"I only pirated once. Honest!"
On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 22:39 -0500, Justin wrote: > I got members who were cracked who bought the game, i wanted to remove the > crack after my friend who got the game for christmas but i didn't expect > this to happen.. > it does not matter its all screwed up and over with. > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Kitteny Berk <b...@hairy-arse.com> wrote: > > > Just to clarify myself a little; > > > > Cracked servers are always going to be a touchy subject among gamers and > > admins. > > > > Personally, I'm not *completely* against running /*private*/ cracked > > servers, I ran one for CoD4 for 2 weeks at release for my community, the > > result was that 25 people from my community who wouldn't have bought the > > game ended up buying it. (I know some people here will be against this, > > but the only affect it had on anyone was more sales as people had got to > > love the game bought it) and that was a one off for my community, as > > the uptake was slow for such a fun game. net result? 25 more sales for > > activision. > > > > > > What you're doing, advertising yourself as "The only english/usa cracked > > tf2 server." does nothing but encourage piracy, and I suspect cheating > > to some degree, which is bad for players and bad for valve. > > > > You're giving nothing back to valve, it's unlikely you've caused more > > sales by advertising your server as you have, and now you're lashing out > > at others who seem to run legit servers. > > > > Kitteny Berk wrote: > > > Or, you could be fucking another business over (valve) by supporting, > > > condoning, and advertising piracy, You're nothing but a parasite. > > > > > > Justin wrote: > > > > > >> Both could be used to do the same thing and that's to get traffic onto a > > >> server. > > >> > > >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:47 PM, msleeper <mslee...@cyberwurx.com> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> Personally I think supporting pirates is worse than spoofing player > > >>> counts, but maybe that's just me. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 21:42 -0500, Justin wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> Yeah well its funny how you had cracked servers a while ago(wheres > > your > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> slap > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> on the wrist?) > > >>>> honestly stop being a player whore and remove your packet manipulation > > >>>> plugin or take it off your server altogether. > > >>>> > > >>>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:36 PM, 1nsane <1nsane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>> I believe a bunch of us banned you for using those server crashing > > cvar > > >>>>> exploits a while ago. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Infact didn't Nephyrin or someone else make a thread about it here > > too? > > >>>>> Funny you'd ask for our help now. Get off my mailing list, fattie > > (the > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>> last > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>> part is confirmed). > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Justin <mysteriousjus...@gmail.com> > > >>>>> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> I don't know how its happening, but my windows tf2 server keeps > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>> crashing > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>>> after a player with a blank name joins. > > >>>>>> The crash happens instantly after the player connects and logs of > > the > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>> ip > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>>> are > > >>>>>> not made; I don't know what this player has against us but he's > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>> really > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>>> trying my patience > > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>>> 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 > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> 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 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > >> > > >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > > signature database 3707 (20081219) __________ > > >> > > >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > >> > > >> http://www.eset.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > > signature database 3707 (20081219) __________ > > > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
