Actually there's ways to work around that :). Like the big motd. Why don't you just disable HTML motd?
cl_disablehtmlmotd 1 Please use SPUF for these sort of questions. This mailing list is for server operators. On 28 October 2013 16:21, Nick F. <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
