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>It also hurts the game's image if many servers spam players with "Donate $20/mo for the INVINCIBILITY rank!"

That's a problem with the client design. Don't allow the server to send banners or any map tiles and that problem goes away.

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That isn't really a realistic solution if you also want to support the mod ecosystem (which IMO is much more valuable to a game's community than the potential downsides)

Ok, but the mod ecosystem is a separate discussion. And even if you do want the mod ecosystem, you can distribute mods as client add-ons so the mods can be evaluated independently of the host server.

Which is exactly what Gmod did, and they have this problem.

Just make mods opt-in. Vanilla servers by default.

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