I can chime in here, over 4200 members on a invite only group. Mass inviting is a cancer, and I'm glad Valve put a limit to it.
Going on a tirade and calling Valve EA is not going to support your argument, you're just going to look like you just stepped out of r/gaming which dosen't give you much in terms of credibility. We don't need the EA is omg evil circlejerk over here in unrelated topics. On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Flubber <flub...@gmail.com> wrote: > "but what's the solution > for groups (like I mentioned above) who only invite people who visit their > servers and give them a chance to be part of a community of group." > > For me that's the definition of spamming as much as random invites. > As ICS we don't used bots or mass invites, our group count around 4500 > people, all of them have requested to be invited since we limited joining > to members invite only. This way we know that each of those members really > want to join the group, and not just click on a random invite. > > Best regards > > > > 2014/1/22 ics <i...@ics-base.net> > > > I remember these big groups using invite bots to invite people in. Some > > even had a bot that sent an invite once player connected to their > server. I > > also remember competing group in same country as i did, growing slower > than > > mine. Suddenly they had 13 000 more people in due to bot. > > > > I never used bot and never will, having only 2422 users but every single > > one has made a decision to join in by themselves. Big groups are just > full > > of people that accept invites blindly because they want to belong > > somewhere. The group numbers are simply useless and not a good comparison > > how "good" the community is. > > > > So if i were you, i'd stop worrying. > > > > -ics > > > > > > Supreet kirjoitti: > > > > Hello, > >> > >> This message is directed at the nut job working at EA who had the > biggest > >> influence on throttling group invites. > >> > >> Right now, groups like Skial, Lotus, Kill-Streak, Fug and many other > >> groups > >> are dropping faster than the twin towers. > >> > >> Why? Because someone decided to complete handicap the group invite > limit. > >> > >> I'm not going to even bother writing anything provided you don't have > >> common sense or a simple understanding of mathematics principle. > >> > >> The only thing that is happening to big groups right now is the numbers > >> are > >> decreasing. The amount of players that are being invited through random > >> friends compared to the amount of people leaving is so offset that > >> eventually - in the future, the group will have half its current > members. > >> > >> Steam Community is a beautiful thing and groups are useful is posting > >> important announcements and putting out events to get servers filled up. > >> Why are you stunting a community's growth by these methods? > >> > >> People leaving a group is perfectly normal, but what's also normal is > >> refreshing an audience. There need to be people LEAVING and JOINING at > the > >> same time. Right now, the ratio is so offset that the groups will ONLY > DIE > >> OVER TIME. > >> > >> By the way, you found a solution to spam inviters, but what's the > solution > >> for groups (like I mentioned above) who only invite people who visit > their > >> servers and give them a chance to be part of a community of group. > >> > >> Sincerely, > >> A proud community owner > >> > >> Someone from EA.. Oh did I get that mixed up. My bad, didn't see a > >> difference there. Someone from Valve please comment on this and what do > >> you > >> suggest as a solution to big groups with dropping numbers every day. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
