I also wanted to quickly point out that according to McKay's graph (http://i.imgur.com/91xNnU1.png), quickplayers are mostly free-to-play folks. This means that Valve has made absolutely no money on them in regards to TF2. The people who are using the community market and buying things in the Mann Co Store are the ones who generally play on community servers. The whole "I want to look cool in-game" business model doesn't really work on people who are constantly playing with randoms. Users need to get matched to community servers in order for them to regularly play with the same people, make in-game friends, and ultimately buy items.
I'm sure Valve has more statistics on that that we do, but from what where I sit, this decision seems somewhat silly. Maybe their hopes are that less people will use the quickplay system, which could totally happen, but not before a bunch of good communities die out due to lack of traffic. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
