WRONG! Valve didn't go after any mods, they simply delisted servers that had 32 slots, a side effect of running a legit plugin.
Chris. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hell Phoenix Sent: 15 October 2007 18:36 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds] Servers that will Valve will randomly remove from the steam master servers, without any annoucment. WRONG! We were running a beta low grav server until the update or two before the final release (the same one that killed 32 player servers). You dont have to run a vanilla server...just one that doesnt hack the dll in memory (or use a hacked dll). Chris Barnett wrote: > The cvar for low grav was never implemented on TF2 in the first place. It > was never "removed" and you would have been the first to download a plugin > if that plugin had gotten around it. > > *Then* at that point, you would have been the first to complain *if* it had > been servers with a low-grav / hack / plugin that was deliberately pulled > from the list. > > Don't you understand what is at stake here? > > Answer this question please: > > How can I ensure that my server is left on the freakin server list in > future? > > Valve are taking the piss. They are taking it to a new level and upping the > stakes to tell all server admins that their servers can be removed from the > list at anytime, if their servers are not 100% vanilla. > > Who the **** is going to want to run a 100% vanilla server other than for > professional matches? > > > Thanks. > > Chris. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hell Phoenix > Sent: 15 October 2007 18:03 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [hlds] Servers that will Valve will randomly remove from the > steam master servers, without any annoucment. > > And beating a dead horse wont resurrect him. I ran a low grav server, > and they took away that cvar. Our community is pissed, but you dont see > me sending out a gazillion emails. Valve will never respond, just like > they havent in the past. If they dont respond, then their is no > problem. Like I said, get over it. People sending emails isnt going to > do anything. > > Chris Barnett wrote: > >> If this doesn't affect you, or you aren't interested, you don't have to >> reply. >> >> A lot of people are angry about this and it's not going to die. >> >> You can't guarantee that Valve won't randomly remove servers from the >> > lists > >> in future. >> >> This is a serious issue. It could be your servers next. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hell Phoenix >> Sent: 15 October 2007 17:36 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Servers that will Valve will randomly remove from the >> steam master servers, without any annoucment. >> >> Get over it and move on....just like every time something like this has >> happened in the past. >> >> Chris Barnett wrote: >> >> >>> This is a multipart message in MIME format. >>> -- >>> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] >>> Hello, >>> >>> >>> >>> Let's run a book on which servers Valve will randomly filter out next, >>> without even so much as the decency to tell us. >>> >>> >>> >>> 1) Australian servers. Let's face it, it's those pesky Australians >>> >>> >> who >> >> >>> are so far up Valves sweet asses it must be embarrassing for Valve. Those >>> Australians need to be taught a lesson to counter balance all of that >>> Pacific rimming that's going on. >>> >>> 2) Servers that have an unusually high number of players with 8 >>> >>> >> digits. >> >> >>> Come on let's face it. The 8 digit crew are all noobs, snotty nosed >>> teenagers and haxors. >>> >>> 3) Servers outside the Western United States that have an unusually >>> high number of players with 6 digits. If a server attracts the old and >>> >>> >> wise, >> >> >>> they're community is going to be too smug. >>> >>> 4) Servers running FF. >>> >>> 5) Servers that sends the player into a different world where there >>> >>> >> is >> >> >>> 1000's of custom skins and the admins have been sad enough to invest 500 >>> >>> >> odd >> >> >>> man hours into creating a work of art, not to mention the modding >>> communities whose total output dwarfs anything that has come out of >>> > Valve. > >>> 6) Servers that attract the top players. C'mon something has to be >>> wrong, they're all hacking. >>> >>> 7) Servers that attract too many noobs. No scrub that, they're all >>> > in > >>> Washington State. >>> >>> 8) Servers that are running that new plugin, which lies about the >>> >>> >> total >> >> >>> number of available slots.there's 32 slots but 24 are advertised!!! >>> >>> 9) Servers with unsuitable chat language for minors. >>> >>> 10) Servers with 2 slots, passworded, that say "Valve doesn't listen to >>> server admins" as their server name. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Right. That's my list. 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