Yeah, I remember the WON shutdown fiasco. I joined back when TFC and DM ruled, and no one knew much about this quirky mod called Counter-Strike. I remember the day then the total number of HL servers online reached the 1000 mark. I think there were only 500 or so when I first got started.
Is the Steam server browser on the fritz, or are there really ten times are many CS servers as there are CS:Source servers? ----- Original Message ----- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: "'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] Important notice regarding the HLDS mailing lists > > I learned a lot from this list, join around the 1.5 days say won shutdown, > release of hl2 and the custom tab discussions. I was mostly a listener, I > do > remember when Alfred would answer e-mails. Thanks a lot guys I will take > look at the steam forum Most likely never use it. but as far as I am > concerned valves statements about supporting server admins and mod authors > just became untrue and an all out lie to me. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ook > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 5:29 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Important notice regarding the HLDS mailing lists > > I've been on this list longer then most of you. Having Alfred here was a > real treat, and there have been a few others that have come and gone over > the years. But for the most part, we've been on our own. > > I don't really blame them for shutting the list down. Valve has made some > unpopular decisions lately, and we on this list have not hesitated to tell > Valve how stupid we though they were for doing whatever they were doing. I > think it started going downhill back about the time Valve decided to push > Steam on us. There was a huge pushback, but Valve didn't care - they did > it > anyhow. Likewise for several other decisions they have made that have been > less then popular with us. Steam seems to have worked out OK for the most > part, but I can't say the same for other things they have done. > > I guess it doesn't really matter anymore. I for one won't be joining the > forums. I don't have the tolerance for their Nazi moderators, which is why > I > > left the verc forums a long time ago. When this list goes away, I guess > I'll > > be going away also. > > Can I get out the Thwack! stick one last time, and this time use it on > Valve? > > > s > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
