Yeah, that's the line along which I was thinking. Most people would be swearing quite freely over the microphone, and I don't think Ook sit's there monitoring voice comms on his server 24/7. Just seems kind of pointless.
On 10/12/2009 4:55 AM, msleeper wrote: > Probably little if any. Most of the kiddies who freak out with the > swearing usually do it over mic. > > > On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 04:46 +0800, Shane Arnold wrote: > >> I am interested in knowing the impact of having word-filters enabled on >> the player count. I don't agree with the practice, but then again it's >> not my server(s). >> >> On 10/12/2009 4:12 AM, Ook wrote: >> >>> I only ban those that refuse to follow the rules, and my ban list is quite >>> small. Those that can't control their potty mouth don't usually hang around >>> for long. The rest of us don't have a problem with it. >>> >>> One of admin mods default plugins has a swear filter, or actually a word >>> filter because you can add any word you want the list, and it gets replaced >>> with ****. I wanted to take it a step further, because I got tired of seeing >>> "**** you" all the time. I ended up modifying the sank sounds plugin to kick >>> the player when they say certain words. That worked real well - players >>> learn real fast that on my server, you control your potty mouth or good bye. >>> The end result is a server where most of the regulars control their tongue, >>> and where those teens that don't swear and don't want to hear it (yeah, I >>> know there aren't that many out there, but there are some) can come here. My >>> girls can play there without hearing the usual fu arsehole etc etc. >>> >>> What is funny is a while ago someone took my private beach map (it's not >>> mine, actually - but I run it 24/7 and I've heavily modified the entities) >>> and started up an EU server with my name and map, but without the swear >>> filters. Want to play private beach but want to be able to swear? Come to >>> Ooks Private Beach EU server and curse to your hearts content! >>> >>> My server kept packing in the peeps, their server sat empty. They finally >>> took it down because no one wanted to play there. Go figure :-) >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Mark"<[email protected]> >>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" >>> <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:26 AM >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update Released >>> >>> >>> 1. Unfortunately, I would imagine teens being a large part of the user >>> base. Nevermind teens, most players cuss in general regardless of age >>> (if you're a nay-sayer, you'd be surprised). >>> >>> Banning for bad language is an over-reaction in my opinion and there >>> are better ways to deal with the use of profanities. Fortunately, >>> there are SM plugins; a simple search yielded the following: >>> http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=499584 >>> >>> 2. What does this have to do with the recent update? >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Ook<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> That really isn't for you to decide now, is it? I run a PG-13 OP4 server, >>>> and my admins are pretty militant about enforcing that. It's working well >>>> and has for a while now, and there are plenty of teens that play there and >>>> respect the no profanity rules. >>>> >>>> Seriously, what percentage of players do you think are teens? Do adults >>>> drop >>>> their IQ by 30 points and develop a potty mouth simply be being in-game? >>>> Or >>>> are many/most of them mouthy immature teens to start with? I vote for the >>>> latter... >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "f0rkz"<[email protected]> >>>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:08 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update Released >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I mean... It is an M rated game. Teens shouldn't be playing in the >>>>> first place. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 10:02 -0800, Ook wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I parse my server logs on a regular basis, and I can look up any player >>>>>> by >>>>>> steam id, name, or IP and see all names and IPs they have used. You want >>>>>> to >>>>>> ban people that swear a lot? That is probably 90% of your user base. >>>>>> There >>>>>> are a lot of people out there that just can't control their mouths. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "w4rezz"<[email protected]> >>>>>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" >>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:17 AM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update >>>>>> Released >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone have a list of known people what use "fuck" too much? I >>>>>> dont wanna use swear filter. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2009/12/9 Don Williams<[email protected]>: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Does anyone have a running list of known people that have or tried to >>>>>>> perform this exploit steam id's IP addresses? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maximilian >>>>>>> L. >>>>>>> Sent: 2009-12-08 11:49 AM >>>>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update >>>>>>> Released >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ah ok, just was a little bit confused. Thanks for clearing. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There is already a list of banned extensions that includes .dll, vdf, >>>>>>>> exe, >>>>>>>> and yes, ini >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maximilian >>>>>>>> L. >>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 9:31 AM >>>>>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update >>>>>>>> Released >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Quote myself from IRC: >>>>>>>> [.... "Added checks to prevent transferring .smx, .gcf, and .sys >>>>>>>> files >>>>>>>> between client/server"<- does that mean i can still remotely >>>>>>>> download >>>>>>>> my .ini including my SQL logins?] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I think .ini's are more importand to secure than .smx?!! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Mailing List Conversations - [email protected] - Please don´t spam :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> 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
