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How to make me buy a game.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:05:22 +0100

How to make me buy a game, aka I talk about how I’m still not over Bioshock Infinite.

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I’ve just finished Bioshock Infinite, I hadn’t realised it, but I was stuck on the final fight sequence for a week. Silly me replaying the last ten minutes over and over again, I eventually…

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Look who showed up! Ballonicorn! View Post

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:33:14 +0100

Look who showed up! Ballonicorn!

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I miss you Restaurant City.A lot of people hate EA with good...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:03:29 +0100

I miss you Restaurant City.

A lot of people hate EA with good reason. They even won worst company USA for the second year…

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Balloonicorn Plushie! Omg you guys, I need this. View Post

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:56:00 +0100

Balloonicorn Plushie! Omg you guys, I need this.

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We are supposed to be better. I posted this on Reddit a few...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:11:00 +0100

We are supposed to be better.

I posted this on Reddit a few days ago in response to a discussion about the RPS article…

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Bioshock Infinite and Racism. There will be minor spoilers, I’m...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:04:00 +0100

Bioshock Infinite and Racism.

There will be minor spoilers, I’m sorry.

If you haven’t picked it up, you should because it’s a…

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Comedian & Agro live cast The Round Robin 7 EU Finals!

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:31:36 +0100

Comedian & Agro live cast The Round Robin 7 EU Finals!:

theroundrobin:

Ninja Turtle vs Ninja Turtle.

Donatello vs Leonardo, fighting it out to the death to decide which Pokemon will be victorious.

Who is the best mentor, yonus or flood?

Watch the stream to find out!

The Round Robin: tRR7 mentoring tournament details!

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:53:23 +0100

The Round Robin: tRR7 mentoring tournament details!:

theroundrobin:

Tomorrow maggots, you become soldiers. Bonafied, gut spilling soldiers. One team from each region will become the best gorram team their side of the continent and if they’re lucky we might let them fight each other.

First we have to see if they’ve got what it takes!

The EU tournament starts…

Tropes vs Women in Video Games. It's here.

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:59:00 +0000

I haven’t watched it yet as my connection is not reliable enough to watch videos. It took me the better part of half an hour to watch the now Assassin’s Creed 4 trailer, and that trailer…

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It’s pretty serious, we share hats and...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:24:47 +0000

It’s pretty serious, we share hats and everything.

Boyfriend is great, knowing I can’t sign on to Steam because of my internet he installed Linux on…

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All I want to do is beat people up.ㅇ ㅡ ㅇ This is taking forever!...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:59:58 +0000

All I want to do is beat people up.

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This is taking forever!

I finally decided to make room on my memory card for the new PSASBR…

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Khaleesi loves: Tiny Tower I love Bitbook, it’s pointless and...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:17:00 +0000

Khaleesi loves: Tiny Tower

I love Bitbook, it’s pointless and adds nothing to the game play, but it’s so silly and I’d be sad…

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Evolution of Video Game Consoles. I loveinfographics like...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:30:00 +0000

Evolution of Video Game Consoles.

I loveinfographics like this, they obviously can’t cover everything, but it’s nice to see a…

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Khaleesi loves: Fighting Games. The Vita bundle I have came...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:30:00 +0000

Khaleesi loves: Fighting Games.

The Vita bundle I have came with Assassin’s Creed III: Liberations which I’ve unfortunately been…

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Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:11:00 +0000

Shooters on the PS Vita.

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Tekken Card Tournament? It looks like Skylanders for adults....

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:37:00 +0000

Tekken Card Tournament? It looks like Skylanders for adults. Whichis pretty neat :)

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