Pretty much that. I mean breaking the rules are breaking the rules, but it wouldn't be nearly as bad if it weren't 90 servers. That's just wrong and it seems Valve doesn't care. I don't know why more people aren't doing this.
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:47 PM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > Fakeplayers aren't the only issue. I've reported another community that > recently got banned due to abusing quickplay rules. They changed > IP-addresses to circumvent the ban. But no one seems to care at Valve end > about it. > > This is no witchunt but it sucks that another server next to yours is > sucking off players from the system that could be playing on a server that > doesn't violate rules. > > -ics > > D Bauhmz kirjoitti: > >> Hate to be pushy and seem impatient but these servers have been reported >> for a few weeks now. >> >> >> - 173.234.142.122 >> - 209.22.16.210 >> - 174.34.172.202 >> - 173.208.108.250 >> - 173.208.123.42 >> - 108.61.31.154 >> >> >> That's taken from this reddit post >> http://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/**comments/1j6r6x/the_fake_**player_problem/<http://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/1j6r6x/the_fake_player_problem/> >> >> I just counted and it appears there are 92 servers doing this. >> ElitePowered >> (http://community.**elitepowered.com <http://community.elitepowered.com>) >> is the community behind all of these >> blank hostname servers. >> >> You can verify this through the MOTD. Here is an image of the relevant >> part >> from the MOTD source: >> >> http://i.imgur.com/nikM45b.png >> >> I know one could potentially fake this by creating an elitepowered account >> with Pinion, but elitepowered has already been known to do this sort of >> thing. They bought out thebattlegrounds after they got delisted for doing >> this too. >> >> What is Valve doing about this? If servers can make all this money off >> running multiple advertising networks on their server with fake clients >> for >> months before Valve acts then I see no reason why more communities >> shouldn't be doing it. >> >> Here is a screenshot of all the servers in the server browser: >> >> http://i.imgur.com/0H8Ifs2.png >> >> If you want to verify this, join one of the 16/24 servers and view the >> output of status/ping. Or you can just watch the obvious bots posing as >> humans and tricking Quickplay. >> ______________________________**_________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<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<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
