-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Valve don't care. They only post to say "we finish an update. BEND OVER HERE IT COMES!!"
Get over it and move on. Find a workaround. Shut your sever down. I REALLY DONT CARE BUT PICK ONE AND MOVE ON SO WE CAN END THIS THREAD!! On 3/1/08, Andrew DeMerse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > The one I don't get is alltalk, that apparently makes your server a custom > server. As someone who runs 3 servers, this means that all of them are now > harder to fill. Alltalk is actually preferred by the community I help run, > so turning it off isn't really an option. Why does every patch seem to make > it more difficult for us server admins? > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Custom tab is / will kill of popular servers :( > > Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:48:22 -0500 > > > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > --------------------------------------------------- > > >Most players are stupid they either don't notice the "tabs" > > >or don't know what it means, hence don't even bother clicking > > >it. > > --------------------------------------------------- > > The majority of the people are stupid, that coupled with the fact that > > "Custom" maps appear on the internet and that stock 32 player server > appear > > on the Custom tab and the confusion deepens. Valve knows that the stupid > > people won't be able to understand why they lag on a server with 32 > players > > and why they don't lag on a server with 2 players. So by default they > want > > to make it so the stupid people or the uninformed people would see the > > Stock/Vanilla servers. Not everyone will know what the Custom tab is > for, > > and only some people will try to figure out what it's for (Smart or > > Adventurous ones). > > > > But the thing is, they have been allowing this for 5months now? Maybe > more? > > They tried to stop us by doing 2 minor things before all of which have > been > > bypassed. As was this third one. Valve shouldn't just do nothing for a > while > > and now move us to the other tab and hope we will all thank them for it. > > It's understandable why they want to do this with their game but it's > too > > late now. If people can play my physics map that has 200+ prop_physics > > entities on a 24 player server on the Internet tab then I don't see why > they > > can't play on a Stock Maps server on the internet tab when it's at 32 > > players. For most people the map with 200 physics props will lag more > than > > the 32 player server. > > > > Just make one list, and if stupid people keep on complaining about being > > unable to join a 255 player server on their 666Mhz processor then add a > > filter that checks itself automatically depending on hardware (Also make > > sure that it can by unchecked by anyone). > > > > I would say that they should add the Custom tab functionality to the > > Internet list but that would not address the fact that stupid people > won't > > be smart enough to use the filters and will still join the servers that > they > > can't possibly play. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > >Can't you just make your server normal and have it shown on the > Internet > > tab? > > > > > >Surely servers with mods should be niche and people should go looking > for > > them. > > --------------------------------------------------- > > Apparently 26+ player servers which have no mods are also on the custom > tab. > > That is without any player limit raising mods or anything. > > I have removed all the mods/customizations from my servers before I put > them > > back on the Internet list (At 26 and 32), but they have been quite > popular. > > Mostly full since the update.. > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _________________________________________________________________ > Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star > power. > http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan > -- > > _______________________________________________ > 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
