One can only hope they also intend to take care of the "Pay to win" servers as well. Specifically nightteam. I cant use the "play now" without connecting to one of their servers. One can only imagine the horror that a first timer experiances when connecting to them.
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 3:43 PM, msleeper <[email protected]>wrote: > slow clap > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Fletcher Dunn > <[email protected]> wrote: > > We all know that some server operators run mods specifically designed to > > falsify information sent to the Valve backend and to their players. > These > > mods inaccurately report the player count and whether players are human > or > > not. They conceal that significant modifications to gameplay have been > > made. This is detrimental to players’ experience. > > > > > > > > Perhaps some server operators would actually prefer to not run these > mods, > > but feel that it is necessary to compete and maintain their community. > For > > this reason, Valve has made the decision not to take any action against > any > > server operators at this time. > > > > > > > > We will be directly contacting some of the “institutional offenders” who > are > > using these mods on multiple servers. However, whether we contact you > > directly or not, this email serves as warning to all server operators > that > > we do have the ability to detect this class of behavior, and, going > forward, > > we are going to be more aggressive at policing it. If we determine that > you > > are modifying the network stream or otherwise circumventing basic > security > > measures, we will take the actions needed to maintain a positive > environment > > for our players. > > > > > > > > To be perfectly clear, here are some examples of the modifications and > > behaviours which we consider especially harmful to our community: > > > > · Forging or modifying network communications used to describe > > server properties to the backend or directly to clients. > > > > · Concealing the fact that bots are bots, and making them appear > as > > human players. (Running bots is OK, as long as no modifications are made > > that make it difficult for players to identify which players are bots and > > which are humans.) > > > > · Interfering with the mechanisms that advertise modifications to > > gameplay rules in the server browser. (For example, nocrits, gravity, > > respawn times, etc.) Experimenting with gameplay modifications is > > encouraged, but any mechanisms in the engine designed to alert players to > > those modifications must be allowed to function. > > > > · Listing the same game server multiple times in the master > server. > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Fletcher Dunn > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >
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