Or just let players report and leave these servers. There are several legit
reasons for HTML MOTDs.


On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Doctor McKay <[email protected]> wrote:

> As I'm sure most are aware, a little while ago Valve changed the TF2 MOTD
> panel so that it can't be reopened by the server if the client joins via
> Quickplay (or using the matchmaking argument on the connect command).
> However, this just prevents the MOTD panel itself from redisplaying. The
> server can still open pages in the client's MOTD panel in the background.
>
> This means that the server can still spam traffic-to-cash URLs on clients,
> many of which have noise-making Flash embedded or which open popup windows
> using JavaScript. In order to maintain the "sterile bubble" in Quickplay,
> Valve might want to consider preventing servers from opening webpages on
> Quickplay-joining clients entirely, not just preventing the panel from
> being redisplayed.
>
>
>
> Doctor McKay
> http://www.doctormckay.com
> [email protected]
>
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