Valve added a server command for that "sv_motd_unload_on_dismissal". I use it on my servers to prevent such a thing from happening.
They could have made it a clientside option instead. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Andreas Grimm <[email protected]> wrote: > Joining and leaving a gameserver with ads is not the problem ... But > hearing audio from ads (even when I am already disconnected from the > server) in hidden background websites without any possibility to turn them > off (except closing my game client) would be a problem for me personally > > > > Most of my Quickplay connects did result in a situation, where I had to > restart my game client before I was able to try it again - just to get rid > of annoying ads sounds. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Doctor McKay > *Sent:* Thursday, November 07, 2013 3:59 PM > *To:* Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > *Subject:* Re: [hlds] Coming soon: changes to TF HTML MOTD support > > > > Nobody forces you to go on servers that have ads. I fail to understand how > the fact that some servers might use advertisements affects you personally > when you can easily ignore them. > > > > > Dr. McKay > > www.doctormckay.com > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Saint K. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anything they do to battle them ad’s gets my vote. For all I care they > disable the HTML functionality all together. > > > > Back to oldskool community building where one can only survive on > donations. Donations means your servers are appreciated. > > > > Saint K. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *1nsane > *Sent:* Thursday, November 07, 2013 3:38 PM > *To:* Paul Lewis; Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [hlds] Coming soon: changes to TF HTML MOTD support > > > > There wasn't much point to running MvM servers before. Even less so now it > seems. > > Not like you can make a community around stock MvM. > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > I imagine many communities will close up on using TF2 Quickplay, whether > they will successfully move to a different game or game mode is another > question though. I'm switching from having 23 Mann vs Machine servers to > trying Slender Fortress. If servers switch to being non-reliant on > Quickplay then in my view that's partly good, as Quickplay from day one was > a bad idea in my opinion. It doesn't promote or offer options to join > servers which are run in an unofficial way (e.g. custom gamemodes or custom > maps). In the days of Team Fortress Classic players had to use the server > browser, and those days were better in my view. Custom run servers saw more > players back then than they typically do in TF2 these days. > > > > It's impossible to use the MOTD for even simple images and links, so is > practically impossible for a community to make links to things such as > donation pages to help them cover costs of their servers. I'm expecting to > see the number of Quickplay servers drop by a reasonable amount, and > possibly more non-Quickplay servers to open (custom gamemodes and/or custom > maps). > > > > On 7 November 2013 11:00, Element <[email protected]> wrote: > > I run a group of servers which are funded from MOTD impressions resulting > in my small community of players being able to play on servers setup the > way they like, for FREE. > > My servers are in the quickplay pool to help fill the empty spaces for my > community members, generating mostly full servers consisting of around a > 50-50 mix of members and quickplay traffic. > > With my community impressions alone, server costs weren't quite being met > each month. But when i added them to the quickplay pool, i was then able to > use the advertising revenue to fully pay for my servers. > > But now this is not the case, thanks to valves latest and greatest idea.... > > > I will NOT pay for these servers out of my own pocket, nor will i beg for > money from my "free" community.... > > > So thanks valve, you successfully killed my community, i guess my members > will move to some other community... the Skial scum maybe? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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