I can completely understand those of you with more patience than I have. I appreciate Brian's feeling that things will eventually work themselves out, too. It just that this isn't a 2 or 3 day issue. The members of this list have been voicing their concerns to Valve about many different issues during the course of the last 9 months since the 1.6 beta came out. We've made issues about the updating, the cpu loads, asked for the courtesy to be able to test this stuff in advance of the client rollouts. We've offered our insight as to features, compared the benefits of the updates, and more. We aren't here to bash Valve, we're here to help it succeed by giving input they can't get from anywhere else. It's after these months of bringing up issues and telling them when we (and the userbase) want and watching our pleas be either ignored or deferred. At this point I feel that we've been cheated, and this whole upgrade was handled badly, despite warnings from members of this list.
Some of us are in business to make money hosting, some do it for fun. Those who profit from hosting or renting are the ones that will be hurt the most. What about the LAN party companies and coordinators? This whole thing is akin to telling your kids not to touch the stove when they're young - then watching them do it over and over again. I personally feel we've been ignored, put off, disrespected, and since I have no ties to Valve I can make a choice. Everyone can. For purposes of comparison I know a few of you are also BF1942 admins, and a couple also subscribe to their linux list as well. Tell the rest here: Has Andreas (or DICE) ever treated us in the same respect that Valve is treating us here, not to mention their whole userbase? I just didn't want some of you to think this is an impulsive decision, just look at what's gone on in the past 6-9 months and it's pretty easy to tell that with some communication, listening, and testing all of this could have been avoided. Michael Ressen, Michigan Burbs Network Administrator www.michiganburbs.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
