It's not a bad idea, but since the Source engine doesn't respond to any clicks while loading the level, users would only have a short window in which they could click the banner.
Dr. McKay www.doctormckay.com On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Guardian Cipher <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
