Sure, we can stay on topic >Paul [email protected] via <https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=en> list.valvesoftware.com 2:49 PM (15 hours ago) > >to Half-Life >Need I remind you, or anyone else, that ads weren't the sole problem. The big problem was some large server farms sending false player information to the master server, and servers not following quickplay rules.
by this you must mean your affiliate partner who used to run 150 tf2 idle servers that exploited false player information to no end and farmed ads for your company motdgd. dont sit here acting like your shit ad system wasnt part of the ongoing problem. people could farm 30,000 ads from you per day using fake identities and text mode. but you knew that being a tf2 community owner. so essentially you're right, its not the ads themselves that are the problem its the people like you serving them fraudulently then hiding behind some dead link email address trying to veer the topic away from advertisements so no one knows you are one of the scumbags behind the problem On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > How about we stay on topic here? > > On 4 September 2015 at 10:42, Pat Stay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >Paul [email protected] via >> <https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=en> >> list.valvesoftware.com >> 6:47 AM (22 hours ago) >> >to Half-Life >> >Fact is I don't believe they care anymore, mostly motivated on ways to >> make more profit than community support :(. >> >> >> >> irony, brought to you in part by the thieves of motdgd >> >> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Alexander Corn <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I'm getting them as well, just set up a filter in Gmail to route those >>> messages to the trash. >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Apologies for going off topic, but I keep getting spam from different >>>> emails from someone called 'Amy Happy' via this mailing list. Other than >>>> unsubscribing from this mailing list or changing email address, is there >>>> any way I can stop this spam mail being sent to me (I assume others here >>>> are getting these messages to from her)? >>>> >>>> On 3 September 2015 at 21:41, Ross Bemrose <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> There are a few things added even just recently that are aimed >>>>> squarely at community servers. >>>>> >>>>> One big example of this is the Map Workshop. Valve servers don't use >>>>> the map workshop... it exists solely to make it easier to run a community >>>>> server without needing to host maps on your server (or Fast Download >>>>> server). It may have taken 3 months, but it looks like all the bugs have >>>>> finally been ironed out of it. >>>>> >>>>> Even minor things like changing the passtime cvars so that they aren't >>>>> marked as cheats were done for community servers. >>>>> >>>>> Does this make up for separating community servers from official Valve >>>>> servers? Probably not. >>>>> >>>>> As for the business model, it's pretty clear why QuickPlay was >>>>> introduced into the game if you look at *when* it was introduced. Valve >>>>> servers and Quickplay were introduced in the Uber Update, the same update >>>>> that made the game free to play. >>>>> >>>>> In other words, it was introduced as a hook to get people to play the >>>>> game and spend money. >>>>> >>>>> It wasn't really a surprise to anyone who used QuickPlay that Valve >>>>> eventually changed it to default to Valve servers... people already >>>>> explained the reason why further up the thread. >>>>> >>>>> It's also not a surprise that Gun Mettle contracts are restricted to >>>>> official servers. If they weren't, some enterprising person would write a >>>>> server script that duplicates the actions needed to award points and just >>>>> use it to farm from a ton of accounts, which would in turn drive down the >>>>> value of economy items. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:05 PM, ICS Staff <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 2005, community servers were first party servers, there were no Valve >>>>>> servers. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2014, community servers are 3rd party servers, Valve servers give you >>>>>> XP, drops from missions, players get directed only to Valve servers and >>>>>> community servers are in separate pool completely. >>>>>> >>>>>> What's next, you take away the drops too or are you really going to >>>>>> do something to keep us running servers or not? Too afraid to have open >>>>>> discussion about the matter? Yeah, thought so. >>>>>> >>>>>> -ics >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>> archives, please visit: >>>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ross Bemrose >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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