It's Monday. My server's gone. Really, what's the point?
L4D has been the worst game out of Valve in a long time. Horrible terms of content/$. Game-breaking balance issues (melee spam, closet/corner humping, etc.). Stupid lobby system. Severe lack of content (no, the Spring update does not entice me at all). Unprecedented lack of communication and support for server operators. I somehow justified paying $50 for L4D. I can not justify maintaining a server for the game any longer, only to have it sit completely unused. It seems to me there was a marked change in Valve's output (in every sense) some time shortly after the launch of TF2. From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [hlds] L4D Client Update Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:51:24 -0700 If it's not fixed today, my server will be shut down. What the hell is the point? My server is 100% pure vanilla. No traffic. > Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:13:08 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [hlds] L4D Client Update > > El oh el... if only we could roll back. The larger 3/11 update was fine and > fixed a few things that needed attention. However, the 3/12 update left many > of us bone dry as far as seeing any public traffic, the 3/13 update made no > difference. > > Sent from the barren dessert... > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Ronny Schedel <[email protected]> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:49:25 AM > Subject: Re: [hlds] L4D Client Update > > We did not update the servers yet, because it is not required. Servers are > all full. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Whelan" <[email protected]> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 2:47 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds] L4D Client Update > > > Same here, The only traffic we're getting is from steam group/search key > connects. We don't have setmaster anywhere in our configs either, this was > only a band aid required back during the release. It seems > sv_steamgroup_exclusive and sv_allow_lobby_connect_only are useless up to > and including the last patch. I literally have 1000's of bad challenge > attempts to get into our servers.... > > Still no word from valve... > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Admin Bob <[email protected]> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 7:48:41 AM > Subject: Re: [hlds] L4D Client Update > > Still empty. Still getting errors: > A2C_print from 68.142.72.250:2701 > Bad challenge > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Nowacki > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 2:09 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] L4D Client Update > > Blood Letter wrote: > > So did this update fix the empty server issue for anyone? > > Mine is still bone dry. > > Maybe because people want to play on official servers? The search works > now and will actually fall back to non-official servers thanks to a > longer search timeout. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Windows Live™ Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to meet. Check it out. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Contacts: Organize your contact list. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/marcusatmicrosoft.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!503D1D86EBB2B53C!2285.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_UGC_Contacts_032009 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
