Why not just require servers that run advertisements to add an "ads"
tag, then add two checkboxes to quickplay:

1) Disable servers with ads
2) Change maxplayers to 32

Much like those who were running fake clients, penalize those who are
attempting to hide their ad-based server tags by removing them from
quickplay.  This method would also allow for 32 player servers to
effectively compete in the quickplay market (another argument, I know).

This change hardly affected our servers due to most the benefits users
play with via the MOTD are for donors only, which quickplayers wont have
access to anyway.  However, this does mean that I will personally never
click the quickplay button again, due to potential lost user experience
with various mods (radio is a big one).  Not that one user means
anything to Valve though.

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