I started HL1 deathmatch and CS 1.6 to check out how many players are still active in this community a few weeks ago.
The only thing I saw was thousands of fake servers. No way to find a real gameserver, result: I never started the games again. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of RSS List User Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:11 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Half-Life 1 dedicated server update released That's what I thought as well, but from another hand, if people can't do that, they might rage quit and the game might die. Its a 2 edged sword. On 8/9/2012 4:57 PM, AnAkIn wrote: Fixing the redirect exploit would make them stop making fake servers. 2012/8/9 Dominik Friedrichs <[email protected]> On 2012/08/09 20:25, Invalid Protocol wrote: A HL1 server can force the players to execute the "connect" command or even you can reply with a "redirect packet" when they connect. So any kid can host 10 fake servers (usually using the names of other servers), all being almost full, and redirect the players to a real server. Some real servers have even hundreds of fake servers behind them, hosted by regular players, because this is a condition for getting administrative rights. Also some companies hosting game servers provide a service or support for hosting such fake servers. For example they provide the kits so the players can download and run the fake servers with only 2 clicks, or even they can host for free some fake servers if you buy a real server. What a disgusting community... Thanks for the insight! _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds -- Best regards, AnAkIn _______________________________________________ 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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