BASH

In this, the second of a two part BASH with {PST}*Joker, we introduce you to his latest mod offering for Call of Duty 4: X4 version 2.0.

X4 is the first community mod to unlock the awesome power of the atom.

{PST}*Joker and his co-horts at mycallofduty.com have figured out how to give you a WMD that can literally wipe the map clean of your enemies - and you and your mates if you are not careful.

Learn all about the nuke and all the other amazing features in X4, like the AC130, at BASHandSlash.com: X4 version 2: Armageddon it! In addition to news about X4, Joker and Jock wrap up the K3 Backdoor trojan news cycle. It seems that KILL3R, K3’s author, has taken his modding talents to cod4-maps.com a *cracked* gaming site. KILL3R is now offering his Zombie and K3 mods to the cracked gaming underworld. Sad, but true.

I am not surprised. KILL3R seems to be in this game for recognition. As he was banned from the community, he turned to the only group that would give him the adulation he is looking for.

The blame for this goes all around. He takes most of it for lapses in ethical judgment (some of which can be excused due to his youth). But some of the blame can be laid at the feet of our community which chose to banish this kid, rather than try to steer him into the path of “good” and “righteousness”. Now, we may have lost him to the dark side - forever.

If I lived on the planet Tatouine, I’d be nervous. Very nervous.

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In this first of a two-part edition of BASH with uber-modder {PST}*Joker, we talk about the bizarre and somewhat frightening discovery that one of the community’s rising stars, the 16 year-old wunderkind from the U.K., KILL3R hid a backdoor Trojan in his CoD4 mod K3. With that Trojan, KILL3R could steal server passwords and own the server his mod was loaded on. We say “could” because it was never proven he ever did anything nefarious with this hidden code.

While nothing has ever definitively proven that KILL3R did anything with this hidden access, the mere fact that he stepped over the line separating ethical and unethical software…got himself tagged with the “pariah” label. His mod has been removed from all the “white-hat” websites in the world of CoD, his GUID banned from CoD4 by anti-cheat sites like pbbans and his membership revoked from CoD-PC sites like InfinityWard forums.

Joker brings us the inside scoop on this as he was one of the first people to know about the Trojan and one of the first to slap a ban on KILL3R.

Find out KILL3R’s response to these accusations in the program. We have his full written response to our questions on our portal site: BASHandSlash.com

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The topic for this week’s webcast, as the title implies, deals with Cyber Evolution (CEVO) and competitive gaming in CoD4. We called the webcast “CoD4 Cyberevolves” to describe the changes that IW’s Modern Warfare game has gone through. First starting out as an awesome SP game, then to a handsdown MP winner to now…a solid platform for competitive gamers to play on.

With us to discuss CoD4 and competitive gaming is someone that I feel is not only a great student of the game, he is one of the best at explaining its nuances. Former competitive player, CoD-advocate and writer and now match-caster for eRev TV, Ted “Sang” Ottey is on the program.

We discuss all aspects of CoD4 competition, with special attention to CEVO online gaming:

Where is CoD4 competitive gaming going?

Who is the best CoD4 player right now?

What are the greatest teams?

Where can you watch the games?

How can you get involved in competitive gaming?

Of course we spend a good deal of time talking about the Championship CoD4 game between Team Pandemic and The Evil Geniuses that took place the day before. Read more about Ted and get the show notes at BASHandSlash.com.

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