I think he was talking about my email where I said I think that there would have to be a price drop or a free weekend to get the number of players Tripwire is predicting.
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Alinay Gomez <alin...@gmail.com> wrote: > "j...@tripwireinteractive.com" What? > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Shane Arnold <clontar...@iinet.net.au > >wrote: > > > Hey, your email address doesn't say tripwire, you sneaky tripwire > > representatives... > > > > > > On 14/12/2010 10:14 AM, AJ Collins wrote: > > > >> I'm going to say yes. I don't think it would be possible to get that > >> amount > >> of concurrent players unless there was a price drop or a free weekend. > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Violent Crimes< > >> violentsmob...@convictgaming.com> wrote: > >> > >> Are you going to drop the price of killing floor for the event > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: John Gibson<j...@tripwireinteractive.com> > >>> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 8:01 PM > >>> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com; hlds_li...@list.valvesoftware.com > >>> Subject: [hlds] Killing Floor Twisted Christmas and TF2 Tie-In Heads Up > >>> > >>> To all server admins, > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> For those of you that don't know Tripwire Interactive are running a > >>> special > >>> event starting tomorrow (December 14th) called the Killing Floor > Twisted > >>> Christmas - http://www.killingfloorthegame.com/xmas/. This event > >>> replaces > >>> all of the monsters in game with Christmas themed monsters, adds an all > >>> new > >>> level - Santa's Evil Lair, has a bunch of new achievements including > some > >>> specifically for the Twisted Christmas event, and features a tie-in > with > >>> TF2 > >>> where TF2/KF owners/purchases get the Pyro as a playable character in > KF > >>> and > >>> a special KF themed item in TF2. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> With all of the buzz and interest surrounding this time limited event ( > >>> December 14th - January 4th ) we expect a massive influx of both > >>> returning > >>> Killing Floor players that wish to experience the special event, as > well > >>> as > >>> new players wishing to experience the game for the first time. As such > I > >>> have a couple of requests for the server admin community: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> 1) If anyone is willing to put up some extra servers for the > >>> duration > >>> of this event that would be extremely helpful. There are currently > about > >>> 1100 Killing Floor servers, which will support about 6600 concurrent > >>> players > >>> ( 6 players is the max on standard KF servers). We expect the peak > >>> concurrent players to be in the 10,000-20,000 range, which means it > will > >>> take another 1000-2000 servers to handle this demand. On the bright > side, > >>> we > >>> expect a lot of these players will stick around after the event, which > is > >>> potential customers for you GSP's :-) > >>> > >>> 2) With the massive influx of new players, I would request that > >>> anyone > >>> adminning a group of KF servers to please set 35-50% of them to the > >>> Normal > >>> difficulty. This will help ensure that the new players will have a > place > >>> to > >>> try the game where they won't get their face eaten off. > >>> > >>> 3) Please make sure the new Santa's Evil Lair map is in your map > >>> rotation, as this is the map EVERYONE will be dieing to try. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Additionally, we will be trying to make the server files available > >>> through > >>> HLDS a couple of hours prior to the start of the event (both Windows > and > >>> Linux). Thanks to everyone in advance for their help and cooperation. I > >>> always say, you admins are the cornerstone that any multiplayer game > >>> community is built on! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> John Gibson > >>> > >>> President > >>> > >>> Tripwire Interactive LLC > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > > > -- > - Naso > _______________________________________________ > 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
