209.22.16.210 in the original post should have been 209.222.16.210 Thanks for acting on the others.
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:08 PM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > I shall take back what i said. > > -ics > > ics kirjoitti: > > 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<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
