You don't make money. On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Cameron Munroe <cmun...@cameronmunroe.com>wrote:
> How else would you suggest a server make money? > > Also the issue with the video should be fixed in the new version of pinion > so it won't keep playing after you join. > > Also its not on youtube, it is hosted by the company. > > > > On 9/12/2012 8:36 PM, cladiron wrote: > >> No disprespect, but i disagree. >> I think theres more going on in the back end than what you think. >> I'm not going to name the server, but there is 1 i play on, and has that >> crappy motd ad in it. >> Even pressing the button to move on to the next window to enter the >> server, >> the youtube video will still play in the back ground till it's finished. >> The only think i know to do is disable the HTML in the client settings so >> it will not render it. >> Then the issue is fixed. Downside, it suxs to have to go to setting each >> time i join a server that has a video in it. >> Keep in mind, the video has to precache to play just as it does when >> looking at it threw IE or firefox. >> This precache lags players when entering the server until the video ends. >> Another thing that has to be considered is if the video at youtube is also >> under a heavy load. >> Have you ever gone to youtube and waited on a video to load, and have to >> reload it to play ? >> >> I just hope the admin's really think about the clients, and not bogging >> them down as they join the server. >> >> Before anyone jumps in and says well change servers, i like the one i play >> on due to my ping. >> >> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Frank <ad...@gamerscrib.net> wrote: >> >> Now this is ill informed post if I ever saw one - the ads in the MOTD are >>> not causing this issue. There have been instances when they had some bad >>> ads >>> but they were quick to fix it. It's not a bad thing to want to recover >>> costs incurred for running well managed servers - people need to stop >>> seeing >>> this as a bad thing. You only see the ads for maybe a moment then you can >>> click right by them but they do help support good managed servers. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: >>> hlds_linux-bounces@list.**valvesoftware.com<hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com> >>> [mailto:hlds_linux-bounces@**list.valvesoftware.com<hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com>] >>> On Behalf Of Carl >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:32 PM >>> To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.**com<hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> >>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] HTML MOTDs not rendering? >>> >>> I hope this isn't for one of those really annoying HTML ads that some >>> degenerate servers have been abusing their players with. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 9/12/2012 4:41 AM, Bjorn Wielens wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> This was touched on in a previous post - Does anyone know a solution for >>>> >>> MOTDs not rendering (just a gray box, not even a background/plain text >>> shows). >>> >>>> I've had this happen to me with both HTML motds and plain text contained >>>> >>> in the motd.txt file. >>> >>>> The weird things are that: >>>> >>>> a) some people can see the MOTDs fine. >>>> b) right clicking the box and hitting 'view source' shows the HTML >>>> >>> content >>> of the correct MOTD page >>> >>>> c) I've gotten it to show up for me exactly once. >>>> >>>> >>>> Running our servers on Linux, there's no flash content or ads in the >>>> >>> motd, >>> and they render fine in a webkit-based browser. >>> >>>> I've tried both just the MOTD url in motd.txt as well as a META refresh >>>> >>> to >>> redirect. both have the same result. >>> >>>> If anyone knows of a fix, I'm all ears as we're in a situation where >>>> most >>>> >>> of our traffic is passthru Quickplay, and I'd like to at least inform >>> them >>> about server rules and the existence of our other >>> servers/extended/non-tf2 >>> community >>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> >>> please visit: >>> >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<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<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<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<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<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
