Some problems as a gamer are that its very hard to identify proper humans from
bots. But there are someways to detect them which I now list.
1. If someone types on the chat in reply to what someone on mic or chat is
saying.
2. Bots do not know how to surf or play on minigames. So if I join those kind
of servers I can expect that I am playing with humans
3. If they show up on player list when I shift tab ti steam overlay
4. If I am playing on valve's official server. I know you guys won't lie to me
about who is playing.
What this means is that it could be possible to use this criteria to prove
someone is human on a server, but noone would like to be typing captchas every
certain minutes of playing.
My gues is that having a list of official servers seperately from the community
server could fix this issue. Having clans to properly register and to check
them periodically for unwanted software could help this issue. Ie, servers that
register for a valve server approval are checked. This along with the report
tool could help to tackle this issue.
Also, the report tool is quite hidden. I haven't seen it while I am playing.
Also, a tag for valve's official servers could be created so users can find
these servers on the server browser. it would be penalized for anyone
unauthorized use this tag for their servers.
These are just my thoughts on the issue, and hopefully this could be of
any help.
Enviado desde mi oficina móvil BlackBerry® de Telcel
-----Original Message-----
From: Fletcher Dunn <fletch...@valvesoftware.com>
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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:03:35
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Subject: Re: [hlds] [hlds_linux] Fake clients, misreported bots,
infringing usage of player names/images
>Also having the report option on the "blacklist this server" window that
>you get if you soon after joining disconnect from the gameserver. It
>would raise more awareness of the report fuction.
That is one of the things we have on the list to help raise awareness and make
the feature more accessible.
Your humble servant,
Fletch
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