Maybe you should consider that the game isn't being made for the server operator, but for the player.
On 1/24/14, Doctor McKay <mc...@doctormckay.com> wrote: > My community's rules are intended to provide the best experience possible > to the players (which is the best way we can grow). But I guess you > wouldn't understand that. > > > Dr. McKay > www.doctormckay.com > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Nerdboy <nerdb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Maybe you should consider that the game isn't being made for the >> server operator, but for the player. You'd have caught that point if >> you weren't dodging it by defending your server's rules. >> >> On 1/24/14, Doctor McKay <mc...@doctormckay.com> wrote: >> >> No I mean you, as the big dogs, are part of the problem and should >> >> scale >> > back your networks if you're concerned about the little guy. >> > >> > I'm concerned about the possibility of future growth of TF2. The fact >> that >> > Valve is actively trying to cripple community servers is not my fault. >> I'm >> > not going to shut down services due to Valve's mistakes. >> > >> >> This move might go "against server operators", but at the same time it >> >> simplifies >> > life for the hundreds of thousands of people who DON'T run a >> > server, and would rather push one button and be playing a video game, >> > without worrying about whatever server they'll be redirected to, or >> > some >> > admin that will ban you for "Insubordination", or for wearing the wrong >> > clan tag (seriously go read the rules for some of these servers: >> > https://firepoweredgaming.com/forums/page/rules and try not to laugh). >> > >> > Congratulations on attacking a straw man. I don't need to defend myself >> > against the likes of you, but I'll do it anyway just to humor you. You >> come >> > on my servers, you break a rule, an admin tells you to stop. You refuse >> to >> > comply. You get banned. >> > >> > You come on one of my servers and wear my community's tag without going >> > through the membership process. The server removes the tag from your >> > name >> > and informs you why. You decide to replace the brackets with >> > parenthesis >> to >> > get around the restriction. You get renamed by an admin. You continue >> > to >> do >> > it, you get banned. >> > >> > But please feel free to continue to berate me if you feel that it helps >> > your argument, just as you're accusing others of doing. >> > >> > >> > Dr. McKay >> > www.doctormckay.com >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Gordon Reynolds < >> > thisisgordonsem...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Yes the newcomers need to face the "big dogs" with hundreds of >> >> servers. >> >> >> >> No it's not "fair", but who was making the assumption that running a >> Team >> >> Fortress 2 server must be some fair utopia where we all split the >> >> amount >> >> of >> >> players evenly among ourselves? >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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
