Bazajaytee
DICE
If you see this error and you know who the server admins are then ask them to restart their server. The message is caused by an error on the server side with PB and a restart will clear up the problem.

If you do not know the admin of the server then please find another server to play on.

We are working with Evenbalance to find the cause of this INIT failure and will hopefully get a solution soon.
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Bazajaytee
DICE
Depending on your host we have given some providers a different version of PB to help pinpoint what the cause is.

As you say a reboot is a temporary fix but some hadn't seen this and we get a lot of questions about PB INIT which is why this is now a sticky even though it is "old news" for some.
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Every time an FKR Member, Admin or RCON see that a server is empty, it gets restarted. This alleviates the problem for the short term, but is necessary to do on a regular basis through out the entire day.

Yesterday they gave us the option to turn off PunkBuster. FKR has always been about Quality verses Quantity. FKR Members have already seen suspected players with what appear to be game hacks while playing. That just reinforces the need to install PBBANs (which was scheduled to take place this week anyway). This is a service with live streaming and live banning of players running cheats.

i wonder who posted the compliment about "US" ................, come on guys, it was nice .................... (must of been BC)