Non-steam servers?

jSbr0 · 04-27-2012, 03:13 AM

Do steam/valve not care that people run cracked servers? They say it is illegal yet they don't do anything. I mean the game is old but it is not free. Are person's able to report these servers?

pizzahut · 04-27-2012, 07:32 AM

I don't think the servers are illegal, considering that the server software is free. So reporting these servers is useless. It's the connecting pirated clients that are illegal.

I guess Valve could remove this kind of servers from their listing, but their focus is on the Source engine. So this may be the reason why they didn't introduce a black listing on Goldsource (HL1 engine) yet.

jSbr0 · 05-07-2012, 04:25 AM

So going out of your way to host a cracked server for these people is ok? Seems a bit strange to me.

04-27-2012, 03:13 AM	#1
jSbr0 Join Date: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 3	Non-steam servers? Do steam/valve not care that people run cracked servers? They say it is illegal yet they don't do anything. I mean the game is old but it is not free. Are person's able to report these servers?

04-27-2012, 07:32 AM	#2
pizzahut Join Date: Jan 2003 Reputation: 802 Posts: 4,400	I don't think the servers are illegal, considering that the server software is free. So reporting these servers is useless. It's the connecting pirated clients that are illegal. I guess Valve could remove this kind of servers from their listing, but their focus is on the Source engine. So this may be the reason why they didn't introduce a black listing on Goldsource (HL1 engine) yet. Last edited by pizzahut: 04-27-2012 at 07:38 AM.

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05-07-2012, 04:25 AM	#3
jSbr0 Join Date: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 3	So going out of your way to host a cracked server for these people is ok? Seems a bit strange to me.