Wowsers. Every time you connect to a game, even if you are not updating, it is /checking/ to see if an update is available. Further, it also handles some of the authentication pass off.
More importantly, since Valve gets /most/ of the bandwidth for STEAM for free, it is unrealistic for you or anyone else to think that the only time someone will see an advertisement message from the people providing the bandwidth during updates. You need to provide incentive to companies like mine, NVidia, etc etc, to provide bandwidth for *your* users for free. There is a solution. Throw up a STEAM server with 10-15mb/s of bandwidth available only to people connecting to your IP ranges. The STEAM servers have that capability. This way anyone connecting to your servers will see your marketing message. I'm not sure if you noticed: But the gaming arena is changing. Gone are the days when 150,000 people connected at a night to play CS. When Valve sells 10 million copies of HL2 (they sold 6 million of HL 5+ years ago), with the number of people who have broadband, the number of people connected at night will be MUCH higher then what we see today. And the bandwidth requirements will be steeper. Someone's got to provide the bandwidth. Now stop ranting! Shane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vernon Riley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 1:10 PM Subject: [hlds_linux] valve advertising crap when someones joining my server I host > Well that is total bs because valve is guilty of false advertising at this > point. They are showing an ad that is misleading. Yes, that ad may be for a > 'content provider' but its misleading in the fact that 99.9999% of people > that see that ad think its from my company or that I have been bought out by > my competitors or whatever. > > The bottom line is this. Its MY server. Its MY bandwidth. Its MY cs server > thats showing someone elses ads. > > The only justifiable time for valve to show ANY ad is when a consumer is > updating their local cs install and steam shows an ad while they are > updating. > > That being said, f*ck valve for releasing steam. F*ck valve for increasing > the cpu usage by 40% +. Also, F*ck valve for not giving a shit and not > listening to the community and not giving one GD iota of care or concern for > the problems that have resulted for us admins as a result of the cpu usage > and the bugs. > > I will actively support and test a server side hack to insert my own ads > when someone connects to one of MY servers and use MY bandwidth to play a > game or download a map. I sure hope someone comes out with a hack for it. > > As for you valve, get your act together. We are the lifeblood of the cs > community. Without server providers you cant sell crap because no one will > have anywhere to play. Start listening to us and fixing things or your gonna > find yourself standing around with your dick in your hand while we rent out > our spots to anything other than a valve/steam product. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
