That "gamedir" value has been named that way forever (same as why
/depot/740/ and all the Source 1 client depots still had "Beta" in their
names).
I'm also really not a fan of how things have been handled either and
would've rather Valve Time struck again, if nothing else to put a bit
more spit-shine on things and at minimum make sure that community
servers, which have quite literally carried the Counter-Strike franchise
through its first 15 years, were part of the equation when the game was
out of the gates. I went on a bit of a tirade the other day about the CS
side having gone effectively all-in on the "hypebeast" marketing
model/M.O. and how server operators and tournament/league admins would
probably get steamrolled, and steamrolled they did. ESL's in the middle
of a series? Whatever, start shutting down & unplugging things and send
it, it's not like these groups have literal millions invested into the
franchise.
I'm kind of starting to regret not emphasizing the "please spread the
word beyond Twitter to anyone you know who doesn't use it" part of my
messaging much earlier, because I have a very strong feeling there's a
not-insignificant portion of people who are afflicted by data caps or
usage-based-billing that got a VERY rude awakening yesterday, who had no
hope of ever coming across that "What are you doing next Wednesday?"
post either directly or indirectly through another platform like reddit.
The Dota devs, when they did their Source 2 transition, did things miles
better
<http://web.archive.org/web/20150909181258/http://blog.dota2.com/> by
openly and clearly stating on the Dota 2 blog that it was coming and
that you should pre-load in advance, and then several days later said
the switch was going to be imminently flicked in a day or two, and
imminently flicked it was the next day. But nope, gotta farm engagements
like Klout is still a thing rather than taking even just an extra minute
to put a SteamVR-style "This build is a candidate for a full release."
notice.
On 9/28/2023 11:52 AM, Mecha Weasel wrote:
as of this morning, I noticed AppID 740 is now renamed "Counter-Strike
Global Offensive BETA Dedicated Server".
https://steamdb.info/app/740/info/
On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 6:43 PM Mecha Weasel
<weasel.steamid....@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for posting, that's exactly that I was looking for.
I think its stupid to launch without the community server support
day-one, but at least they acknowledged it.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5ED2-ED8E-81F4-0C18#commserver
On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 4:23 PM sevens.07sixths at icloud.com
<http://icloud.com> (via csgo_servers list)
<csgo_servers@list.valvesoftware.com> wrote:
I mean, they did say Community servers won’t be there at launch.
Can I run or play on community servers in Counter-Strike 2?
Not at launch, but Community server support is coming soon.
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Steam Support :: Counter-Strike 2 Release
<https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5ED2-ED8E-81F4-0C18>
help.steampowered.com
<https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5ED2-ED8E-81F4-0C18>
<https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5ED2-ED8E-81F4-0C18>
On 28 Sep 2023, at 00:17, Mecha Weasel
<weasel.steamid....@gmail.com> wrote:
Existing CS:GO server installation (app id 740) says it is
already up to date.
Of course, I don't believe this because manually running an
update on it via SteamCMD didn't download any new content.
Trying to connect from CS:GO / CS2 client (whatever we're
calling it), when I try to manually connect to server with
"connect" command in console, it says:
"Unable to establish a connection to the game-server"
So much for those believing that before the launch Valve
would bother to update community server operators on what's
happening, and what (if anything to do). This is EFFECTIVELY
abandonment.
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