Note to self: take me off this damn list, useless! --- Dan Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A boycott would accomplish nothing. The MP servers are not a > revenue source for Valve other than to entice more people to purchase > the next game. Those CS:S servers are what will make people buy > Red Orchestra sight unseen, but they've already bought CS:S. > Worse, what incentive would Valve have to spend resources creating > patches if their multi-player community dried up? Valve and we form > a symbiotic relationship. If we break our side of it, we break their > side as well. Likewise, if Valve quits supporting the games we'll > have no incentive to host them. We each must pull our weight. > > That said, there's nothing that prevents us from organizing > and providing constructive (and perhaps persuasive) feedback. On > your forums perhaps get a top 10 list of things valve should > concentrate on fixing for your game of choice. In-game maybe every > 30 minutes flash "Go to http://www.valve-bugs.org to note bugs" or > whatever you feel appropriate. Bring this list to these forums and > now valve has constructive, useful feedback to base their decisions > on. > > Complaining to a game developer though from our position is kind > of like a user complaining to the help desk -- at some point the > desire > to help is squashed unless there's also some positive feedback as > well. > > - Dan > > * Dan Sorenson DoD #1066 A.H.M.C. #35 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * Vikings? There ain't no vikings here. Just us honest farmers. * > * The town was burning, the villagers were dead. They didn't need * > * those sheep anyway. That's our story and we're sticking to it. * > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
