My server has that file in it. But the thing is I do not run Fake Clients nor have I ever.
Octo wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 09:35:14PM -0800, SmOoThEm wrote: > >> The spaces were in the file name, that is an exact copy and paste of the >> file name. And to reply about admins trying to get their servers started.... >> if you have been doing this for as long as I have you find it gets really >> old populating servers every day for years on end, especially when you have >> 20+. >> > > Oh I know, I have had between 2 and 10 servers since tf2 beta (currently > 8) but I still don't think that having a bunch of servers makes it ok to > trick users or try to gain an advantage by faking information about your > servers. Since people do cheat the system, that forces all the honest > server operators to have to choose between also being dishonest or having > to work even harder to get their servers going. This is the same garbage > excuse that people spewed when they lied about their server tags - and > it stunk then and it stinks now. I'll keep hoping that some day there > is a blacklist, and then you can really experience empty servers. > > I like having players on my server as much as the next admin, but unless > you're doing some sort of a money grab by selling admin or have found a > way to convert server popularity into something useful IRL I honestly > don't understand why there is such a drive to race to the bottom. > > -octo > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Octo >> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:14 PM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Its the law! >> >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:44:58PM -0800, SmOoThEm wrote: >> >>> These people downloaded everyone's server configs, and my rcon password >>> >> was >> >>> unhackable due to the complexity of it. Only one of my servers were >>> affected. If you look in your cfg folder and you see a "server.cfg. >>> >> .ztmp" >> >>> then you have been hacked too. I have a feeling there is a major exploit >>> >> in >> >>> the wild that will soon hit more than fakeclient servers. >>> >> Are those spaces or a tab trailing the .cfg? >> >> >>> And for the record we run fake clients for one reason, so our server shows >>> up on the list when you refresh. By default empty servers will not show up >>> in the master list, no one will ever see the empty server to populate it. >>> >> We >> >>> only have 1 client running because we know how much the community hates >>> them. >>> >> So why not lobby for that setting to be changed, or maybe sit on your server >> like other admins do trying to get them going? As an admin who does take >> the >> time to try to get his servers going and rewards users who take the time to >> make the servers visible I'm glad to see that your community believes that >> the >> best way of achieving the same result is dishonesty. >> >> -octo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.707 / Virus Database: 270.14.68/2507 - Release Date: 11/16/09 > 14:53:00 > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
