I think a fair compromise is if in place of the HTML motd players were shown the servers group page on the steam. This way they can see the servers rules and have an easy way to join the community.
I don't understand how someone can argue that quickplay is driving people away from their servers when it is bringing them in and then asking them if they wish to add it to their favorites when they leave the server. If they enjoyed playing on your server will they not be adding it to their favorites? On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Bjorn Wielens <[email protected]> wrote: > If that was the case, we'd be swimming in players right now. The sad truth > of it is many people just don't care, they click and close it. > It's a rather vocal, but smaller portion of people that vehemently hate > ads with a passion and DC/blacklist servers with MOTD ads. > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Fri, 11/8/13, Alexander Z <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [hlds] An open letter to Valve about MOTDs > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" < > [email protected]> > Received: Friday, November 8, 2013, 9:31 AM > > I'm not quite sure > what the OP is rambling about, but if it is about removing > html MOTDs from quickplay, here's the answer why. > A majority of people, upon seeing advertising in the > MOTD, will disconnect from the server. You might get some ad > revenue, but you're not going to get any players. > > > > On 8 November 2013 > 01:11, James Haikin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > What in the hell is Liquid Source talking > about? This is a video game, not the presidency. Good > lord. > -James > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at > 4:00 PM, Weasel's Lair <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > IMH(f)O, variety is a big deal. Different server > operators, with > > different tastes, results in different communities, to suit > different > > players tastes. > > > > However, some players only like to play stock maps and deal > with a > > pre-defined world-view of what is possible/expected in the > behaviour > > game. QuickPlay helps those players/noobs/whatever find > what they > > want. > > > > So, I definately see the value in QuickPlay. I just wish > there was > > more of an equal footing between QuickPlay and non-QuickPlay > in the > > interface. Maybe there should be two equal-size / > equally-marketed > > buttons - "Find QuickPlay Game" and "Find > Customized Game" or > > something like that. > > > > From a playing perspective, I think servers the enforce > something that > > the player can not close (and have the audio stop when it > closes) is a > > very bad thing. I think the MOTD changes aren't > targeting > > advertising/donation schilling necessarily - so much as that > "WTF? I > > can't close this shiz and start playing right now?" > effect. > > > > On a side note, if you are paying $30 for a server that can > only host > > a single TF2 dedicated server instance - you are paying too > much! > > > > I am using a VPS provider and paying that much - but able to > host > > multiple instances of TF2 (32-player), CS:S and several > GoldSrc > > stufff. Contrary to what I expected, my VPS is working > better than > > any normal "dedicated" I have ever rented. I > also found that VPS's > > hosted on Virtuozzo or OpenVZ perform better than KVM ones > (even with > > specific resources "dedicated" to the KVM machine) > - again, the > > opposite of what I expected. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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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