well it could be set to do American time zones, then Pacific time zones later, Asian time zones later (maybe split Asia in 2 cause of size), European time zones later etc. Most peeps play on servers that aren't too distant, for lower pings. So if each continent got updated during "early hours" it wouldn't cause many peeps to reach servers that haven't been updated yet. If they updated the Americas at 10am pacific, that's only 1pm Eastern time which is still quiet time. Then go around the world doing the same thing.
I could never understand the 6pm PST updates anyways. Isn't that when they're all going home from work? Forget (for a moment) the inconvenience of a properly working update, if it's a broken update then it hoses everyone during primetime and support is essentially gone til tomorrow. Why not finish an update one day, then release it at the start of the next day? That way, if there's problems with the update that don't appear til it gets out on a lot of machines, there's a whole staff available to immediately jump on making the necessary corrections. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcelo Bezerra (mailpass)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] RE: unannounced updates > So you create a complete mess where players can't connect to servers on > a different timezone because they didn't get the update yet. > > This idea is non sense. > > On Sun, 2005-12-25 at 13:18 -0500, Chris | FatPipeServer.com wrote: > > I'm sure Valve is sophisticated enough to push an update to a certain > > timezone at a certain time of the day. If you don't think so, then maybe > > you're the ignorant wretch. > > > > Go back to your hole unless you have something useful to say. People like > > you are the reason that progress on issues like this is so hard to come by. > > > > My company runs Steam updates overnight every night and also allows users to > > manually update their servers at any time using our control panel. But when > > a patch comes out at 8pm it just sucks. If I'm not allowed to say something > > about that, without a moron like you throwing in your useless remark, then > > so be it. > > > > Go to hell, and merry christmas, if that's even possible for someone as > > bitter as you! > > > > Chris > > > > --- > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:25:32 +1100 > > From: Whisper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [hlds] RE: Unannounced updates > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Thats right, its 3am to 5am > > every in the world at the same time you ignorant wretch. > > > > On 12/25/05, Chris | FatPipeServer.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I don't have a problem with unannounced updates... But it would be > > > courteous if they weren't done in the evening. Do them at 3am or 5am. > > > Doing them at midday or later on during the 6pm-midnight timeframe > > > just screws everyone up. Seriously. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > -- > > > > > > --__--__-- > > > > Message: 3 > > From: "Mick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [hlds] RE: Unannounced updates > > Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 13:26:35 -0000 > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > > He he, qualifies for reply of the year.......well said Whisper :) > > > > Seasons Greetings > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Whisper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 7:25 AM > > Subject: Re: [hlds] RE: Unannounced updates > > > > > > > -- > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Thats right, its 3am > > > to 5am every in the world at the same time you ignorant wretch. > > > > > > On 12/25/05, Chris | FatPipeServer.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> I don't have a problem with unannounced updates... But it would be > > >> courteous if they weren't done in the evening. Do them at 3am or > > >> 5am. Doing them at midday or later on during the 6pm-midnight > > >> timeframe just screws everyone up. Seriously. > > > > > > > > --__--__-- > > > > Message: 4 > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [hlds] RE: Unannounced updates > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:42:58 -0500 > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > > we all know they update at about 3pm to 5pm on the west coast time. Now, > > that puts it about 7a to 9a or earlier in Eastern Asia where Valve's major > > market is. Or it could be that they finalize there stuff just before the > > first shift crew leaves for the day. > > > > Which ever you prefer... Merry Christmas > > > > > > He he, qualifies for reply of the year.......well said Whisper :) > > > > Seasons Greetings > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Whisper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 7:25 AM > > Subject: Re: [hlds] RE: Unannounced updates > > > > > > > -- > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Thats right, its 3am > > >to 5am every in the world at the same time you ignorant wretch. > > > > > > On 12/25/05, Chris | FatPipeServer.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >wrote: > > >> > > >> I don't have a problem with unannounced updates... But it would be > > >>courteous if they weren't done in the evening. Do them at 3am or > > >>5am. Doing them at midday or later on during the 6pm-midnight > > >>timeframe just screws everyone up. Seriously. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > --__--__-- > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:57:45 +1100 > > From: Whisper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [hlds] RE: Unannounced updates > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I demand all updates be > > made at 10:30am my time Monday morning, as that gives my staff an hour and a > > half to clear their morning shit out of the way, and then the roll out can > > be done Monday morning when our servers aren't very busy, and we have the > > rest of the day to get the servers working and Valve have the whole week to > > sort out the crap from their latest update and stuff the rest of you! :D > > > > Merry Christmas > > > > > > On 12/26/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > we all know they update at about 3pm to 5pm on the west coast time. > > > Now, that puts it about 7a to 9a or earlier in Eastern Asia where > > > Valve's major market is. Or it could be that they finalize there > > > stuff just before the first shift crew leaves for the day. > > > > > > Which ever you prefer... Merry Christmas > > > > > > > > > He he, qualifies for reply of the year.......well said Whisper :) > > > > > > Seasons Greetings > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Whisper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 7:25 AM > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] RE: Unannounced updates > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Thats right, its > > > >3am to 5am every in the world at the same time you ignorant wretch. > > > > > > > > On 12/25/05, Chris | FatPipeServer.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >wrote: > > > >> > > > >> I don't have a problem with unannounced updates... But it would be > > > >>courteous if they weren't done in the evening. Do them at 3am or > > > >>5am. Doing them at midday or later on during the 6pm-midnight > > > >>timeframe just screws everyone up. Seriously. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > --__--__-- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > End of hlds Digest > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
