Simple answer is if Valve open more of their own vanilla servers, prioritise their servers on QP/MM against other non-Valve servers, and as a result they pay for the costs of upkeep. Nobody has lost out that way, gamers get a guaranteed experience of no plugins modifying the game in any single way, Valve's 'image' isn't effected by any single plugin that wasn't part of the game, need I go on further...
On 17 June 2013 00:25, Liquid Source <[email protected]> wrote: > WOW, cry harder Supreet. If money is a problem for you may I suggest you > get a real job instead of glomming off of other people?! Destroying the > reputation of a company such as Valve by posting crap information to gamers > and changing the whole game experience is just bad for business. If Valve > decides to remove the motd functionality to keep people from tarnishing > their image I know hundreds of server owners that will stand behind them. I > also find your comparison of Valve to the Nazi's to be very offensive. > Please refrain from such hate mongering. You are not the victim here, the > people that play the game and Valves public image are. > > Server rules... If they are to lengthy for a chat display they > should be on a separate webpage, so just display the url to your servers > web page. Most game host providers offer web space with the rental of a > game server anyway. > > > > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:13:10 -0400 > > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 MOTD and Quickplay > > > > Doctor, why don't you pay the $300-400 dedicated server bills and other > expenses that server owners have to pay to keep their community running. > > > > It's as simple as this, a server forces you to see ads, leave it and > don't come back. Why are you trying to be a Nazi government trying to > control what server owners want to do. > > > > Look Valve, we pay for these servers okay. Dedicated servers aren't > cheap, we need to make money to recovery costs. What you are basically > doing is stunting one community's growth. > > > > If you continue to create features that will just add more and more > restrictions for server owners, why don't you just become like one of the > game publishers that don't even let users host dedicated servers. > > > > Just take away our server powers and how about this Valve? Why don't you > just host all the servers for us and leave us the headache? How much extra > server dollars will that cost you Valve, and also how much manpower will > you need to maintain those 1000s of servers running plugins that people > LOVE! > > > > It's easy for you to just toss up Vanilla servers in there with no > configurations and setups but do realize the amount of hours and hardwork > server owners put in their community. We build it from ground up. How would > you like it Valve is "Example Gaming Regulation" told you, you can't push > certain updates and release a set group of weapons and items. > > > > The point is this - we pay full cost for our communities, so let us do > THINGS to cover for the cost. Otherwise, make srcds use less RAM and CPU so > we don't have to buy expensive servers. > > > > I speak on behalf of many community owners who are irritated by people > stirring up something every few weeks for no reason. Yeah I'm talking about > you Doctor. > > > > Your TF2 would be NOTHING if it wasn't for us hard working community > owners who provide great servers for your playerbase to play at. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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