Yesterday I decided to do an experiment. I have made 2 experimental servers. These servers are brand new and have never been played on. They will not be in anyone's favorites or HLSW viewer. They are not real servers and will not accept incoming connections.
One of the servers is on the Internet Tab. The other one is on the Custom Tab. Since the out of game server browser does not have a Custom Tab, all servers are displayed on that. Since I really only want to count the queries made by the in-game browser so I am filtering out queries if someone queries both servers at the same exact time, some can leak through but I don't think that will affect the stats too much. http://www.voogru.com/server/queries.php This page is in real time and can be refreshed to receive instant updates. At of the time of this writing, the custom tab servers receive about a 90% reduction in queries, even after players have had the little message explaining the custom tab. I wish I would have started this experiment sooner. - voogru. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
