It could work, giving us the same beta options as the steam client and such. Imagine if we went into the steam options and enabled the "beta testing" option. Then we could see the client update intended for release and test it prior to being a mass problem for everyone.
Right now they are shooting a loaded gun into a dark room hoping it won't hit anyone. Sure every now and then everything goes smoothly but mostly someone always gets hit. -----Original Message----- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Arg! Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:27 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Update Coming since the dedicated server is free and theres no NDA or similar licensing arrangement, and in the case of most updates the client has to be updated as well, this would never work. On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 10:17 AM, SmOoThEm <ad...@righttorule.com> wrote: > That's awesome, I didn't have anything else to do today besides try to fix > mystery updates and problems being reintroduced into my servers. > > WE NEED A BETA PERIOD, MAKING PATCHES FINAL WITHOUT TESTING FORCES EVERYONE > TO SCRAMBLE TO FIND SOLUTIONS NORMALLY ENDING IN HORRIBLE OUTCOMES! > Im sure everyone on this list would love to have a beta testing period for > patches given we have a large community invested in the quality of our > servers with a minimal downtime requirement. Valve, at least give us one > day > to test and patch our server plug-in's before final release? > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Arg! > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:01 PM > To: voo...@voogru.com; Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Update Coming > > thanks for the advance heads up, now, wheres my debugging stick. > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:55 AM, <voo...@voogru.com> wrote: > > > Fixing problems, then introducing new problems. > > > > ------Original Message------ > > From: Saul Rennison > > Sender: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > ReplyTo: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Update Coming > > Sent: Mar 5, 2009 5:43 PM > > > > Which will bring...? > > > > 2009/3/5 Jason Ruymen <jas...@valvesoftware.com> > > > > > A required update for Team Fortress 2 will be released later today, > > > hopefully within the next hour or two. > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > - Saul. > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
