Valve, please add an advertisement slot for banner ads in your games while joining servers. I've implemented this in a Sourcemod I've been working on and it seems to be working quite well.
Basically if a server has a sv_advertisment_id set it will look up that ID in a mysql database and associate any ad clicks in game to that id. When you join a server, while you're waiting for it to connect (or maps to download, etc) you will see a banner ad while you wait. If the server doesn't have an advertisment_id setup than the game creator will get the click and view. Users have the ability to "support the mod and server owners by showing non intrusive advertisements" as a setting when they first start up the game. It can be changed in the settings menu at any time. This will give VALVE more money and also give server operators more cash too. Win win. Just an idea... On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Robert Paulson <[email protected]>wrote: > There is no point in all this random speculation until Valve tells us why > the MOTD was crippled even more. > > - Is it to stop reloading ads every second in the background? > - Is it a step towards removing all ads? > - Is this a permanent change, or is it just a quick hack that will it be > replaced with a more appropriate solution? > > Without knowing the real reason it is pointless to keep arguing about how > quickplay this or ads vs donations that. > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Daniel Barreiro < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > http://motdgd.com/terms-of-service/ > > http://ads.elitepowered.com/?page_id=176 > > > > Copying another company's ToS and modifying it very slightly isn't very > > respectable business practice either. > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Guardian Cipher < > [email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > Isn't it illegal to advertise clients on your website that aren't > > actually > > > your clients? http://servers.elitepowered.com/ > > > > > > I highly doubt you have Valve as a client. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:11 PM, 1nsane <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I agree with this. If not for him we wouldn't be having this issue > now. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Todd Pettit <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Ab, this whole thing is pretty much directly YOUR FAULT! You > brazenly > > > ran > > > > > fake clients on 100+ servers (again) to spoof quickplay into > sending > > > you > > > > > players. The update before last had a change specifically made to > ban > > > > YOUR > > > > > servers. The simpler solution would to of banned you and your kin > > from > > > > > steam forever. > > > > > > > > > > You are not fooling anyone. Everyone knows you as a complete > scammer. > > > > > > > > > > -T > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
