Indeed it comes down to choice. You do or do not want to serve ads to your users Your users do or do not want ads served to them On 19 Feb 2013 15:33, "Doctor McKay" <[email protected]> wrote:
> As I have mentioned before, I strongly support the ability for server > owners to force advertisements on clients. I don't particularly *like* it > (I don't run Pinion or play on any servers that have it), but it's a good > way for server owners to pay for the server that they're providing you *for > free*. If you can't afford 30 precious seconds of your time, blacklist and > move on. Just don't bypass a server owner's restrictions for your own > selfish desires. > > Dr. McKay > http://www.doctormckay.com > > On Feb 18, 2013, at 9:12 PM, "[BT]Black V" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I dont know if this is helpful to anyone > http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=126315742 > > > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Doctor McKay <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Only problem with that is, Valve has official partnered with Pinion and >> endorses what it's doing. According to one of the Pinion reps, there should >> be fixes for the crashes coming out Soon™. >> >> But yeah, using the server browser and just favoriting some servers is a >> good way to avoid this. >> >> Dr. McKay >> http://www.doctormckay.com >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Alex Kowald >> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 8:26 PM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Pinion Pot of Gold blacklist? >> >> >> Not using quickplay is a pretty dismissive solution to this problem. >> Servers that lock people into watching the motd and cause player >> crashes shouldn't be eligible for quickplay imo. Shouldn't be that >> hard to code up a generator that reads the master list and parses out >> a blacklist file for those servers with the public cvar set. >> >> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Doctor McKay <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Just find a server you like and stick with it. Works fine for me. Perhaps >>> you might want to go to SPUF for your specific needs. >>> >>> Dr. McKay >>> http://www.doctormckay.com >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Will Dueck >>> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 7:40 PM >>> To: [email protected].**com<[email protected]> >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Subject: [hlds] Pinion Pot of Gold blacklist? >>> >>> >>> This is a bit out of the scope of this mailing list, but does anyone >>> have access to a list of servers using the Pinion Pot of Gold that I >>> would be able to import into my client? Normally I just blacklist by >>> hand, but this garbage is becoming too ubiquitous for that to be handy >>> anymore, as I just got Pinioned five servers in a row. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, I'm sure I'm not the only one on these lists who is >>> sick and tired of dealing with this. >>> -- >>> Will Dueck >>> http://cloudsoarer.com >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<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<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<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<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >> > > > > -- > Cheers > > Terry Wrennall > > _______________________________________________ > 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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