Apologies for going off topic, but I keep getting spam from different emails from someone called 'Amy Happy' via this mailing list. Other than unsubscribing from this mailing list or changing email address, is there any way I can stop this spam mail being sent to me (I assume others here are getting these messages to from her)?
On 3 September 2015 at 21:41, Ross Bemrose <[email protected]> wrote: > There are a few things added even just recently that are aimed squarely at > community servers. > > One big example of this is the Map Workshop. Valve servers don't use the > map workshop... it exists solely to make it easier to run a community > server without needing to host maps on your server (or Fast Download > server). It may have taken 3 months, but it looks like all the bugs have > finally been ironed out of it. > > Even minor things like changing the passtime cvars so that they aren't > marked as cheats were done for community servers. > > Does this make up for separating community servers from official Valve > servers? Probably not. > > As for the business model, it's pretty clear why QuickPlay was introduced > into the game if you look at *when* it was introduced. Valve servers and > Quickplay were introduced in the Uber Update, the same update that made the > game free to play. > > In other words, it was introduced as a hook to get people to play the game > and spend money. > > It wasn't really a surprise to anyone who used QuickPlay that Valve > eventually changed it to default to Valve servers... people already > explained the reason why further up the thread. > > It's also not a surprise that Gun Mettle contracts are restricted to > official servers. If they weren't, some enterprising person would write a > server script that duplicates the actions needed to award points and just > use it to farm from a ton of accounts, which would in turn drive down the > value of economy items. > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:05 PM, ICS Staff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 2005, community servers were first party servers, there were no Valve >> servers. >> >> 2014, community servers are 3rd party servers, Valve servers give you XP, >> drops from missions, players get directed only to Valve servers and >> community servers are in separate pool completely. >> >> What's next, you take away the drops too or are you really going to do >> something to keep us running servers or not? Too afraid to have open >> discussion about the matter? Yeah, thought so. >> >> -ics >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > > > -- > Ross Bemrose > > _______________________________________________ > 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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