You know what makes sense how about give us more of a heads up when you give a free weekend and shouldn't be a problem but when you don't give us not much of a notice meh.
Rick Payton wrote: > ok, that's all fine and dandy, and much better stated then saying "What > are you? Infinity Ward?" We all know IW (and in relation Activision > probably) is very hated by people who wanted to host a dedicated server > - we get that. Calling Tripwire "Infinity Ward" because the owner asked > for the community to drop the difficulty is just fucked up. If you don't > want to do it, fine - that's your community and you do as you see fit to > make it successful. If they demand hard mode only servers, then you > obviously need to provide only servers on hard mode. I (and probably > "We") get that. > > Other admins may or may not pick up the slack, it's obviously totally up > to them, as it is to you. > > But name calling - and yes calling calling another company "Infinity > Ward" at this point in time IS name calling :P - there's no need for > that. Especially considering Tripwire is doing everything they can to > support their game (see John post further down the list) - something > Infinity Ward OBVIOUSLY isn't doing right now. > > Aloha, > > --mauirixxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kitteny Berk > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:14 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Killing Floor free weekend difficulty settings > > My regulars won't play on the servers they help to pay for if they're > set too easy, and as such, the new players won't experience our unique > style and will almost certainly stay away from our community having had > no contact with our members. > > Course, new players are always welcome, usually our regulars will drag > them along and help them out. But that's because we're nice people, we > > won't just call people newbs and spoil the game for the majority, just > help those who are struggling. > > So, on balance, I don't consider it a win for me, my community or people > > likely to join us. > > > Rick Payton wrote: > >> that was totally unnecessary Kitteny, all the guy was asking was for >> admins to lower the difficulty settings on some servers, which >> accomplishes the following: >> >> Newbs DON'T get owned, and have fun, which means ... they'll most >> > likely > >> purchase the game, which means, more money for Tripwire to continue >> developing the game, which will keep the newbs interested, which then >> means they'll eventually want to join a community - probably yours at >> some point - and then eventually, get good enough to play on the >> > harder > >> difficulty. >> >> Basically, by dropping the difficulty, IT'S A WIN FOR EVERYONE >> > INVOLVED. > >> But I guess you didn't see that .... >> >> --mauirixxx >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kitteny Berk >> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 8:42 AM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Killing Floor free weekend difficulty settings >> >> What are you? Infinity ward? >> >> I'll be keeping my servers as my regulars like them, thanks all the >> same. >> >> John Gibson wrote: >> >> >>> As many of you know we are currently running a free weekend for >>> Killing Floor. One thing I have noticed is a lot of the servers are >>> set to the hard difficulty setting, and the free weekend players are >>> > > >>> getting owned on hard since hard is designed for players that have >>> levelled up their perks to level 2 or 3 at least. >>> >>> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4538 (20091024) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> > signature database 4539 (20091024) __________ > >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4539 (20091024) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.29/2455 - Release Date: 10/23/09 > 23:43:00 > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
