Yes and now there will be hundreds more jailbreak, freak fortress and trade servers for you to compete with.
Good show indeed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Thompson" <rmesc...@gmail.com> To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 7:40:53 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Coming soon: changes to TF HTML MOTD support I wasn't so sure about this, and honestly doesn't affect me because I run trade servers and jailbreak, but it seems fine. If you join the server, you don't have to download any HTML junk and don't have to watch any ads...but if you like the server, save to favorites and reconnect you see whatever the HTML page is, depending on whether or not the client has HTML enabled. Guys, this is a victory for matchmaking clients who just want to play and not get spammed by the servers they join. I like it. Valve, please roll it out in a way that doesn't break the game and people like me are cool with the change #1. Good show! Sincerely, Aaron On Nov 6, 2013 6:30 PM, "Robert Paulson" <thepauls...@gmail.com> wrote: > From what I heard ads needed to be watched for X seconds before being paid. > Any communities that were reliant on ads being served to quickplay users > would have already shut down by now. > > This new limitation just seems to serve as an annoyance to perfectly > legitimate server owners rather than to kill off all ad supported servers. > > I hope there will be more people who share my views rather than thinking: > oh good Valve is going to shut down more of our competition. > > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:19 PM, N-Gon <ngongamedes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Oddly enough, a handful of communities have been shut down because of the > > recent changes. This one will affect a few more. > > Can't say I'm saddened by this since those communities were cancer to > TF2. > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Robert Paulson <thepauls...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Can you tell us the reason for this change? Is there no other solution > > > rather than removing functionality from the game? > > > > > > The complaint before was forced ads. Servers cannot resend the MOTD to > > > quickplay players anymore so I don't understand why additional > > restrictions > > > need to be introduced. > > > > > > HTML motds are superior to text motds even only shown at connection. > They > > > look better and they allow you to update the page without rebooting the > > > server. Especially when it comes to TF2 players, no one is going to pay > > > attention to an unformatted wall of text that could contain important > > rules > > > or links to your website. With these new restrictions both the webpage > > and > > > the text file needs to be maintained. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Fletcher Dunn > > > <fletch...@valvesoftware.com>wrote: > > > > > > > It's something enforced by the client, and is a function of how they > > > > connected to that particular server, not any particular server > > settings. > > > > > > > > If they connect via the server browser (or command line, etc) then > they > > > > will show HTML. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: > > > > hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Todd Pettit > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 2:41 PM > > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Coming soon: changes to TF HTML MOTD > support > > > > > > > > Would those who connected outside of matchmaking be able to use html > on > > > > quickplay enabled servers or does enabling quickplay disable html > > > > completely? > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Valentin G." <nextra...@gmail.com> > > > > To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" < > > > > hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 6:29:32 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Coming soon: changes to TF HTML MOTD > support > > > > > > > > I'm not concerned about change 1 but change 2 in that regard ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:26 AM, DontWannaName! < > > ad...@topnotchclan.com > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > Couldn't you just leave the txt file empty? > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone 5 > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 6, 2013, at 3:22 PM, "Valentin G." <nextra...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > about:blank is no longer valid? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Fletcher Dunn > > > > > > <fletch...@valvesoftware.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> That's correct; #2 is a Source engine change. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >> From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: > > > > > >> hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Kyle > > > > > >> Sanderson > > > > > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 3:09 PM > > > > > >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > > > > >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Coming soon: changes to TF HTML MOTD > > > > > >> support > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Does the latter impact all Source 2k7 games? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Thanks, > > > > > >> Kyle. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Fletcher Dunn > > > > > >> <fletch...@valvesoftware.com>wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> We're making two changes to TF HTML MOTD support that server > > > > > >>> operators should be aware of: > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> 1.) HTML MOTD's will no longer be shown by clients that > > connect > > > > via > > > > > >>> quickplay. Those clients will show the plaintext message > > instead. > > > > > >>> (The file identified by the convar motdfile_text, which > defaults > > > > > >>> to > > > > > >>> motd_text.txt.) > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> 2.) When sending a URL to the "info" panel by name, the URL > > must > > > > > begin > > > > > >>> with 'http://' or 'https://'. Note that this change does not > > > > > >>> affect putting a URL in motd.txt directly, which has always > > > > > >>> required a protocol prefix in order for the file contents to be > > > > > >>> interpreted as a > > > > > >> URL. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > > > > >>> 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
