Please search the archives for a description of how the master servers returns servers to you.
- Alfred Caesar Engroba wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Hello Everyone! > > > > I seemed to have found something interesting and I'm wondering If > other > people have noticed or if it's just me... > > > > The problem began when users were complaining of no one joining their > servers, which I believed to be normal when a new server was created > and > just put on the Valve master list. These things just take time. > Right? > > However, upon further investigation I began to notice users who had an > IP Address of 7X.X.X.X where a lot more popular fairly quick compared > to > others with different IPs (Such as 204.X.X.X or 216.X.X.X, etc) I > fired > up Steam and refreshed my list, sure enough the first 1000 or so > started > with the ip of 7X.X.X.X!! Now, I know not all of them start with a 7 > but > the majority of them do. > > I asked some of my friends located in different parts of the country > (USA) and they reported the same! This can't be a coincidence. > > This clearly puts anyone with a different IP to a disadvantage. Out of > (Millions?) of users that use Steam to browse for CS, CS Source, etc > games who actually goes and Sorts their game servers? I do however I > can > assure you most people don't, they just want to browse and find a game > quick. > > I am interested in what other people think about this, maybe with > enough > commotion we can get valve to fix this... > > Thanks! > > > > PS. If this issue has already been discussed please forgive me, I > quickly skimmed through the mailing list and found nothing related. > > > > > > > > > > Caesar Engroba > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > 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
