vanilla == no tags, surely.

or only the gamemode tags.

Now, what we need next is to get this in the Steam server browser, not just
the in game one.

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Richard Eid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I wouldn't be against the idea of servers coming pre-set with a 'Vanilla'
> tag by default, but only if there aren't any more shenanigans with
> falsifying the tag info.  For example, John Doe decides to get a server
> going, so he downloads it, adds some custom gameplay elements, then uses a
> plug-in to keep the server with the only tag of 'Vanilla', while
> short/insta-spawn and low gravity, among other things, remain in play on
> his
> server.
>
> For everyone who is going to play by the rules, what do you feel should
> become of those that skirt the system now?  Would delisting be a fair
> solution?
>
> For those that will NOT be properly using tags as intended, why not?  In my
> first e-mail in this thread, I posted a link to a thread in the Steam
> forums
> in which a server op said that he's not going to use tags purely to bring
> more traffic to his server.  How do you all feel about this now?  As a
> player, it's frustrating because it's basically a glimpse into the
> near-future and that glimpse tells me it's not going to get any better as
> I'm sure he won't be the only one who will do it.
>
> I guess there's going to be some falsifying of the tag info no matter what
> happens, but it'd be nice to keep it to a minimum.
>
> Also, for everyone that's responded here, thanks for making me feel better
> about going into the server browser now.  It looks like it's not going to
> be
> that difficult to find the games I am looking for, save for the few
> holdouts
> who don't care about tricking people into connecting to their servers.
> Thank you all again for your time.
>
> -Richard Eid
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:48 PM, SakeFox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > i was kinda surprised that when you turn cheats on it doesn't auto tag
> >
> > Ronny Schedel wrote:
> > >> IMO Valve should quickly add a "auto-tagging" feature like that.
> > >>
> > >
> > > There is already an auto tagging system. It's working like before. If
> you
> > > change some parameters, like maxplayers, crits, respawn times, it will
> > > autmatically added to sv_tags.
> > >
> > >
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