"One of the main benefits I found from being on this list however that was it is easy to interact with, given that I'm on email every day, I can quickly chime in to a conversation if I have something useful to offer."
absolutely. what would be great would be a mailing list that would automatically post in the forum. That way we could participate through email like usual as well as through the steam website. Thank you, Alec Sanger P: 248.941.3813 F: 313.286.8945 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:24:39 +1100 > Subject: Re: [hlds] Important notice regarding the HLDS mailing lists > > I think forums have an advantage over a mailing list (having been on this > list for many years) in that newcomers can find answers to questions already > answered, and other handy reference material can be kept around for others > to read. > > One of the main benefits I found from being on this list however that was it > is easy to interact with, given that I'm on email every day, I can quickly > chime in to a conversation if I have something useful to offer. > > I already post on the Steam forums, find them easy and quick to use and load > relatively quickly in my experience, and that's from Australia. > > Another benefit of the mailing list was the dedicated server update > notifications which are always very handy (the time between an update being > posted and our servers then being updated is usually only ten minutes) - > from what I read though the hlds_announce@ list (which just contained server > announcements) would have been kept around, which is great. > > I have also noticed Valve team members slowly drift away from this list, but > that may be because there is a bit more noise (in the good sense) and the > attention previously needed is no longer that necessary, as there are many > people here who already reply with helpful answers. > > One thought I had regarding the forums was their separation; currently there > are four forums (Windows/Linux srcds/hlds), when we currently have two > mailing lists (hlds, hlds_linux). > > I'm not sure what would be best, but perhaps two forums may help consolidate > the knowledge (the hlds/srcds forum would handle 90% of the support > problems), with the linux forum handling linux-specific issues? > > Cheers, > Andrew > - Plasma > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Burton Johnsey > Sent: Tuesday, 10 February 2009 12:42 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: [hlds] Important notice regarding the HLDS mailing lists > > Given the feedback received from the list, we are holding off migrating the > mailing lists to the forums. > > The intent of migrating to the forums was to leverage the benefits and > features of the forums to further strengthen the community, giving us a > central spot to gather feedback. The forum software is continually being > updated by vBulletin and is flexible enough to also allow us to add our own > features. > > To address a couple of specific concerns about the forums: > > - Membership - We can keep the membership in the DS forums private so that > random forum users cannot post. > - Moderation - We can assign moderators for specific forums. Moderators > would be volunteers from the current mailing list participants. > - Forum server performance - We have upgraded the system that runs the > forums and we do not experience the lag we were experiencing in the past > - The forums are accessible to more people than the mailing list. > > We want to make things better, not worse. We appreciate any further > feedback you have to offer. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Burton Johnsey > Date: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:38 PM > Subject: Important notice regarding the HLDS mailing lists > To: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, > Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > We will be shutting down the HLDS mailing lists on Friday, February 20th. > > After February 20th, all server discussions should take place in one of the > forums listed below. > > Windows server discussion should be conducted here: > http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=44 (Source) > http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16 (Gldsrc) > > Linux server discussion should be conducted here: > http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=45 (Source) > http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=19 (Gldsrc) > > If you have not already done so, please register a forum > account<http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/register.php>. > > NOTE: The mailing list archives will still be available for viewing. > > -BurtonJ > Valve Software > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. 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