We've established that here before too, there is nowhere they listen to though. At least in here, we're just amongst ourselves like seniors in a home. I've tried to make this stuff known to a larger audience to no avail though.
On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:28 PM, HD <[email protected]> wrote: > They ain’t listening to nothing said on this mailing list, if they were > then someone would have replied and at least said “Yeah we hear you”. > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Paul > *Sent:* Thursday, October 29, 2015 7:26 PM > *To:* Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [hlds] Community Servers and the Gun Mettle Update > > > > I honestly can't remember the last time I actually purchased something > from the Mann Co Store, but like some people I know who have expressed > their frustration regarding this Halloween... I too won't be purchasing > anything there anytime soon. I was looking forward to Halloween this year > despite how much the community servers have been 'shafted' over time, but I > have to say that this has to be the worst Halloween ever, not only in how > it's been implemented but also in how community servers appear to be pretty > much be getting a middle finger at them once again. Certainly the only time > I'll buy something again is if this 'anti-community' atmos changes for the > better. I can safely say that's the opinion some of my friends have too. > Come on Valve! > > > > > > On 29 October 2015 at 21:16, Rowedahelicon < > [email protected]> wrote: > > The last Halloweens all of my players / friends and myself have bought > crates. There are always sales, given how the community makes everything > now and Valve just profits off it, you really have to wonder how much all > money they're making? > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Emil Larsson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Arguable they might even be losing money on it, as one of the rewards of > meramissions is crate drops. > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:20 PM, E. Olsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm with Alexander on this one. If there is zero tradeability, and they > can't be crafted, then there is really no viable reason to not allow these > contracts on community servers - unless of course the *intent *is to > drive traffic away from community servers. > > > > Cmon guys - it's the holidays! People look forward to this stuff all year! > Our folks want to play with all the regulars they're used to playing with, > and they shouldn't be left out because of an arbitrary setting that > excludes the very players most passionate about the game in the first place. > > > > Think of the easy goodwill that could be generated here....it's good PR > that doesn't cost a thing to your bottom line ;-) > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Rowedahelicon < > [email protected]> wrote: > > This over a year now you've been looking into this, have you ever > considered an open talk with some community runners to try and work out > some conclusion? > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Alexander Corn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > All TF2 community servers right now: 18,631 players > > All Valve Halloween servers right now: 21,047 players > > Talk is cheap. Please follow through on what you promise. > > Why can't these Merasmissions be completed on community servers? The > cosmetics that they drop are untradable and uncraftable. There is literally > no potential for abuse, unless for some reason Valve cares about the stats > on the gargoyle coin (and they've never cared about farmed stranges in the > past). > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 5:22 PM, John Schoenick <[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 > > > > -- > > *Matthew (Rowedahelicon) Robinson* > Web Designer / Artist / Writer > Website - http://www.rowedahelicon.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > > *Matthew (Rowedahelicon) Robinson* > Web Designer / Artist / Writer > Website - http://www.rowedahelicon.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- *Matthew (Rowedahelicon) Robinson* Web Designer / Artist / Writer Website - http://www.rowedahelicon.com/
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