It sounds like use of the "website entry script" on your normal MOTD page would be perfectly legitimate.
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Calvin Judy <[email protected]> wrote: > Your method also violates their terms of service, users must willingly click > on an ad.fly link for the traffic to be considered legitimate. (By the way I > toyed around with this idea when adfly was getting big, my account was > terminated without warning, and the terms were added to avoid issues like > that from happening.) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Doctor McKay > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:01 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 MOTD Browser > > I’m trying out http://adf.ly via a custom-built system. Players click the > Skip Ad button after the 5-second timer expires and it closes the MOTD > window that way. It appears fine for most people most of the time, but not > for others. > > Kinda annoying though, as closing the window relies on the page actually > displaying. I had to build a 15-second failsafe timer into it to > automatically close it. > > > Dr. McKay > http://www.doctormckay.com > > > From: David Unreal > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 5:04 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 MOTD Browser > > > Yeah I noticed that sometime it just takes a few sec to load. However, in > terms of pinion ads, there will be a new system for them enforced that may > cause server owners to force you to want the whole ad. The idea is that they > will only pay for ads that have been completely watched. Anyways, what is > the URL you are trying to McKay? Maybe its an error with the page? > > On Dec 19, 2012 4:59 PM, "byteframe" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I might add that sometimes if you wait (several) seconds, it _might_ >> appear. I tend to click as fast as I can so as not to see the pinion ads. >> Client side issue for sure, though. >> >> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Essay Tew Phaun <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Incredibly annoying. I get the same issue, please fix. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > ________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
