Been a while since I posted anything here, first of all I thank you all very much for participating in this group and supporting the customisable signature generator tool :).

Now, down to business, the following is about MOTDgd, a new service I thought I'd share here incase anyone knows anybody who is interested in using it.

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MOTDgd.com announcement:
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Made by one dedicated game player, MOTDgd is set out to be a fairly customisable and rewarding asset to community owners with one or more gameservers. Unlike some, we realise that servers aren’t objects that grow on trees, we realise they cost money, so we’re here to try and help offset that.

Why choose us?
- We currently have no forced timers, and we will try and keep it this way as we believe they just intrude and upset people, making them less encouraged to listen to any ads.
- Our advertising is more focused towards young people and gamers thanks to the advertising network we use.
- We can offer a near 100% fill rate worldwide thanks to the advertising network we use!
- We offer competitive CPM rates for popular countries, such as the USA, Canada and United Kingdom currently.
- We offer statistics in near real-time and closely monitor for unusual activity.
- We tend to show advertisements which are more relevant to a young audience, or gamers in general.
- We have a referral scheme which currently offers 10% of what the referred user earns, excluding their referral earnings.
- We have a clean interface and MOTD advertisement page, we intend to follow the K.I.S.S rule (keep it simple stupid).
- MOTDgd is run by a gamer, developed by a gamer, made for other gamers.

So, what are you waiting for? Apply now if you're a community owner that runs Source gameservers such as Team Fortress 2, or if you wish to earn from our referral scheme!

http://motdgd.com/

Those familiar with the tf2stats.com blacklist server list will know that it's no longer operational sadly. This blacklist enabled users to for example filter servers which faked the appearance of bots. I intend to make my own version and and website along with it, and if successful, will see if tf2stats.com is interested in adopting my version.

Feedback is welcome, additionally if you hate servers which fake bot appearance, ask for donations for 'premium' features such as infinite ammo, or servers which allow enemies to spawn camp outside your spawn area then please join the group at http://steamproxy.net/groups/antisaigns and invite your friends.

Thanks,
Ixel.

Over the next few days one or two servers will begin to open to the public. The first game will be Team Fortress 2, and if any of you remember the first cGamer tagged Team Fortress 2 server which was run by me then you'll remember that I made some plugins which altered the gameplay.

For example, ctf_2fort no longer was just CTF, it was CTF and KOTH mixed together. Each team had a starting influence of 1000, for every 1 capture point a team was ahead of the opposing team, the team ahead gained the capture point(s) on their influence whilst the other team lost the capture point(s) on their influence. The first team to reach 0 influence lost the round. Quite fun at the time, but I had to close the server because I couldn't keep up with the rapid updates Team Fortress 2 was having at that time.