Oh, the maturity of this mailing list sometimes. I mention being unable to unsubscribe from the mailing list, so someone kindly signs me up for many, many more. Thanks. On Jul 2, 2015 5:41 PM, "Robert Paulson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've given up on this a while ago. > > When the 1 year mark passed with no concessions for communities except for > quickpick that no one uses, it was safe to say that Valve doesn't care > about communities anymore. There is no sense of urgency as they let > player-bases carefully built up over several years be irreversibly > destroyed in a few months. > > We were just there to foot their hosting bill before they found out they > could make way more money by selling items. They have no sense of shame for > betraying the people that helped drive their profit margin up before > switching to microtransactions. > > The owner of TN now works at Valve, and I believe John here was the owner > of Nemu's stomping grounds (which has gone unpunished for years for not > labeling the bot "Brutus" as a bot in the browser). And we are still > getting even more anti-community features. Maybe now they see the official > servers as their own and the community ones as a threat to them now. > > The lesson here is clear and everyone should know: DO NOT invest your time > and enthusiasm into anything related to Steam or Valve will screw you like > they did with TF2. > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 2:42 PM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have to agree also, getting scraps instead of the goodies. Why am i >> paying for servers anymore when they get alienated by Valve policies? >> >> That image there is really the best solution i've seen so far. >> >> -ics >> >> >> E. Olsen kirjoitti: >> >>> At this point, I have to agree with Alexander. >>> >>> I mean, cmon guys - in almost two years of "looking at alternatives" >>> you've got nothing to announce when it comes to helping community servers? >>> There have been quite a few viable alternative presented, to include this >>> one: >>> >>> http://i.imgur.com/tAmWXj6.png >>> >>> I've really been a staunch defender of the TF2 team to this point, but >>> this is just kicking all the good communities that are left while they're >>> down. >>> >>> Honestly, by the time you guys make community support a priority again, >>> it might be too late. >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Alexander Corn <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> The blow would be lessened if you would go ahead and set "any >>> server" as the default for Quickplay instead of official servers >>> only. That was supposed to be a "temporary", "nuclear solution" >>> after all. >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 5:22 PM, John Schoenick >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hey guys, with today's update we're introducing a few new >>> features that will impact servers, and I just wanted to give >>> you guys a heads up. >>> >>> There is a new quickplay category, featured, that represents >>> the featured maps for a given campaign. In order to have your >>> server in this category, you need to be running the mapcycle >>> mapcycle_featured_maps.txt, and have the special string >>> 'featured' in your quickplay tags. >>> >>> Today's update also introduces contracts, which currently >>> require players be on official servers to complete. >>> Unfortunately, our current setup makes it very difficult to >>> restrict features like this other than in an all-or-nothing >>> manner, and we determined this was necessary to protect the >>> system from immediate abuse. >>> >>> We agree this is not ideal. We are continuing the look at the >>> situation with community servers and how we can better support >>> passionate communities, but currently have nothing to announce. >>> >>> - JohnS >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >
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