Something that may be way off base, but something I did notice with this bug. Our servers appeared to be holding players on the gameq query on TF2, but I haven't noticed the issue since we changed the TF2 query to qstat on our query page.
> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:42:21 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Holding Players > > Oh god, not these lulz again. > > Phillip Vector wrote: > > Yeah. It's not like they are honeypot servers afterall. > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:17 PM, msleeper<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I don't think any of those server tracking sites are reliable, > >> especially not if you're comparing them to the actual server browser. > >> > >> > >> On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 18:06 -0400, Violent Crimes wrote: > >> > >>> Neg. Game-monitor doesn't show them as being in the server. But they do > >>> show up in teh server listing when you look via steam. > >>> > >>> > >>> msleeper wrote: > >>> > >>>> Oh is THAT what is causing that? I thought HLSW was being buggy, I know > >>>> they've been on the update craze. I wonder if these ghost players work > >>>> towards our server rank. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 04:41 -0400, Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Cool, built in fake players. > >>>>> > >>>>> Sneaky sneaky! > >>>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: [email protected] > >>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris > >>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:19 AM > >>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > >>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Holding Players > >>>>> > >>>>> >From 13/08/09 update: > >>>>> - Added response caching for some server queries to help reduce the CPU > >>>>> load from DOS attacks. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Violent Crimes < > >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Anyone notice since the update that you will have random players in > >>>>>> your > >>>>>> server but there time never changes. Right now I have 5 players in my > >>>>>> server "even though the server shows 4/32" none of them are actually in > >>>>>> the server. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> 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 > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > > database 4375 (20090827) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 4375 (20090827) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _________________________________________________________________ View photos of singles in your area Click Here http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fdating%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fsearch%2Fsearch%2Easpx%3Fexec%3Dgo%26tp%3Dq%26gc%3D2%26tr%3D1%26lage%3D18%26uage%3D55%26cl%3D14%26sl%3D0%26dist%3D50%26po%3D1%26do%3D2%26trackingid%3D1046138%26r2s%3D1&_t=773166090&_r=Hotmail_Endtext&_m=EXT _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds

