You mean just like the custom tags debarcle?
Players dont choose to do this, they just dont know there's an option
to choose otherwise hence kill servers which would otherwise provide
potentially a better experience :(
Come on just read what your wrote here:
"Lobby leaders can now specify in lobby settings whether to search
for an official dedicated server or for the best available dedicated
server. If the official dedicated search fails it will then default
to the best available dedicated server automatically"
You have better dedicated server available yet your choosing to
connect the player to an official server instead? Why would anyone
want that? At the very least you should be using the better
dedicated if it has no altered settings.
Your making third party servers second class servers. How do you
think that makes people feel when they spend good money to run
it and large amounts of time to admin it?
I understand the concept behind ensuring new players get a consitent
play experience but yet again this is the wrong way of achieving it.
Regards
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Eid" <[email protected]>
> http://store.steampowered.com/news/2349/
>
> That's what is going on. Left 4 Dead players are now going to official
> servers by default. Since the nature of the lobby system would allow for
> people to end up on any random server out there, the Left 4 Dead experience
> was being ruined by modded servers. If you create a lobby and look under
> Game Settings, you now have the options of Official Dedicated(default), Best
> Available Dedicated and Local Server. It's now up to the player to decide
> which type of server he or she wants to end up on.
>
> My guess, which can't be all that far off just by noticing what's been
> mentioned here on HLDS, is that players are using the default of Official
> Dedicated because it guarantees them the cleanest experience possible.
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