Trunky and other valve haters, Valve has a few servers up. Mostly internal test servers. But they do have servers. Add to that many of them have servers they play on outside of work (least I know a few of them like to play from time to time in their leisure). I am sure somewhere at Alfreds relatives, as well as other Valve employees, he/they are plugging away at the keyboard either addressing this issue or repeating the crash in any way possible to help get to the root of the problem with the code.
I'd also like to point out one thing (this should be painfully obvious to the older members of this list). Valve does test each and every update. However, they do not have the varied system configurations that server admins/owners/gsp's in the community do. That is why SOMETIMES (and this is extremely rare) they have to release a patch, hope for the best, and address the bugs as they arise. More recently they have attempted to include the community in the beta testing, I think this is getting mixed results. But it is helping them to make a more stable server engine. Ok so lets look back over the development of hl and hl2 servers. Occassionally there have been issues, but the majority have been a smooth ride. And considering they are not charging a monthly fee for the constant updating, count your blessings. Because they could be like some other software giants and charge you a monthly fee for the steam and hldsupdate services. Thank the gods (Yes you employees at Valve know who you are) that they do not. And lastly, I would like to point out how quick a fix came out for the bug in last nights original update. You think you would get that kind of response from Sony, or Blizzard, or EA? Good luck. Be patient grab a cup of eggnog and let the coders work on the bugs. Thank you Valve for providing a game and a server engine I have been playing with for 6+ years now. My leisure time would be sheer boredom without you. Merry Christmas to those that celebrate it, and to those that don't happy holidays. -StealthMode _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
