Re: [hlds] The policy of truth is still in effect

2012-01-25 Thread Miikka Virtanen
Hey, If I have reserved slots hidden from the normal slots, is that counted as being against these guidelines? If taken literally, then yes, it is against them. Then again, it's also not with malicious intent (and I'm not sure how it would bother anyone), so I'm not sure if it's allowed.

Re: [hlds] The policy of truth is still in effect

2012-01-25 Thread Eli Witt
Considering the hidden slots are provided by two console commands provided by Valve, I'd say you're being far too anal. On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:59 AM, Miikka Virtanen drag...@dragory.netwrote: Hey, If I have reserved slots hidden from the normal slots, is that counted as being against

Re: [hlds] The policy of truth is still in effect

2012-01-25 Thread Fletcher Dunn
I think we'd have to be real s to ban people for using a feature that's built into the engine. From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Eli Witt Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 3:24 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing

[hlds] The policy of truth is still in effect

2012-01-24 Thread Fletcher Dunn
Yesterday the Team Fortress team took further action pursuant to the policy of truth that was announced in December of last year. We delisted some servers that were reporting inaccurate information in server-browser-related communications. Our goals are for players to be able to find the

Re: [hlds] The policy of truth is still in effect

2012-01-24 Thread Eli Witt
Keep up the good work Fletch! On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Fletcher Dunn fletch...@valvesoftware.comwrote: Yesterday the Team Fortress team took further action pursuant to the “policy of truth” that was announced in December of last year. We delisted some servers that were reporting

Re: [hlds] The policy of truth is still in effect

2012-01-24 Thread wm
Very good stuff Fletcher and team! Sent via BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Eli Witt eliw...@gmail.com Sender: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:18:07 To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing listhlds@list.valvesoftware.com Reply-To:

Re: [hlds] The policy of truth is still in effect

2012-01-24 Thread Spencer 'Voogru' MacDonald
Hi Fletcher, One thing I used to do, but stopped in case it might cause problems in the future, was manipulate queries to players who were deemed to have reserved slots (by storing their IP addresses, and then modifying the query sent to those addresses). What I did was simply increase the