Nothing is wrong I was just wondering what the "point" was into tricking people onto your servers, was trying to figure out why adding more traffic to your machine can be a positive thing - usually one would need it monetized in some way.
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Michael Johansen <michs...@live.no> wrote: > > What's so bad earning money about advertisements in MOTDS? I use it to pay > for my servers, only to go in zero each month. > > From: crazydog...@gmail.com > > Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 15:27:02 -0700 > > To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Policy of truth > > > > And make money off of advertisements in MOTDS... > > ----------------------- > > Jonah Hirsch > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:50 PM, 1nsane <1nsane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Well you can always sell admin. > > > > > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:33 PM, doc <drga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > It's pointless to quell them when they can just make a new > group/server > > > but > > > > I can't imagine it's a painless process, there probably is some > large hit > > > > in traffic (as if they get any 'real' traffic anyways). > > > > > > > > What is the point in running servers like this? I'm actually > interested > > > in > > > > how fooling people to come to your servers does you any good - do > they > > > > somehow monetize stupid people? > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:07 PM, m33crob <ad...@m33crob.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > This seems kind of pointless, no? > > > > > > > > > > TF2 doesn't have group functions. This leads me to believe that > there > > > > is a > > > > > back end ban on anyone in the group(s) from registering servers and > > > using > > > > > QuickPlay. This would be unfair to the innocent casualties; but > also > > > > would > > > > > seem that they could just leave the group and register, or just > create > > > a > > > > > new steam account that is not part of the groups to get around > it... > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps there is better system in place that VALVe is not telling > us > > > > > about?.... > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 11:44 AM, doc <drga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > STRIKE DOWN THE UNCLEAN > > > > > > PURGE THE SINNERS. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Fletcher Dunn > > > > > > <fletch...@valvesoftware.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Last week the TF2 team banned some server groups that were in > > > > violation > > > > > > of > > > > > > > the Policy of Truth. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We received numerous complaints from server operators about a > > > handful > > > > > of > > > > > > > servers, and we investigated those reports. Any action we have > > > taken > > > > > was > > > > > > > based upon violations that we witnessed firsthand. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bans are applied to the group itself, not to any particular IP > > > > address > > > > > > > range. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > These bans will last 6 weeks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > The Team Fortress Team > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
