Really? I only lose maybe 1-2 people per event. Then again I didn't cheat to get people in my group.
Also we use the chat function a lot. :) On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Karl Weckstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
