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submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I tend to play Team Fortress 2. It's a rather old game. The server I play on used to allow anyone to connect. Later on, it kicked me (sometimes) because it detected me originating from one of MullvadVPN's IP addresess. They seem to have updated the blacklist list so it always seems to detect me using a VPN. I just don't want to share my public IP with them.

Is there a clever way around this? I feel like all the residential proxies tend to be quite pricey compared to a normal VPN

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

they don't allow VPNs

Most likely to reduce the risk of ban-evading cheaters/griefers. Plus that most people usually avoid using a VPN when playing such games, due to the risk of increased latency.

For some reason, my steam ID wasn't banned.

All of these plugins initiate only an IP ban, so the person is able to rejoin with their "real" IP address.

But you've actually tried asking for your Steam ID to be whitelisted? Shame that their admins don't know how to/don't want to do it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I haven't asked because I'm quite sure they simply would ignore me ^^ I don't like cheating. But I do like security. I don't mind a bit of latency anyway. Thanks for the advicea though!