While I agree with what you are saying, what does cl_connectmethod have to do with any of this? On Jan 23, 2014 9:12 PM, "Robert Paulson" <thepauls...@gmail.com> wrote:
> First they came for the custom attachments, and I did not speak out. > Because I did not use it. > Then they came for fast respawn, and I did not speak out. Because I did not > use it. > Then they came for increased slots, and I did not speak out. Because I did > not use it. > Then they came for the MOTD, and I did not speak out. Because it would hurt > others more than me. > Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me. > > This is a repeat of the "Custom Tabs" fiasco. Except Valve probably won't > remove it this time because they can wave the evidence that a minority of > players use quickplay, despite the fact that quickplay has a monopoly on > new players and without them your server is dead. Your current players > won't play TF2 forever. > > I saw this coming a mile away when Valve released the cl_connectmethod > convar. As I have said time and time again, Valve has obligations to server > owners as well as players. We, or at least I, bought TF2 expecting not to > have our hosting abilities crippled so much. > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Doctor McKay <mc...@doctormckay.com> > wrote: > > > Why? > > > > Adding a "Valve servers only" checkbox (that's checked by default) is > going > > to hurt enough (and only those communities that are playing by the rules; > > cheating communities will just steal *more* traffic from the legitimate > > communities). > > > > It's now all but impossible to try to retain a client who joined via > > Quickplay (and those are the clients we *need* to retain). We can't show > > them our website. We can't even allow them to use a menu to jump to > another > > one of our servers anymore. > > > > Please think about what you're doing. If your intention is to harm the > good > > communities, you're doing a fine job at it. > > > > Dr. McKay > > www.doctormckay.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
