No, you're not. ics was mistaken. Also, I see the troll(s) are back. ;)
Dr. McKay www.doctormckay.com On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Paul <ubyu....@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought this recent update completely eliminated all HTML MOTD's from > Quickplay connecting clients, not just for when you connect but also during > the game (still only plain text but hidden anyway)? Am I wrong in that > assumption? > > > On 7 November 2013 16:26, ics <i...@ics-base.net> wrote: > >> There has been servers before these adds came an "issue". This change was >> not aimed against any of us, but the people who set up servers to drain >> quickplay traffic do get advertisements showing. Correct me if i'm wrong >> but these advertisement abusers can still open window to the background and >> display adds there & refresh. >> >> So, Valve doesn't want to get in the middle and not give advantage to the >> people who do this, so they disable motd adds from quickplay users, leaving >> these plugins that open that crap to background in the game and driving off >> some people that run servers. >> >> So now only servers that do not participate in quickplay can benefit from >> advertisements on the motd and servers that participate in quickplay can >> benefit from that adds crap in background window. Who was the real winner >> here? No one. >> >> -ics >> >> Doctor McKay kirjoitti: >> >>> Nobody forces you to go on servers that have ads. I fail to understand >>> how the fact that some servers might use advertisements affects you >>> personally when you can easily ignore them. >>> >>> >>> Dr. McKay >>> www.doctormckay.com <http://www.doctormckay.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Saint K. <sai...@specialattack.net<mailto: >>> sai...@specialattack.net>> wrote: >>> >>> Anything they do to battle them ad’s gets my vote. For all I care >>> they disable the HTML functionality all together. >>> >>> Back to oldskool community building where one can only survive on >>> donations. Donations means your servers are appreciated. >>> >>> Saint K. >>> >>> *From:*hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >>> <mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com> >>> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >>> <mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com>] *On Behalf Of *1nsane >>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 07, 2013 3:38 PM >>> *To:* Paul Lewis; Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>> *Subject:* Re: [hlds] Coming soon: changes to TF HTML MOTD support >>> >>> >>> There wasn't much point to running MvM servers before. Even less >>> so now it seems. >>> >>> Not like you can make a community around stock MvM. >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Paul <ubyu....@gmail.com >>> <mailto:ubyu....@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> I imagine many communities will close up on using TF2 >>> Quickplay, whether they will successfully move to a different >>> game or game mode is another question though. I'm switching >>> from having 23 Mann vs Machine servers to trying Slender >>> Fortress. If servers switch to being non-reliant on Quickplay >>> then in my view that's partly good, as Quickplay from day one >>> was a bad idea in my opinion. It doesn't promote or offer >>> options to join servers which are run in an unofficial way >>> (e.g. custom gamemodes or custom maps). In the days of Team >>> Fortress Classic players had to use the server browser, and >>> those days were better in my view. Custom run servers saw more >>> players back then than they typically do in TF2 these days. >>> >>> It's impossible to use the MOTD for even simple images and >>> links, so is practically impossible for a community to make >>> links to things such as donation pages to help them cover >>> costs of their servers. I'm expecting to see the number of >>> Quickplay servers drop by a reasonable amount, and possibly >>> more non-Quickplay servers to open (custom gamemodes and/or >>> custom maps). >>> >>> On 7 November 2013 11:00, Element <elem...@idle.tf >>> <mailto:elem...@idle.tf>> wrote: >>> >>> I run a group of servers which are funded from MOTD >>> impressions resulting in my small community of players >>> being able to play on servers setup the way they like, for >>> FREE. >>> >>> My servers are in the quickplay pool to help fill the >>> empty spaces for my community members, generating mostly >>> full servers consisting of around a 50-50 mix of members >>> and quickplay traffic. >>> >>> With my community impressions alone, server costs weren't >>> quite being met each month. But when i added them to the >>> quickplay pool, i was then able to use the advertising >>> revenue to fully pay for my servers. >>> >>> But now this is not the case, thanks to valves latest and >>> greatest idea.... >>> >>> >>> I will NOT pay for these servers out of my own pocket, nor >>> will i beg for money from my "free" community.... >>> >>> >>> So thanks valve, you successfully killed my community, i >>> guess my members will move to some other community... the >>> Skial scum maybe? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the >>> list archives, please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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