It's because of the major design flaw in the MvM matchmaking system. From what Valve has said, MvM matchmaking won't put people in an empty server, even if it's a 6-person party. That's why we have so many empty servers and 10,000 people in matchmaking queue with a wait time of 30 minutes.
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Nick Majsa <[email protected]> wrote: > I jump on every few hours and when empty, restart them. > > They typically fill within a few minutes. > > 6 servers. 4 of them had crashed between last night (midnight EST) and > when I checked around noon EST. > > wintel, vanilla install with no mods > ------------------------------ > From: War stories > Sent: 8/22/2012 9:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [hlds] So many empty servers > > > > I agree with what T Marler said, my MvM servers have been a lot more empty > then full now, what's the deal? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 8 > > Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:47:26 -0600 (MDT) > > From: T Marler <[email protected]> > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [hlds] So many empty servers > > Message-ID: > > <1562235303.21667270.1345679246205.javamail.r...@cds030.dcs.int.inet> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > There are way more empty servers than populated ones. The popularity and > business is why we went from 1 server to 3. Is the matchmaking more > efficient now, bugs fixed, or just that many less people playing? > > > > It's a bit concerning. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > End of hlds Digest, Vol 17, Issue 216 > > ************************************* > > _______________________________________________ > 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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