I don't see it as being cheap. If they played on your server, why wouldn't you want to invite them? It's not like you're forcing them to join, it's a simple invite. The only thing steamgroups really do is give the illusion that you have a lot of people that like your servers, even if it's not true.
The problem with steamgroups is that people will join anything. Does anyone *REALLY* believe that that Kifferstupidwhatever group got to half a million people legitimately, or that half a million people have even played there? Sure it's possible, but not very probable. Every single one of my steamid's has been invited to that group, but I know I never played there..... If you create an event for ANY reason, you're going to lose around 100+ people because they get annoyed by those popups. Do it too often and you lose even more. The chat function is just as useless. I'll tell you what's cheap. The value of steamgroups. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DontWannaName! Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 2:41 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Sourcemod plugin for joining Group Ya but thats just cheap and proves that all you know how to do is cheat your way into becoming a huge steam group like every group over 20,000 people. I have invited every one of my 1500 members into my steam group. On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 8:09 AM, 1nsane <[email protected]> wrote: > There actually is a way to put people into steam groups if they join your > server. > > But I'm not about to tell you! > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 3:58 AM, DontWannaName! <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Back on topic, I tested using the steam://url command ingame and it opens > > the steam group in steam not the overlay. I added an overlay request here > > and hopefully it is added. > > http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_browser_protocol They > could > > probably just use url but check if they are ingame. > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Cc2iscooL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Good way to drive your community. > > > > > > "Oh btw my community is a bunch of idiots. lol" > > > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Nightbox <[email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > Yes i know, but there is a romanian server, and usually romanians are > > > dumb > > > > asses. > > > > > > > > 2009/5/10 Didrole <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Do it yourself. > > > > > Advertise for your group on your server. > > > > > If somebody want to join your group he will maybe be smart enough > to > > > join > > > > > it > > > > > himself by steamcommunity. > > > > > > > > > > 2009/5/9 Nightbox <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > so can someone make a plugin ? > > > > > > > > > > > > 2009/5/9 Haven Meyer <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > There isn't a steam URL- there is however a normal URL. If you > > run > > > > the > > > > > > URL > > > > > > > in a normal browser, you get an XML error due lack of > > certificate. > > > > > Again > > > > > > > however, there is a way to bypass this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 1:43 PM, DontWannaName! < > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ya theres no steam url for joining a group but there is for > > > opening > > > > a > > > > > > > > groups > > > > > > > > profile in steam. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 6:45 AM, Cc2iscooL < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes but there isn't an equivalent for joining a group...I > > don't > > > > > > think. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's just a link like > steamcommunity.com/join.php?group=name > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Philip Bembridge > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > well I have this line in my webshortcuts, so people can > > > message > > > > > me: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "admin" "Message an admin using steam PRESS SHIFT + TAB" > > > > > > > > > > steam://friends/message/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that opens in steam in-game overlay > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
