So uh, let's not split hairs over the word rank, okay. I have a good Quickplay score that, prior to a day or so ago, brought players in quickly and regularly without fail. That essentially stops dead in it's tracks as of a few days ago. I'm going to go with a problem with Quickplay rather than an over saturation of servers.
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 6:31 AM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > For those that wonder, the commands are con_logfile putsomenamehere and > tf_matchmaking_spew_level 4 > > However, while i did the search, i noticed something off. There's 3 values > that are kind of important in the output, those are user score, server > score and total score. I did a check on some of my servers and this is what > they had months ago: > > Server 1: 0.9400, 5.6867, 6.6267 > Server 2: 0.9280, 6.0250, 6.9530 > Server 3: 0.8840, 6.0500, 6.9340 > > And now today: > > Server 1: 0.8440, 6.3333, 7.1773 > Server 2: 0.9040,-94.0000,-93.0960 > Server 3: 0.8840,-94.0000,-93.1160 > > It seems that some of my servers are taking penalty against quickplay for > reasons i have no idea and atleast one of the servers (which was least > populated before) is taking a lot of traffic instead. This way also explain > why some other peoples servers are not getting traffic even though they > were getting that before. All my servers have been quickplay eglible and > packing most time of the day but recently they have not been as full on > morning / day as they used to be. I don't think it's surplus of active > servers that is causing this but luckily quickplay isn't the only way to > have players on a server. > > -ics > > 15.7.2012 16:10, ics kirjoitti: > > There is never going to be a "top list" of servers with positions 1,2,3,4 > etc, there is just going to be x-count of servers that are "good" to be > assigned players for. > > There are couple of console commands that will make you log output to > logfile and set spew level to maximum. I cant remember or check the command > now, type find spew into console to search for it. Anyway, if you set them > on, do a quickplay search, you can look for the logfile later on if your > servers are on top of the list or not or even among the selectd from which > the server where you will be put into after search completes. Basically its > self explanatory after you look that file output. Propably the best meter > there is. > > -ics > > ----- Alkuperäinen viesti ----- > > Thanks for the charming link Damon, I think I can do one better than > your > > lmgtfy (troll) link though. > > > > > > > > A) In case you haven't noticed in your infinate wisdom, > Gametracker > > is a third party site, probably run by a Game Server Provider or some > > other party with a vested interest in server ranking, that doesn't use > > the same method as Valve to establish server ranks. There are a lot of > > servers that Gametracker considers great, that actually are shit in both > > reality and Valve Rankings. Automatically assuming your server is > > awesome on Valve Ranks because a third party site says so is a false > > assumption, so I wouldn't be complaining that there is a "quick play > > issue" when you can't even remotely establish the position of your own > > server on Valve's system beyond "good" or "bad". Else it's like saying > > "I RUN MY OWN RANKING SITE AND MY SERVER IS AWESUM, WHY VALVE NO > > QUIKPLAH?!". > > > > > > > > B) I know how TF2 servers are ranked, I run 40 of them and as a > > responsible server owner I keep up to date with all Valve related news. > > You're more than welcome to drop by any of them anytime you wish. > > However to suggest that knowing *how* servers are ranked automatically > > means you know your server's score in comparison with other servers is a > > bit of a stretch.Unless of course you're suggesting the OP has no life > > and sits there with a stop watch timing how long each player stays? Even > > then, he wouldn't all the other server's scores to compare his own with. > > > > > > > > To think, I didn't even need a lmgtfy link to make you look like a > moron. > > Though, hopefully my response has demonstrated that anyone who uses a > > lmgtfy link in response to a legitimate question (that being, I didn't > > think you could check your Valve server ranks so why are people saying > > "I have a highly ranked server" as if the workings of a third party site > > are remotely relevent to how quickplay works) just looks like a smug > > idiot and gets a response as such. > > > > > > > > Ta, > > > > > > > > -Leon > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Damon Reece > > Sent: Sunday, 15 July 2012 5:29 PM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay Issue > > > > > > > > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tf2+server+ranking > > > > Brings you these: > > > > -GameTracker TF2 rankings http://www.gametracker.com/search/tf2/ (has > > most, if not all servers) > > -Blogpost on teamfortress.com about scoring servers > > http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2338 > > > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Leon Hunter <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Forgive me for sounding naive, but how do you know your server is highly > > ranked? Last I checked you could only check server standing and the rank > > trend (up or down). > > > > > > > > I also understand that the ranks are "scores" and scores are comparative > > not absolute, so you'd personally need to know the position of every > > other server to know your own. > > > > > > > > -Leon > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Essay Tew Phaun > > Sent: Sunday, 15 July 2012 11:15 AM > > > > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay Issue > > > > > > > > Always possible, but we have a very highly ranked server experiencing > > this issue. > > > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Cc2iscooL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > May sound silly but with the pyro update I bet there are an over > > saturation of servers and the update hype has died down meaning more > > empty or not quite full servers. Happens near every major update. > > > > On Jul 14, 2012 9:31 PM, "Essay Tew Phaun" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Same issue here. It is topping out in the mid teens on all of our > > servers. > > > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 3:40 PM, AeroliteGaming.com > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You lot are lucky you can even get yours to fill. We have about 16 > > people on and quizkplay still doesnt kick in. > > > > > > > > On 14/07/2012 23:37, Dominik Friedrichs wrote: > > > > My servers also wouldnt fill at some points during the last few days, > > without any obvious reason. Restarting seemed to fix this, and my > > feeling is that its quickplay related, even though the login and > > everything seems to be ok according to the logs... > > > > On 2012/07/15 00:08, Devin O'Malley wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > I don't often post here, but this time I felt it was important. I help > > managed some TF2 servers, but I notice that as of late Quickplay has > > become less reliable. It disconnects more often, and sometimes even > > requires a server reboot to fix. More importantly, since the most recent > > updates on the 11th and 13th of July, Quickplay no longer fills the > > server. It works up until around 16-19 players, and then it dies out > > without helping the server reach 21-24 (the server maximums). Has anyone > > else noticed this? > > > > Is there any way to check if it is actually working? > > > > > > Thank you for your time, > > Devin O'Malley > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Cheers, > > Damon > > ------------------- > > > > Steam <http://steamcommunity.com/id/demanrisu> > > <http://steamcommunity.com/id/demanrisu%3E%A0>; > | Piki Geek > > <http://geek.pikimal.com/author/demanrisu/> > > <http://geek.pikimal.com/author/demanrisu/%3E%A0>; > | Twitter > > <http://twitter.com/demanrisu>; > > ------------------- > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit:https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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