Commercials in movie theaters have nothing to do with the movie theater, they're built into the film (client side). Without the movie theaters Hollywood has no outlet for their films and without the servers Valve has no outlet for their MP games.
Bottom line... your server is the equivalent of the screen in a movie theater. Valve's movie is playing on your projector. There is only one Valve but an almost limitless number of projectors... those currently in operation and those that will take their place in the event the current projectors (servers) drop out. TBH... it's amazing Valve has lasted this long. The original game was so good that it's carried them well past what would normally be considered a reasonable product life. Valve must evolve or go the way of Acclaim Entertainment. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Ottalini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:45 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] Ingame adds, who will remove them? One thing I thought I would toss out here is that the in-game ads are purely client-side and servers (and server admins and operators) have nothing to do with providing them, control over them or with being involved with promoting the ads or the ad content. Even though I personally don't enjoy having non-original content on maps while I play, this issue is similar to player sprays except the ads will never have any porn or abusive content. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
