We never run ads on our servers and only use the MOTD for our quite popular ingame radio and gameME statistics.
Not having the MOTD and with no way to gracefully handle the situation for the server *or* the client this restriction is just a nuisance. Valve has had a stance for the "don't like it, don't play there" policy on other topics, why does this get such a harsh treatment when even official partners like Pinion are suffering? Not even mentioning that this fix went to an extreme where even the opening MOTD, which is *required* to even join the game, can be inadvertently blocked for quickplay players. Just because *you* don't use MOTDs for anything useful doesn't qualify you to judge everyone elses use case. And no, a reasonable intro ad is not abusive. At all. On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Liquid Source <liquid.sou...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Just dump the motd altogether. > > A) Most of us are sick and tired of our gaming experience being hijacked > by unscrupulous server ops. > B) This topic is a virus to these mailing lists. > C) The supporters of the MOTD Abuse and Game Hi-jacking are just trolling > this list. > D) MOTD has nothing to do with the actual game. > E) Valve doesn't have the in house skill to actually resolve the MOTD > abuse issue. > F) Any messages the server op wants people to see can be sent via in-game > chat. > > > PEACE AND LOVE > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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