just a side note: get a idle kicker active on those once you have active
players which make the server "full", so it fills with active players... (say
keep 2 slots free for more active players)
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> From: Noel <[email protected]>
>To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
><[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 10:43
>Subject: Re: [hlds] Question on the legality of this (Idling Spectators)
>
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>
>To the 'OP,' so-to-speak:
>
>In my experience, you can ask yourself this question: am I talking about an
>activity that an 'entry-level' server admin might engage in with their
>'community' of close friends? If so, you are hereby declared at ease. All of
>the seemingly-hardline policies you may have seen discussed on this list are
>in place to address edge cases, exploits, and unforeseen consequences -- not
>to prevent situations like yours -- which are not really even an offense of
>any kind!
>If I understand correctly, you're describing the act of having 'regulars'
>connect as clients and idle to give the appearance of server pop.. but the
>fact is that they are actually increasing server population either way. Where
>a bot responds to triggers or conditions, a player can 'hop in' immediately.
>Worst-case scenario, an inattentive idle player is still better than a
>mediocre (read: largely idle) bot. Another way to look at it: Valid accounts
>can occupy space wherever they want, as long as they want; if it has a
>steamid, it can park anywhere.
>
>If your question was about artificially stimulating 'server pop' by planting
>bots and reporting them as players, I think we all know the answer.. but that
>doesn't seem to be the case.
>
>One final note on the matter: If you operate a server (or group of servers)
>large enough to represent a 'noticeable' chunk of the player population,
>there's no way that you will experience 'judicial action' without some
>indications that you are breaking a rule. If you operate a server (or group
>of servers) small enough that your presence on the social globe is a mere
>blip, then enforcement will be proportionally unlikely.
>
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