Which was exactly the point. People go voluntarily to achievement servers, they don't get 'conned' into joining them, wasting their time looking around on an empty server.
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:30 AM, <gamead...@127001.org> wrote: > Also, achievement servers don't hurt other players. It's very difficult to > stumble into an achievement server and go "hey, this isn't the game I > thought it would be" > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds- > > boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Brent Veal > > Sent: 30 May 2009 15:26 > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Update Available > > > > If Valve tried to get rid of all the achievement farming servers, then > > all > > those farmers would start grinding in servers where real games are > > going on. > > It sucks when you're trying to play a game and half your team is > > attempting > > to get random achievements. People are always going to farm when there > > are > > unlockables so letting them have a place to do it is a good thing imo > > > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:00 AM, 1nsane <1nsane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > A pile of them are run locally by players. Delisting dynamic ips is > > not > > > fun. > > > > > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 6:23 AM, > > <shorec...@comcast.net<https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&to=Sho > > rec...@comcast.net>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm curious why Valve hasn't delisted servers running those > > achivement > > > > maps... seems like it would be fair game to delist them. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Philip Bembridge" > > <philipbembri...@gmail.com<https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&to > > =philipbembri...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" < > > > > > > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com<https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&t > > o=h...@list.valvesoftware.com> > > > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 5:55:02 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada > > Eastern > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Update Available > > > > > > > > {watches everyone go sniper and spy and watches the achievement > > servers > > > > fill...}Anyone else prefer this new system? > > > > I think it would have been great had the probabability just been > > weighted > > > > towards playing well.. > > > > > > > > I'm going to be interested in their next blog post... > > > > > > > > Phil > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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
