I agree with this 100% - WHY?? Having this to start with is a community killer then you tack on having it checked by default.
I don't think Valve understands that without the support of communities the player counts for games like TF2 will start to diminish much faster, faster than they can produce more pointless additions to the game. My only hope is this change is reverted asap and the future shows more community support well before they release a new character to play as. -----Original Message----- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Doctor McKay Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:12 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: [hlds_linux] Prevent game servers from redirecting players to alternate servers when players connect through quickplay 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
