Neither Pinion nor Valve have anything to do with the shady hidden
background ads, that was started by questionable server operators looking
to earn even more money from Pinion's success - it's against the Pinion ToS
so they now go to shady ad providers that don't care about legitimate
traffic or any complaints, at least Pinion tried to bring in advertisers
with relevant products.
~~~~~
"Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve." - Edward Lear
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 10:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> I saw the MOTD update news hit the mailing list a day or two ago and
> quickly dismissed the posting. So forgive my ignorance. Does this update
> mean my simple html that has my communities logo, server rules, list of
> other game servers I run and where to join my forums and how to contact
> admins is no longer going to work?
>
> That is ridiculous if this is the case. A simple ASCII looking limited txt
> file has no pizazz and flare. Although I am personally opposed to running
> ads on my MOTD's or servers, if others have to sponge money by falsely
> giving the impression to foolish advertisers that pay thousands a month
> that think the majority of the 15 year old kids are actually seeing or pay
> mind to those ads, more power to them.
>
> A quick way to put a stop to that is start individually contacting "Uncle
> Bucks Leeto Storage Sheds" or whoever these idiotic advertisers are and
> telling them they are paying for ad impressions to a vast number of 15 and
> younger individuals playing a video game who pay no mind to the ads. Also
> informing them of the ads being subversive and ran as a background,
> minimized process will only help encourage them to drop "impression
> advertising". But hey, if your a server owner whose personality can not
> allow a game server community to ride and you have to rely on quickplay and
> steam browser ads, then do what you got to do. More power to you.
>
> Underhanded sponging funds off hidden ads or video ads just makes you a
> buttlicker.
>
> If Valve takes any form of partnership in such activities, well that makes
> them equally buttlickers as well. That's like Van Halen without Dave, Queen
> without Freddy, Metallica after releasing their stupid "Sandman" album.
> If the case, then we can expect any day to hear Lars Ulrich's winy voice
> complaining...
>
> As I said in the past, this Pinion gig, brilliant idea, wished I had
> thought of it. However, what I feel is that what this will lead too is
> forced advertising on my game servers. If this should ever become the case
> I simply will not host those servers that force advertising. I buy your
> games in fours for my family. I host servers for your games and have since
> day one. I buy extra games and give them away. I run a website promoting
> your games. I do enough. I no longer play TF2 and still run the damn
> servers...
>
> I want a special Badge and Hat for that commitment...
>
> Hutch
>
>
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