Most likely this will end up being client side instead of a server side requirement. Steam wouldn't require the servers to host the advertisements as this would add more load to our bandwidth for their advertisements. If they did, they would be required to compensate server hosts for the bandwidth they are going to be using for their profit. Additionally, they would be liable for hosting advertisements geared to competitors. The advertisements will probably be geared to newer games to help boost slowing sales. This can be very beneficial to server hosts who offer those games, it could potentially mean more sales. The way I read the article it will be sort of like a spray on the wall. No different then some clown coming into your servers and spraying his company banner while he plays. These will not be pop up ads or scrolling messages (like amx or amxmodx). I mean it is like walking through Germany today and looking at the side of a building and seeing an advertisement for the clothing store down the street, you don't think twice of it, it is part of your everyday life. I do feel that Valve should allow host providers to add they own ads in their own server as well. Although I am not a promoter of the idea, it can be done very tactfully and if in game advertisements, helps to lower the cost of the game purchases then I am all for it. The cheaper the game, the more who buy it, the more people playing on your servers. I think this would only be successful if they allowed hosts to add their advertisements and they off set it by lowering the cost of new games to the market.
Xavier Mainstream Gaming Saint K. wrote:
interview: advertisements coming to cs In-game advertisements are coming to Counter-Strike 1.6. Go ahead and let that sink in a bit. CS-Nation has the exclusive first interview with Valve's Doug Lombardi about this upcoming addition into the Counter-Strike world. CS-Nation: Many gamers who play CS 1.6 purchased the retail version. CS: Source was sold as part of the Half-Life 2 package. How do you think gamers who purchase your products will react to in-game ads? Doug Lombardi: We believe that gamers are going to expect and accept well-done advertising in games. We want to make sure that advertising does not detract from the game experience, so it is our hope that first time Counter-Strike purchasers will consider it simply as part of the game world. There are three information packed pages to this interview. Go ahead and give it a gander and voice your opinions in the comment section. ------------------------------------------------------- Hey permanent screw heads. Your going to pay for my fucking server when you put up ads in it? Get bloody real! This SO pisses me off. We do all the fuckin work of hosting YOUR GAME on OUR SERVERS for fucking FREE and you are now going to use it as advertisement base? What the bloody fucking hell is wrong with you people? Forgive me for all the swearing, but i basicly feel like i've been fucked up the ass with a giant baseball batt. We pay the cost for the server hardware, we pay the costs for the bandwith and propper server locations, and your gettin all the money of it? If we put up some ads in our server to help fund it you go all wah wah treadning with lawsuites 'n shit, and now your pulling the very same shit, by putting the ads in, and taking money out of our own hands. Meaning we have to pay even more cause we wont attrackt our own advertisers anymore due to this shit? What a bunch of crap shit this is. Saint K. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
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