"I in fact have set up a flag for donors and admins (such as myself) to be immune to advertisements."
Oh man there is probably a *super clear reason* why people don't want to be on your servers. On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 3:21 PM Niko <mail...@go-free.info> wrote: > Mr. Loveless is somehow correct. > I indeed run motdgd on my servers, but that's for a legit reason, I have > to pay more than 350$ monthly in server fees and I'm just a simple student. > I would never have enough money to even pay one server without the aid of > the ads. > > Besides, I host gameservers since 2008 and run ads since 2011/2012 (I > think i was one of the first to begin with this technique) and players have > always learned to accept the fact that for such a great service they had to > either donate to support or accept the adverts. > > Now, regarding my current situation on CSGO, i do not run adverts every 5 > minutes that scare people away, I care about my players and my community > and always tried to match their needs. > This change of traffic has happened during this past week, and i really > doubt that all of a sudden every player decided my community is pure evil > and must be avoided. So I wonder why and that's why I'm here seeking help > from people that like me, enjoy serving csgo with some different content. > > > PS: I'm well aware of that, i do not run these kind of plugins on my > servers and enforce such rule on my clients too. > > Best regards, > Niko > > > On 10/22/2015 23:22, Ian wrote: > > If Mr. Loveless is correct, the sort of adverts you are/were running do > scare away people very easily, and can be very detrimental to your server > traffic. People get bothered by adverts very easily, and it's incredibly > simple for them to see your server name and say "No, I dont want to go back > on that server, it makes my ears bleed from adverts every 5 minutes". > > That being said, there might be a legitimate issue with your traffic, but > the adverts may impact your server traffic more than you may think. > > P.S. You should remove the knife and ws plugins before *all* your servers > get blacklisted for *3 months*. > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing list > Csgo_servers@list.valvesoftware.com > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers
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