It's been like that for a while now. Atleast when it comes to the master server and the ingame server browser. (not the favorites tab, not the steam browser).
The problem is the game is free, you can make any account you want and then use third party clients or even the normal text client to connect to a server and inflate the counts. Now if you make your own "third party" client then you can automate this. As such a more active role needs to be taken when dealing with fake players. Valve could make better use of the ingame reporting tool as well as the emails admins send with reports. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Saul Rennison <saul.renni...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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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