# Game Server Hosts: Please Do Not Spam the Directory Server with Fake Game Servers

**URL:** https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/game-server-hosts-please-do-not-spam-the-directory-server-with-fake-game-servers/3096
**Category:** ioquake3
**Created:** [September 21, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/game-server-hosts-please-do-not-spam-the-directory-server-with-fake-game-servers/3096 "2025-09-21T03:46:50Z")
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### Author: ![MrNuclearMonster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.ioquake.org/mrnuclearmonster/32/820_2.png) [@MrNuclearMonster](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/MrNuclearMonster)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/game-server-hosts-please-do-not-spam-the-directory-server-with-fake-game-servers/3096/1 "2025-09-21T03:46:50Z")

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Originally published at: [Game Server Hosts: Please Do Not Spam the Directory Server with Fake Game Servers – ioquake3](https://ioquake3.org/ioquake3/game-server-hosts-please-do-not-spam-the-directory-server-with-fake-game-servers/)  
   
One of the discussions that has come up after our recent move to the mpdirectory server software has been players alerting us to false entries in the server browser for game servers that are duplicates of others or are inflating their player counts without using the built-in bots that actually can provide a gameplay feature.…