Team Fortress 2 F2P Ban mod WTH?
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Well i didn't understand the reasoning either but i just read a comment on the "tf2 i making s***loads of money" article that made me change my mind. The reasoning is what does someone who hasn't payed for a game care about getting their account banned for griefing etc.? nothing. So they preemptively ban them to... suggest buying something in the mann. co. store (which will give them equal privileges with those who own the game), which supposedly makes them value their account more and curbs griefing and other such behaviors... Of course this is a... strange away of going about things but judging by that same article (where it's mentioned 30% of tf2 players spend money on the game) it worksSizzle Montyjing said:
It's less "grey area" and more "likely to break if Valve so much as touch the tools in question". At least, that's how past grey area mods have broken, and I wouldn't be surprised if this breaks in a similar manner.arragonder said:
Well i didn't understand the reasoning either but i just read a comment on the "tf2 i making s***loads of money" article that made me change my mind. The reasoning is what does someone who hasn't payed for a game care about getting their account banned for griefing etc.? nothing. So they preemptively ban them to... suggest buying something in the mann. co. store (which will give them equal privileges with those who own the game), which supposedly makes them value their account more and curbs griefing and other such behaviors... Of course this is a... strange away of going about things but judging by that same article (where it's mentioned 30% of tf2 players spend money on the game) it worksSizzle Montyjing said:
How does a company have a responsibility to protect people from others being dicks online. I'd sure like that insurance.JohnReaper said:
"Hey, some one tea-bag you? We auto ban them from existence."
Plus no offense if you didn't pay for anything, what does a company really owe you? WELCOME TO CAPITALISM!
If you own a server, that's your sandbox.
You get to decide who gets to play in your sandbox.
Skip the entitlement, fellows; you have no right to play on any server, because it is solely up to the administrator for the server in question whether or not you're welcome.
So, servers are not free space.
You have no rights, whatsoever.
Easy to forget, isn't it?
You get to decide who gets to play in your sandbox.
Skip the entitlement, fellows; you have no right to play on any server, because it is solely up to the administrator for the server in question whether or not you're welcome.
So, servers are not free space.
You have no rights, whatsoever.
Easy to forget, isn't it?
Yeah, you'll always find people like that on the internet. I really don't care about F2P or paid or whatever. Everyone can be killed and everyone can try to kill me, so all's fair. I find that the same people that ban F2P players are the people that ban players for winning too hard, and that does happen. It's annoyingly common sometimes...
I don't really know why anyone would want to use this and it's bad, unfair, etc. BUT if someone pays for and runs a server then they should be able to run it however they want.
God, gamers are a petty bunch. The things they feel superior about aren't half daft. In TF2 alone there's this F2P nonsense and all that crap about the Cheaters Lament, I remember casually joining a server with that funny little halo I received, took about 3 steps and got booted and banned. Strange, strange people.
There are servers that are entirely based around the trading in TF2. Free-to-Play players are restricted from trading in-game, so it makes sense for these servers to keep certain players from taking up slots other trading players could use. Perhaps some private servers hosted by douches will also apply the mod, but very few will use it overall. Luckily most of the newer players will play on Valve's dedicated servers all the time, which sort of selects them out from people who need more challenge.
