I don't see how that is safe to say. If it was meant to stop people from using fake players, it won't stop. People were using fake players to get donation money before ads were even a thing.
If it was to stop continually reloading ads, this is an extremely blunt and roundabout method. I have a hard time believing Valve would chose to save a few minutes choosing the worst but easiest option. Does everyone here really prefer Valve to kill off a little competition rather than trying to get features back? Whatever happened to the people who cared about their radio/bp/rules plugins? On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Doctor McKay <[email protected]> wrote: > Even without an official statement, it's fairly safe to say that this > change was directed toward stopping servers that (a) manipulate the > Quickplay system to send themselves unfair amounts of traffic for ad hits, > and (b) continually reload ads in the background of clients that join. > > > Dr. McKay > www.doctormckay.com > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
