A community server currently makes as much money as a demolition server,
for example. Some people buy csgo and literally only play surf and
minigames. I think they have motives more nefarious than pure profit.
On Jan 28, 2016 7:13 PM, "Alexander Corn" <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's really no secret that at this point, Valve wishes community servers
> had never existed and is doing everything it can to get rid of them. Too
> much trouble to moderate them and they don't make Valve any direct money.
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Absurd Minds <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> If Valve was trying to kill community servers, disallowing custom models
>> is 100% the way to do it.
>> On Jan 28, 2016 5:54 PM, "Max Krivanek" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Its very simple that Valve is willing to screw over the gaming
>>> communities to protect their micro-transaction economy by any means
>>> possible.
>>>
>>> I just find this sad, and very reprehensible.  These same communities
>>> that have been following them since CS 1.6, are now banned from running
>>> game servers over a custom model.   Custom models that were previously used
>>> in CS:S just fine.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Neuro Toxin <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jul 10, 2015; 7:51pm Vitaliy Genkin Vitaliy Genkin
>>>> (4) Assuming that I’m not granting an item that a player does not own:
>>>> -Is it ok to have a “remove all weapons”/”hide knife” function on a
>>>> server?
>>>> -Is it ok to have a “knife drop”/”knife switch” function that allows a
>>>> player to drop their knife (that they own) so another player can pick it 
>>>> up?
>>>> Both of these functions are fine. There are some game modes where it
>>>> makes sense to have unarmed players (e.g., surf), and in a trading server
>>>> being able give a player your knife to inspect is fine too. In general,
>>>> letting players use what they own in a new way isn’t a problem.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> knife drop”/”knife switch
>>>>
>>>> In general, letting players use what they own in a new way isn’t a
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> In general, letting players use what they own in a new way isn’t a
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> In general, letting players use what they own in a new way isn’t a
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> Pretty ambiguous to me.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> * From: * Absurd Minds <[email protected]>;
>>>> * To: * <[email protected]>;
>>>> * Subject: * Re: [Csgo_servers] Anyone else hit with a GSLT ban?
>>>> * Sent: * Thu, Jan 28, 2016 1:11:10 PM
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the double email. I meant to save, not send.
>>>>
>>>> Vitaliy specifically said that a plugin that "allows a player to drop
>>>> their knife (that they own)  so another player can pick it up" is
>>>> acceptable. It's not even remotely ambiguous.
>>>> On Jan 28, 2016 7:37 AM, "Fernando Sanch3z" <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If this is so clear, how is this plugin not unapproved on alliedmods
>>>>> yet like knifeupgrade is?
>>>>> I'm not saying alliedmods represents valve's policy but that
>>>>> definitely shows that they did NOT make it clear SIX MONTHS ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> Doesn't dropping the knife and respawning duplicate the knife too?
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 28.01.2016 um 12:54 schrieb Absurd Minds:
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't understand why they would remove the ban. They made it clear SIX
>>>>> MONTHS ago that the ONLY type of knife plugin that was allowed was one 
>>>>> that
>>>>> allowed one player to DROP their knife for another player. Takeknife
>>>>> duplicates the knife into the other person's hand. I'm not sure how you 
>>>>> can
>>>>> justify the excuse "I didn't read the rules, I got banned, no please unban
>>>>> me" at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:37 AM, Roland Mondek <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please unban servers that used knife swap plugin! You have just added the
>>>>> cvar after massive ban.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Robin Groppe <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no response since 24h either. Yesterday i started up my servers
>>>>> with another gslt and queried the masterserver. It sais rejected bad
>>>>> version but the servers are 100% clean and up to date.
>>>>> this is ridicalous.
>>>>> someone should power off valves store servers for no apparent reason. i
>>>>> guess they would not like that either.
>>>>>
>>>>> fix this! but i guess i dont want to take this stupid shit anymore.
>>>>> Am 28.01.2016 07:49 schrieb "Παναγιώτης Φλωρούς" <[email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>> :
>>>>>
>>>>> Valve sucks make bans with out reason! I didnt use banned plugins but i
>>>>> got banned! Nice i will stop making servers on CSGO and i will go for
>>>>> minecraft bb Gaben
>>>>> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail>
>>>>>  
>>>>> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail>
>>>>>  Το
>>>>> παρόν email στάλθηκε από ασφαλή υπολογιστή που προστατεύεται από το 
>>>>> Avast.www.avast.com<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail>
>>>>>  
>>>>> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail>
>>>>> <#1764045194_-799743460_1747447924_DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2016-01-28 5:23 GMT+02:00 Usman Khan <[email protected]>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And no response or fix from valve for those who weren't using any such
>>>>> plugins but got banned. Almost 24 hours now
>>>>> On Jan 28, 2016 7:27 AM, "Fernando Sanch3z" <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This has to be a joke. So things like swapknife were actually banned
>>>>> plugins?
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 28.01.2016 um 03:16 schrieb Ian:
>>>>>
>>>>> Just imagine... a week ago:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Hey guys, Vitaliy here. We're adding a cvar that allows you to drop your
>>>>> knife. If you guys are using the swap/take knife plugin, you need to
>>>>> disable it or that will cause your server to get banned, please use the 
>>>>> new
>>>>> cvar instead. Thanks!"
>>>>>
>>>>> In reality: Servers blacklisted first, then "Oh here's a cvar, RIP to your
>>>>> GSLT accounts"
>>>>>
>>>>> This has got to be a joke. And of course no one from Valve is responding 
>>>>> to
>>>>> any of these emails. The lack of communication is such a joke.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Valve, pls fix"
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Daniel Barreiro 
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> – Added convar mp_drop_knife_enable (defaults to ‘0’) that allows players
>>>>> on community servers to drop their knives.
>>>>>
>>>>> lol
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Charalampos Galanis 
>>>>> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a friend too , which tried the same thing (registering the phone
>>>>> number from a banned account to other accounts) and guess what? The
>>>>> accounts were already banned too!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> So yes , if you want to create new GSLT's , to a new or another account
>>>>> ,  consider registering a new phone.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2016-01-27 20:42 GMT+02:00 Team LANII <[email protected]> 
>>>>> <[email protected]>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Really? Phone number banned?
>>>>>
>>>>> Valve, please clarify asap:
>>>>> -Which problems are the problem exactly?
>>>>> -Are server reports a problem? How can a serverowner defend against
>>>>> unfair reports?
>>>>> -Are servernames and servertags a problem?
>>>>> -Is the phone number permanently banned?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Charalampos Galanis 
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I fixed it trying my main account , and another phone number....strange
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2016-01-27 20:36 GMT+02:00 Charalampos Galanis <[email protected]> 
>>>>> <[email protected]>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do valve track the phone numbers too?
>>>>>
>>>>> Because I tried to register the same phone number and create tokens to
>>>>> an another smurf account too , but couldn't do it because of an existing
>>>>> ban and  I know that the account I tried had never hosted GLST
>>>>> before,,,,strange.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2016-01-27 17:37 GMT+02:00 Matthias "InstantMuffin" Kollek 
>>>>> <[email protected]>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> People talking rubbish, other folks calling them out and talking
>>>>> rubbish themselves.
>>>>> "Valve ignored my valuable information". My favorite.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just going to do the only thing reasonable. Setting up a filter for
>>>>> these mails, waiting for anything official, and assuming that while there
>>>>> might be wrongful bans, people with rightful bans will definitely pretend
>>>>> the opposite and take their chances.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 27.01.2016 15:03, Usman Khan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Valve please immediately take action, lots of users in my country
>>>>> are affected due to this wrong banning, as we were not running any banned
>>>>> plugins, infact nothing to change inventory or skins or anything , and
>>>>> actually nk support for server owners to appeal against ban
>>>>>
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