I imagine many communities will close up on using TF2 Quickplay, whether they will successfully move to a different game or game mode is another question though. I'm switching from having 23 Mann vs Machine servers to trying Slender Fortress. If servers switch to being non-reliant on Quickplay then in my view that's partly good, as Quickplay from day one was a bad idea in my opinion. It doesn't promote or offer options to join servers which are run in an unofficial way (e.g. custom gamemodes or custom maps). In the days of Team Fortress Classic players had to use the server browser, and those days were better in my view. Custom run servers saw more players back then than they typically do in TF2 these days.
It's impossible to use the MOTD for even simple images and links, so is practically impossible for a community to make links to things such as donation pages to help them cover costs of their servers. I'm expecting to see the number of Quickplay servers drop by a reasonable amount, and possibly more non-Quickplay servers to open (custom gamemodes and/or custom maps). On 7 November 2013 11:00, Element <[email protected]> wrote: > I run a group of servers which are funded from MOTD impressions resulting > in my small community of players being able to play on servers setup the > way they like, for FREE. > > My servers are in the quickplay pool to help fill the empty spaces for my > community members, generating mostly full servers consisting of around a > 50-50 mix of members and quickplay traffic. > > With my community impressions alone, server costs weren't quite being met > each month. But when i added them to the quickplay pool, i was then able to > use the advertising revenue to fully pay for my servers. > > But now this is not the case, thanks to valves latest and greatest idea.... > > > I will NOT pay for these servers out of my own pocket, nor will i beg for > money from my "free" community.... > > > So thanks valve, you successfully killed my community, i guess my members > will move to some other community... the Skial scum maybe? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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