The dedicated server is free service by Valve....HAH. Do they not see that the number of servers directly affects the number of players and in turn the amount of income? It's nice to see that Valve is concerned for the CS community enough that long-time faithful server admins are now getting screwed with an ever declining quality of hlds, and refusal from the manufacturer to do anything about those problems. That goes back to the original quote from the cz overview. Sure.... Valve is working closely with the CS community, just look how cooperative they have been..." Point is, if you don't like it... Move on.", "Here's an option, stop running it.". Well if it weren't for us who run the servers, online multiplaying would not exist. And although no one has ever paid for the server software, all people who play on the servers and even those who run the servers have bought a copy of HL/CS. Here's a thought, try some Customer Service....it works well for a lot of companies. I rent game servers and have decided based soley on the attitude of correspondance here that I cannot support a game (Half-Life) that the dedicated server is not fully supported by the maker. I will also not carry HL2 game servers unless there is a big turn around in the attitude reflected on the CUSTOMERS who run servers for the community.
Good Day, Brad Quillen a.k.a. unkNown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sirius F. Crackhoe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 7:09 AM Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Quote from http://www.cs-conditionzero.com/overview.html > > You _PAID_ for your client copy of CS, not to run the server. The hardware, > bandwidth and time is none of Valve's concern. You get a free service from > Valve in getting the server software and the updates. > > Point is, if you don't like it... Move on. > > Sirius > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy > Brooking > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Quote from > http://www.cs-conditionzero.com/overview.html > > Sirius F. Crackhoe wrote: > > > So as I understand it, you don't like them selling advertising space > > on the server SOFTWARE that you DID NOT pay for? > > > > > Hang on, I payed for my copy of CS, I payed for my hardware, I pay for my > bandwidth, my time goes into this... > > Yet afterall that other companies make money off me?? > > Exactly the reason why I have taken all my servers down. > > Battlefield Vietnam runs great in its place. > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux

