What about game server providers that have a malicious user setup a server like that? Will there be measures taken to contact the game provider or will the IP address just be banned? On Oct 28, 2011 2:10 PM, "Fletcher Dunn" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wanted to clarify a few things about the new feature in the in-game abuse > reporting tool to report game servers:**** > > ** ** > > * Human judgment is always used before any action is taken based on abuse > report data.**** > > ** ** > > * The potential for malicious players (or competing game server operators) > to abuse the reporting mechanism is an obvious problem that we have foreseen > and taken basic measures to prevent.**** > > ** ** > > * We only really care about servers who receive excessive reports of abuse > *relative to other gameservers*. This is pretty effective at canceling > our the "noise" of uninformed or malicious users.**** > > ** ** > > One last reminder: we are keeping the option open to apply any bans, etc to > an **IP**, not just to a game account. This is a warning to anybody > setting up a "throw-away" server account created specifically to do > malicious things.**** > > ** ** > > - Fletch**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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