I'm sure something like this is coming (a universal policy or sorts), but TF2 is a perfect place to do their "testing". The game is free, the userbase is large, and by now they are used to changes coming monthly.
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:40 PM, James Puckett < jamesrichardpuck...@gmail.com> wrote: > If only this applied to other games, most notably Counter-strike 1.6 where > the server list is full of fake servers all redirecting to Chinese servers > etc. > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM, doc <drga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > They have brought up the fact that they don't like servers who cheat the > > system or provide unfun experiences to players. I know this was discussed > > in brief (with a fun graph!) on the TF2 blog. This updated "Policy of > > Truth" hasn't been posted anywhere but I would like to think it's kind > of a > > common sense deal. > > > > If you want to dupe players and provide incorrect data - then you > probably > > shouldn't worry about showing up on the server browser, you clearly don't > > want to play by the rules anyways. > > > > So yes please post this somewhere public - but in saying that who cares, > if > > you are a server that gets removed (for legitimate reasons) then you had > to > > have been doing something "wrong" in the first place. I cannot see a case > > where any actual (non cheating/misrepresenting) servers will be affected > by > > this. > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Robert Paulson <thepauls...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > You'll have to keep in mind that most of the people here are competing > > > server owners, so they don't really care if anything is done properly > > > as long as it doesn't affect them. > > > > > > More servers banned = less competition for them. > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Yuki <d...@dazzozo.com> wrote: > > > > Valid points, but I really don't see what the harm is in doing it > > > anyway? If > > > > you're going to announce it at all, why not do it properly? > > > > > > > > > > > > On 25/01/2012 21:40, James Puckett wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Its their fault for abusing the games general populous into > believing > > > >> their > > > >> joining a full server, when in reality they arent. This is a good > set > > of > > > >> regulations. > > > >> However announcing it won't catch everybody, its similar to people > not > > > >> reading EULA's, and people break them on a daily basis but nobody > > > >> cares(especially valves retarded technology sanctioning on states > > > labeled > > > >> as evil by the US) > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > >> please visit: > > > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
