...or you could just tell the kids to play on 69.56.207.42:27016, the official Anti Online -=[AO]=- clan CS server!

And no nihil, last time i checked, counterstrike was not freeware. In fact, the game still costs 30 bucks at stores and you need a original cd key to play online.

However, lets be serious and talk sense. I think the best idea is to talk with the principle and set up some rule that anyone caught playing counter strike will be in trouble. It shouldnt be hard to catch people, i mean they have sound right? Its no fun to play cs without sound, so just listen for the word "HEADSHOT" or whatever and then bust them

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You are now engaged in a running battle that you will never win, because you will get a new batch of smarta$$es each academic year.


Amen. Exactly my point. You wont be able to win this one, kids are to smart and crazy, they will do anything and everything to break the system. Seriously, my school had a problem like this and they made a teacher just sit near the computers during the lunch break and listen and watch for sounds of video games. Best of luck to you, and to angelicknight, counterstrike doesnt require a CD to play...all you need is the cd to install it and the cd key and you are go.
Unofficial ...AO is not paying for anything...its all coming out of our own pockets. I think Chey sent an email to them and they said they couldn't sponsor for it.

I completely agree with the second part though. While I was @ my other college, there was a lot of us playing CS in the computer lab...besides, we're paying $15k a year...so using the computer lab for CS wasn't really any big concern for them. Some students would bitch because their favorite seat would be taken by someone playing a game...anyways, the school decided to let us use a separate computer lab whenever we wanted to play games. They also allowed 2 private servers to run on the network...given that we do not allow people outside the network to join our servers. In the end it worked out fine for both parties....we even started holding yearly tournaments for CS, HALO, StarCraft and some other games.


My 2 cent: See if you can come up with a compromise where both parties will be happy...being a bitch and blocking everything will only bring more trouble IMO. Students will try to go the extra mile to break whatever security you implement, which could cause more harm than they might think.