Valve don't make the rules when it comes to our servers. They only have the right to protect their IP. So if someone comes in my server who has 3 arms... and I have a no 3 arm'd people rule... then they are out. If an admin is being an idiot, then the players can connect to another server. Easy.
2008/11/13 Cc2iscooL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Even though I consider voogru generally annoying... ;) > > He does have a point. You own the server, you own the rights to do whatever > you want and enforce whatever rules you want. Period. If you don't like the > way admins run their servers, start up a listen server and bitch to the > people that join and then complain that the game is laggy. :) > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mob ftw. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard L. > > Church > > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:44 PM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] L4d vote kicking > > > > I seriously don't want to argue the point more then I already did. It > > appears other server operators feel differently and the mob will rule on > > this one. > > > > Comparing a rented server to your house or nightclub is silly. Also, > > comparing kicking someone equaling murder is also silly. > > > > Decide what you want. I'm out of the L4D game. > > > > Timothy L Havener wrote: > > > So Valve is going to go down that road and blacklist the IP of anyone > > > who kicks someone unfairly? Besides that is also only for ranked > > > servers. There are unranked servers that do not have those rules and > > > you can do as you please. > > > > > > J T wrote: > > >> Battlefiedl 2 ROE was a means of allowing "10 year olds" play the game > > and > > >> not get his feelings hurt. In essence, you couldn't do what you liked > > with > > >> your server if it conflicted with the ROE. Like pistol only servers. > > >> > > >> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Timothy L Havener < > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> Why not argue the point? If you are going to make such a ludicrous > > >>> statement please back it up with logic. So I pay for a server for my > > >>> friends and I to play on or just for the heck of it and I should have > > no > > >>> say as to what goes on? Who in their right mind would waste the time? > > If > > >>> Valve wants to control the gaming experience so some ten year old > > >>> doesn't get his feelings hurt then let them pay for their own > servers. > > >>> I am not going to pay for them to have a place for other people to > play > > >>> where I have no say. Everyone is afraid of the big bad admin. Do > this > > >>> and see how quickly you have no community and no where to play. > > >>> > > >>> Leonard L. Church wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> I am serious Spencer. I know we don't agree on allot of things and > > this > > >>>> appears to be another one, so let's kindly not argue the point. > > >>>> > > >>>> Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>> You can't be serious. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard > L. > > >>>>> > > >>> Church > > >>> > > >>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:40 AM > > >>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > >>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] L4d vote kicking > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Personally, I think that if you open up your server to the public > > (and > > >>>>> you are by listing on the lobby server), then your rights go out > the > > >>>>> window as far as you never being kicked or choosing what things get > > >>>>> voted on. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I think this would be a step backwards as abusive admins can just > sit > > >>>>> and wait for people to join up, grief them until they leave, then > > wait > > >>>>> for them to rejoin. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Valve, please don't do this. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, > > >>>>> please visit: > > >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, > > >>>>> > > >>> please visit: > > >>> > > >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > >>>> > > >>> please visit: > > >>> > > >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > >>> please visit: > > >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
