I knew about the in game reporting system I've just never used it so I wasn't sure what I could put in it.
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Saul Rennison <[email protected]> wrote: > Contact Fletcher directly, or press F7 when in-game. > > > Kind regards, > Saul Rennison > > > > On 23 July 2012 22:01, Smellyfeetyouhave . <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Where would we report these servers? Here on the list? >> >> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Fletcher Dunn >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Actually, if a server bots appear like real players in the server browser >>> or in game, we just ban them. We don’t take any action particular to >>> quickplay for those types of hacks, it is a global ban. We have banned >>> people for this in the past and can certainly do it in the future. >>> >>> >>> >>> If anybody wants to gather evidence of a server operator using these >>> plugins, we will investigate it. We cannot police things to keep all 15,000 >>> servers spotless. But we can follow up on the biggest offenders. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ics >>> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 12:47 PM >>> >>> >>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] New quickplay is in the real Team Fortress, not TF >>> beta >>> >>> >>> >>> I guess i should elaborate before someone says something. With >>> fakeplayers, i mean the plugin that lies to players that there are players >>> on the server. I do not mean mask bots as faked players etc, faking tags and >>> such. No, i don't use that plugin but some people do and it is allowed since >>> they aren't getting boot from quickplay. >>> >>> -ics >>> >>> 23.7.2012 22:44, ics kirjoitti: >>> >>> Sounds, models, decals whatever are fine. Also fakeplayers are fine and >>> plugins and addons that do not rapidly change the game or affect in it at >>> all. There is a thin line that is allowed and what is not. >>> https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2825-AFGJ-3513 >>> >>> -ics >>> >>> 23.7.2012 22:13, HyperionGaming.org Admin kirjoitti: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> >>> >>> I just tried forcing the quickplay beta on my computer to test the >>> system. It sent me to a UK based TF2 server (I'm in CA; I'm guessing the >>> quickplay beta server pool is so small that's why it sent me there), and I >>> had to download a whole bunch of sound files (at least 30), which I'm >>> guessing are used to play random sounds in-game or at round end. Is Valve OK >>> with that? I was under the impression that a server labelled Quickplay had >>> to be as Vanilla as possible, including not having to download extra >>> sound/models. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm not saying it shouldn't be allowed, I'm just curious since it's >>> probably a bit strange for new TF2 players (we get so many new-ish players >>> that are amazed there's a Respawn Timer in TF2 Payload mode.) (Maybe the >>> current quickplay already works like this? I admit I don't use it at all). >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> HG >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Devin O'Malley <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you, I had a moment of stupidity. Sorry about that. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Ross Bemrose <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> One is a server cvar and the other is a client cvar... >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7/23/2012 2:15 PM, Devin O'Malley wrote: >>> >>> What is the difference, rather. >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Devin O'Malley <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> That is the difference between that one and tf_mm_servermode? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Fletcher Dunn >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Since the weekend went without any significant problems, we're going to >>> increase the percentage of people who are asked if they want to participate >>> to 100 soon. Also, we'll increase the number of players needed to seed a >>> server, since the player pool will be a bit bigger. (It's really low right >>> now.) >>> >>> In the meantime, you can set the client convar >>> >>> tf_quickplay_beta_preference = 1 >>> >>> to force into the beta. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Michael Tharp [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 11:05 AM >>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>> Cc: Fletcher Dunn >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] New quickplay is in the real Team Fortress, not TF >>> beta >>> >>> On 07/23/2012 12:41 PM, Fletcher Dunn wrote: >>> > Correct. Shipping this particular feature to beta would not get us >>> > the type of testing we need. So we ship it as a beta feature. If >>> > it's broken, server operators and users can opt out, and we can >>> > quickly turn down the percentage of people who get prompted "do you >>> > want to participate" to zero. >>> >>> Hey Fletch, >>> >>> Is there a way to opt in to the client side of this feature? It sounds >>> very interesting and solves the #1 problem I had with quickplay, which is >>> that it punishes servers that are already empty except when there's a supply >>> shortage (e.g. immediately after an update). I'd like to play with it, but >>> it seems like right now only a few randomly-chosen players get the golden >>> ticket. My #2 issue is that there's no love for nocrits, but hopefully a >>> lobby system will pave the way to having more knobs for players to tweak. >>> >>> Sorry if this was already answered elsewhere, I'm discarding mail not >>> from Valve employees because the signal-to-noise ratio is regrettably low. >>> >>> -- m. tharp >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Plasma >>> >>> HyperionGaming.org Admin >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> 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
