1. Unfortunately, I would imagine teens being a large part of the user base. Nevermind teens, most players cuss in general regardless of age (if you're a nay-sayer, you'd be surprised).
Banning for bad language is an over-reaction in my opinion and there are better ways to deal with the use of profanities. Fortunately, there are SM plugins; a simple search yielded the following: http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=499584 2. What does this have to do with the recent update? On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Ook <ooksser...@zootal.com> wrote: > That really isn't for you to decide now, is it? I run a PG-13 OP4 server, > and my admins are pretty militant about enforcing that. It's working well > and has for a while now, and there are plenty of teens that play there and > respect the no profanity rules. > > Seriously, what percentage of players do you think are teens? Do adults drop > their IQ by 30 points and develop a potty mouth simply be being in-game? Or > are many/most of them mouthy immature teens to start with? I vote for the > latter... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "f0rkz" <h...@f0rkznet.net> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:08 AM > Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update Released > > >>I mean... It is an M rated game. Teens shouldn't be playing in the >> first place. >> >> On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 10:02 -0800, Ook wrote: >>> I parse my server logs on a regular basis, and I can look up any player >>> by >>> steam id, name, or IP and see all names and IPs they have used. You want >>> to >>> ban people that swear a lot? That is probably 90% of your user base. >>> There >>> are a lot of people out there that just can't control their mouths. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "w4rezz" <w4r...@gmail.com> >>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" >>> <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:17 AM >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update Released >>> >>> >>> Does anyone have a list of known people what use "fuck" too much? I >>> dont wanna use swear filter. >>> >>> 2009/12/9 Don Williams <d...@precdata.com>: >>> > Does anyone have a running list of known people that have or tried to >>> > perform this exploit steam id's IP addresses? >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >>> > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Maximilian L. >>> > Sent: 2009-12-08 11:49 AM >>> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>> > Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update >>> > Released >>> > >>> > Ah ok, just was a little bit confused. Thanks for clearing. >>> >> There is already a list of banned extensions that includes .dll, vdf, >>> >> exe, >>> >> and yes, ini >>> >> >>> >> -----Original Message----- >>> >> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >>> >> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Maximilian >>> >> L. >>> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 9:31 AM >>> >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>> >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update >>> >> Released >>> >> >>> >> Quote myself from IRC: >>> >> [.... "Added checks to prevent transferring .smx, .gcf, and .sys files >>> >> between client/server" <- does that mean i can still remotely download >>> >> my .ini including my SQL logins?] >>> >> >>> >> I think .ini's are more importand to secure than .smx?!! >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Mailing List Conversations - mail...@ml86.de - Please don´t spam :) >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > -- -Mark _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds