Yeap, and any excess players reported by the server can be reported as "Bot".
>________________________________ > From: Saul Rennison <saul.renni...@gmail.com> >To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list ><hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> >Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013, 2:18 >Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Uh, so are we going to take care of all these fake >player servers? > > >That would be the most sensical solution to the problem. Let Steam report >currently connected clients to the master that is updated when clients >authenticate with servers. > >On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Drogen Viech <drogenvi...@googlemail.com> >wrote: > >> Why not just count the amount of players on valves end and then send >> that along with the server list? Or would that take up too much >> computing power on valves servers? >> 2013/8/1 Scruppy Dawg <sc2p...@gmail.com>: >>> 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 <i...@ics-base.net> 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. 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