It's quite obvious really. Valve only makes features to benefit themselves or players, and cl_connectmethod was at face value did not do either one.
They don't care about server owners having this knowledge unless it benefits them and didn't even bother to protect the convar from spoofing by a using 1 convar flag. Its main purpose was to stop server owners from complaining about all the restrictions placed on quickplay on the flawed assumption that quickplay is a tiny and unimportant part of your player base. On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:20 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
