I agree with you I don't know why they can't have the files sitting on a server waiting for people to update at a dedicated time why the rush and shoving it out there when your done why not say a day ahead and say EXACTLY at 2 pm on december 24th you will have to update your servers. That way many of us that run servers can have a automated thing on our servers automaticly shut down our game servers run the update and reboot our servers? Boom fixed I always get flamed on this list but eh we all say it we just don't say it to valve. Alfred return to us PLEASE. The apes are beating us down ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:45 PM Subject: [hlds] unannounced updates
Alright, this is getting old. For the guys at Valve that don't have a clue.... WINDOWS DOES NOT AUTOUPDATE OUR CLIENT'S SERVERS!!! I don't care what cool new tool you guys add or fix to these server files but Windows server operators need some god damned NOTICE!! When the customers that bought your game have to come to us to ask why their server is down and we find out there has been an update and that's why the Linux servers aren't restarting for 20+ minutes you create support issues for GSPs. Whoever you got in there authorizing these unannounced updates needs to get in this list and NOTIFY US of this shit. Years of running your servers and still we have to put up with this bullshit. Either run ALL the world's servers or have some respect for the companies, businesses, and people that actually give your customers a place to play. The group here can flame all you want and I promise not to respond but we've absolutely had it with Alfred being the ONLY Valve staff member who actually posts to this list and when he's gone we have piles of support contacts because the monkeys in Valve take the opportunity before a major holiday to run updates (in the last case a mandatory one). Get your shit together or get out of the business. You shoved this STEAM shit down our throats and provide no way for Windows admins to autoupdate our servers. Your choices are fairly simple. Either code something into the binaries to autoupdate these things or give some god damn warning before you release shit. GGGGGRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rayne _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
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