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On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Doctor McKay <mc...@doctormckay.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
