Servers don't need ads much like TF2 didn't need to become free-to-play. It is just a different model of revenue, one that server owners should be free to choose.
Once TF2 became F2P, a larger portion of donation money went to the Mann Co Store instead. It also filled slots full of kids who aren't able to pay anything because if they had any money they would have moved to new games like COD. When a game is brand new, there are plenty of people willing to shell out +100€ on servers and donations without a second thought. But that time is long past for TF2 now. For those who want more than the cheapest servers or colocation, donations aren't enough. If you want to see what a donation only game as old as TF2 looks like, all you have to do is look at COD4. The top servers there are dominated by the cheapest servers. If you are donation only be honest with yourself: - How much are you paying out of your own pocket? Why is it immoral to just break even when modelers used to release free on Gamebanana are now making tens of thousands a month on the Mann Co Store? - Do you really have the best server that can be offered to players? The answer is most undoubtedly no. Even the fastest servers choke on 32 players at times and Valve's own servers couldn't even handle 24 players until they restricted FPS to 66. - How long have you been around? When you first start a community you will get a lot of money, but this does not last as communities like Firepowered have figured out. Most of the people here wouldn't be so excited about killing off ad supported servers if they didn't think they would get more players from it. Really why would you care about ads to the point you are excited about removing functionality from your own servers? If we're going to have a real conversation about MOTDs let us be honest about this at least. On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:33 AM, DontWannaName! <ad...@topnotchclan.com>wrote: > If servers were able to survive for the past 10 years why do we need ads > now? It used to be you create a good community or your servers die. Now > it's lets out up tons of ads and let my sub par servers survive without the > need of a community. In my opinion servers should be running to foster a > community, it's a game not a billboard for COD. > > Sent from my iPhone 5 > > > On Nov 8, 2013, at 9:49 AM, hutch <hu...@halsplayground.com> wrote: > > > > I don't want quick-play players to see the ads either. Not on my servers > at least. But I do know I want them to see and ignore my motd, not a txt > file. > > > > If you do not know what I was rambling on about, I rest my case. You > confuse the html issue with the sanction of ads. > > > > Hutch > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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