This is the problem (IMO) with a move to a forum. This list pretty much stays effective and pretty mature because it's fairly obscure, if you want/need to know about it, you do.
It's not exactly hidden, but It's not at the bottom of the steam forums, which are very active, but, well not (IMO) suited to getting straight answers to complicated issues from people who know their shit. Personally, I feel if we were forced to move to a forum, I'd struggle to continue to support valve products, I do this as a hobby. I don't have the time to look at yet another forum, but I can deal with an email or 5 an hour, keeps me up-to-date enough to be able to provide decent servers without eating into my gaming time. Not sure where this is really going. Oh yeah. Valve, Please let us keep our happy place, it's so much better suited to the job than forums are. Michael R. Matheson wrote: > I agree Sam Horn. I don't run public dedicated servers. But I do run > dedicated servers for LAN parties and for games with friends across the > internet. I find being a "member" of the mailing list helpful. I would > hate for the list to become only accessible to public server administrators. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sam Horn > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 8:36 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Important notice regarding the HLDS mailing lists > > You don't need another other than an e-mail address to sign up for the > mailing list, so I don't why it should require anything more to gain access > to the members-only section. > > - Sam Horn > > 2009/2/10 Mike Stiehm <[email protected]> > > >> I love the fact that I can get updates from the list via email. It >> looks like a lot of admins use blackbarrys or iPhones and the ability >> to use that to interact with the list is crucial. >> >> Another nice thing about this list is that it's made up of mostly >> mature server admins and not a lot of the general public so as bad as >> it gets we don't have to deal with to many non-stop B.S. sessions. >> >> A section where you have to be a member would be a great idea. Now we >> would just need some way to qualify someone that wants to join >> >> >> >> On Feb 9, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Burton Johnsey <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> 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 >>> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
