Does no-steam login or changing maps cause reputation loss? I also see an incentive to start DDoS attacks on established servers now.
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Saul Rennison <[email protected]>wrote: > High pings have minimal effect on gameplay, it will affect the high pinger > far more than any attackers. > > Interpolation makes a 500ms player seem smooth (assuming minimal loss) > > > Kind regards, > *Saul Rennison* > > > On 25 November 2011 19:31, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Imagine one troll making your server lose -15 points, a 24 slot server > > gains 1000-3000 per week or even more depending how full it is and how > long > > players stay. Match the odds and see how much does it affect. Answer: not > > much. Kick the idiots away. > > > > -ics > > > > 25.11.2011 21:25, E3pO kirjoitti: > > > > Any clue if kicking players for high ping kills server reputation? I > have > >> my high ping set to 200 and it kicks someone ever 30 minutes or so for > >> high > >> ping. > >> > >> What if someone joins the server and starts trolling instantly? Voice > >> Spam, > >> Hacking, or something to that nature. Does banning them hurt server > >> reputation because they leave and their playing time wasn't up to the > >> positive reputation point? > >> > >> What if the server is empty and someone joins and then leaves right > away? > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 1:59 PM, ics<[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> As i recall, it's ip-based so if one server running on port 27055 gets > >>> banned, all servers running that ip get banned too. So just changing > port > >>> might reset your negative reputation score. > >>> > >>> Someone already mentioned - this reputation predates the server > >>> registering system about a year so most of the people who have been > >>> running > >>> server long time naturally have more reputation than the ones that just > >>> started. It doesn't really matter anyway, since the reputation is only > >>> there to make sure bad servers get bad rep and eventually banned from > >>> server pool so folks don't go into those bad servers anymore. > >>> > >>> -ics > >>> > >>> 25.11.2011 13:28, E3pO kirjoitti: > >>> > >>> Looks to have something to do with ports for sure... The -700 server > is > >>> on > >>> > >>>> the same IP as one that is now at +25 after some playing. They are > port > >>>> 27015 and port 27016. > >>>> > >>>> Definitively bound to server ip's port. > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Asher Baker<[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Jeff Sugar<[email protected]> > >>>> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Going back to the topic at hand: Good question as to what it is tied > >>>>>> to. > >>>>>> One would think the IP would be at least partially involved, maybe > >>>>>> it's > >>>>>> stored by both in case only the IP or only the token changes. 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