Hi there ladies and lads.
I just thought I would pop by and share a little MOTD template for TF2 that I've made to fit the in-game chalkboard. I imagine this has been done a number of times before. But hey, I'm quite proud for reinventing the wheel in such a short time that it took.
It fits the in-game chalkboard quite well I believe. Although the background image could be better.
The reason why you would want to use a HTML-based MOTD over a text-based one is that you have much more freedom in layout and that you can include things like images. Or video if you're the type of person who hates your users.
You can find and download the source code at github: https://github.com/Rovanion/teamfortress-motd-template
Or you could wget that shit directly from tf.rovanion.se. Whatever suits the gentlefolks.