Who are you to make a decision for 100k players. On Oct 28, 2013 2:15 PM, "Andreas Grimm" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quickplay players don't need radios and DJs > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > ElitePowered > . > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 6:50 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Servers spamming ads > > There are plugins that depend on the motd to run in the background. For > example : radio and dj plugins. I can go on and on. The servers that run > the plugin you speak of don't show the ad nor do they play sound, if coded > the right way. So your request of completely removing motd will upset the > community. Ads help communities pay the bills. If you hate ads so much, > just donate money to pay for all the servers and then come back and > complain about ads. gg. > On Oct 28, 2013 12:39 PM, "1nsane" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Valve kinda tried to fix the ad spam before. But all they did was hide > the > > other MOTD windows if you connect by using Start Playing. But simply > hiding > > them is kinda silly if nothing prevents them from loading. > > All it did was break legitimate plugins that showed rules or backpacks > but > > did nothing to the ads or their plugins ( > > https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=211842). > > Ads aren't exactly fobidden but faking tags is. I got tired of reporting > > the shitty servers personally. Sucks that the servers that fake tags get > > the traffic over our servers but sadly i have better things to do. > > > > -ics > > > > Nick F. kirjoitti: > > > > > Will anything be done about the servers that spam ads? Does anyone look > > at > > > in game reports anymore? > > > > > > How this works is that even if you join through quickplay a server can > > load > > > ads in the background (without you seeing them). Flash or video ads can > > > negatively affect FPS and latency. > > > > > > I see more and more of these popping up now when using quickplay. They > > tend > > > to use fakeplayers to fool quickplay into sending them players. Then > they > > > just make a quick buck by constantly loading ads at the expense of > > players. > > > > > > Quickplay is what new players use and this is a very bad first > experience > > > when the game doesn't perform as good as it should because it's > rendering > > > ads. Worst still some of these ads play sound in the background while > you > > > are trying to play.... > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
