Steam Logins, Rule Update, Interp Exploit & Bans
May 30, 2013
Steam OpenID Login
Thanks to the valiant efforts of 
dave, ETF2L is now using Steam OpenID. You will now need a valid Steam account to register and log in. The new system offers several great advantages:
- Additional protection against spambots
- All newly registered players will automatically have their Steam ID added to their ETF2L profile
- No need to remember your ETF2L username or password
Steam OpenID logins are handled by Valve through the Steam Community website. ETF2L does not see or record your Steam login name, password or email.
Your Steam account is now your main and only method of accessing your ETF2L account. As such, we strongly recommend enabling Steam Guard, if you have not done so already.
Please make sure your ETF2L profile contains the Steam account you intend to use in the League. If your Steam ID has been entered incorrectly, you will not be able to login to your ETF2L account. If this is the case, please contact admins using the Support page.
sv_pure rule update
Since the Steam Pipe update for Team Fortress 2, it is no longer possible to modify the sv_pure variable unless it is part of the server’s starting parameters. We would like to remind you that sv_pure 2 is a requirement for all ETF2L matches. Without this variable, users would be able to use custom models, textures and sounds, which can be used to gain an unfair advantage.
To reflect this change, we have added a new rule to General Rules:
5.5 Servers must be started with “-sv_pure”
Match servers must have the parameter “-sv_pure” or “-sv_pure 2″ in the launch options to support the sv_pure setting. sv_pure must be set to 2 in all ETF2L competitions.
To check if your server allows the modification of sv_pure, you can enter “rcon sv_pure” in the console while on your server. If this value is set to 0, it is not activated. In this case, please contact your Game Server Provider and ask him to add “-sv_pure 2” to the starting parameters of your server.
Until your GSP implements this change, you can book one of the ETF2L servers provided by Hypernia for your officials.
Regarding the cl_interp Exploit
We would like to remind our players that using the known cl_interp exploit to glitch player hitboxes is both easy to detect and classified as cheating. Anyone who is caught using the exploit will face a one year ban from all ETF2L competitions.
Speaking of…
Bans
The following players have been spotted with a recent VAC ban affecting Team Fortress 2 and are now banned from the League for one year:
Mytag — VAC ban
FUCK OPENPLUGIN — VAC ban
bowie — VAC ban
As the players have not been caught cheating by our AC staff, their teams’ results will not be affected by their bans.
Any attempts to bypass a League ban will result in an even longer ban on all accounts associated with the player. Don’t do it.
Posted by ETF2L Staff in Bans, League, Site
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no french in ban post, how is that even possible?
Sorry was a mistake, give me a frenchie to ban and I’ll add it.
^^http://etf2l.org/forum/user/15596/
We are running out of french players to ban, sorry.
NOOOOOOOO, fuck steamlogin.
It’s like a thousand spambots cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
COME ON FRANCE STEP IT UP
Sorry, I tried :(
I WANT MY KITCHENS AND PASSPORTS BACK
FFS SPIKE
GG kitchens….i took you for granted and now i suffer
Good work dave.
It doesn’t remember the login though?
Gonna have to login everytime i come here, yes? :(
hiperz are sv_pure 2 by default btw
I demand the epic monkey from before to be on every single post that includes a ban on someone.
RIP in peace kitchens and fake passports.
On the serious side, great job etf2l! Awesome stuff
^ what alba said +1 gj
Cheers
Byte
kitchens and free movie streams x(((((
steam login is fucking annoying
GJ ETF2L. I hope you also remember the logged in users with some a cookie on the ETF2L side of things, else you’d have to log in every few hours which is incredibly annoying.
the authorization cookie should be the exact same one as before.
not sure what’s different. will try to fix this asap.
edit: done.
Question about sv_pure (maybe stupid) : How can we be sure that the “pure_server_full.txt” is genuine on the server when we are the guests ?
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It only uses the whitelist with sv_pure 1; with sv_pure 2 it forces everything to be default.
question, i’m sure this is on the page some where but i’ll just ask.
do the vac bans only matter if it’s a tf2 vac ban?
because you only get banned in the game you cheated in.
yes, you will be banned from etf2l if you have a vac ban affecting team fortress 2