Ok, but if you have ~50% quickplay traffic, and you're retaining ~20% of it, you should be set for a while. Just don't buy any more servers for a bit.
On 1/24/14, Doctor McKay <mc...@doctormckay.com> wrote: > I log a bunch of stats about all players who connect to my community. I > queried my database. > > This is the plugin to log stats: > https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=230832 > > > Dr. McKay > www.doctormckay.com > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Nerdboy <nerdb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Can you cite your source? >> >> On 1/24/14, Doctor McKay <mc...@doctormckay.com> wrote: >> > In my experience, 19% of people who join via Quickplay come back. >> > That's >> > not an insignificant number. >> > >> > >> > Dr. McKay >> > www.doctormckay.com >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Gordon Reynolds < >> > thisisgordonsem...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> If your players were only in your servers because of quickplay, they >> >> probably do not care one iota about your Server (the entity that is >> >> the >> >> collection of your hardware, admins, regulars, plugins, etc), you were >> >> just >> >> some hallway that connected them from "not playing TF2" to "playing >> TF2". >> >> >> >> When their match is done and over, they hit disconnect, never add you >> >> to >> >> favorites, and may never show back up again. You could see this as >> "Valve >> >> stealing your quickplay traffic" or you could see this as "Valve >> rounding >> >> up the people who mash PLAYNOW and have no interest in dedicated >> servers, >> >> or server communities". >> >> >> >> It's a changing demographic - people just want to play videogames, not >> >> really sign up for a whole 'favorite server loyalty program'. >> >> >> >> And who cares if our servers "die out"? What are we out? Ego? >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Doctor McKay <mc...@doctormckay.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > For lack of a better word, this is the last stand of community >> servers. >> >> > >> >> > The smaller communities that depend on Quickplay to gain popularity >> >> > will >> >> > die out. We'll be left with nothing but the >> >> > already-large-and-established >> >> > server chains, like Lotus, Skial, Saigns, and NighTeam. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Dr. McKay >> >> > www.doctormckay.com >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Gordon Reynolds < >> >> > thisisgordonsem...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > > I'm not sure this is that big of a deal. >> >> > > >> >> > > I've yet to see a single sane suggestion on how they police bad >> >> > > servers >> >> > > other than "have people report them", which sounds like a bad idea >> >> > > for >> >> > many >> >> > > hopefully obvious reasons. >> >> > > >> >> > > These are just video game servers; you aren't making money off >> >> > > them, >> >> > > if >> >> > > they sit empty you aren't losing money off them either [more than >> the >> >> > cost >> >> > > of running the server, which you're already doing]. And if you are >> >> > (making >> >> > > or losing money), then I would say Valve wants to put those kind >> >> > > of >> >> > servers >> >> > > out, as they generally fart up the experience with donation >> requests, >> >> or >> >> > > donor perks, annoying MOTDs, sound packs, or whatever else you >> >> > > crazy >> >> > > SourceMod kiddies do nowadays. >> >> > > >> >> > > People here are acting as if this some last stand situation. >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Game-Over >> >> > > <gameover.serv...@gmail.com >> >> > > >wrote: >> >> > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > We've spoken before via Email and as an honest server operator I >> >> > > > have >> >> > > > followed your directions via email to the letter. >> >> > > > >> >> > > > So, Fletcher, please justify this ludicrous move you have now >> >> > > > made >> >> > > > to >> >> > > > Quickplay, after all of the support that we (us) genuine server >> >> owners >> >> > > have >> >> > > > given you in the past years. >> >> > > > >> >> > > > You chose this route rather than actually dealing with corrupt >> >> > > > server >> >> > > > owners themselves, which we (on this mailing list) have asked >> >> > > > you >> >> > > > to >> >> do >> >> > > on >> >> > > > multiple occasions. >> >> > > > >> >> > > > Looking forward to your reply sir. >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> >> > > > 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 >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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
