You would never get banned for simply replacing files. The only method which gets you get banned, would be downloading from a shady site, which may bundle a program in a skin, sound or model which has a hack/cheat attached to it. A tip to avoid this is simply refusing to install custom content in the form of a .EXE file, from sites you don't fully trust. Isn't a completely fool proof plan, but it works pretty well.
If you run into a pure server, the worst that happens is that you would still hear the sounds in their original form or they maybe totally distorted and sound horrible, custom skins would revert to their defaults, and the models would either be wireframe or purely invisible. Most modified particles will simply deny you access to the server, therefore enforcing consistency. Most SourceForts servers due to the mod and it's age, do not use sv_pure.
Last edited by Black™; 09-10-2009 at 05:48 PM.
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