just a thought, maybe it has to do with there site being off line yesterday?
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=22119389#post22119389 On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:38 PM, clad iron <[email protected]> wrote: > to agree with Kyle, i have talked to ppl that are outraged that they can't > play for more than a few min's before a crash. > as for the updating time, here in EST it's 9:35 PM. If this update was > coming about 5 hours earlier, it wouldn't be in a main stream time that > gamers play before bed. > this would also allow valve ruffly 5 hours or so to fix any problems that > arise from the update. > or atlest revert part of the patch back to fix the issue till they come in > on the next day. > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Kyle Sanderson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> To be fair. The beta is only really gameplay related, nothing of any >> real significance is actually tested there. While I realize this is a >> server administration 'discussion' list, my client (TF2 in specific) >> is still completely borked from the April 14th engine update. I can't >> even play more then 20minutes without it crashing out. >> >> The testing model is non-existent or it's heavily flawed. It's 6 26PM >> 'real' time, the sun goes down in Seattle in little under two hours. >> It's being shipped right before the last person turns the light off in >> the office. That's what we're all complaining about. If there is an >> issue with the update tonight, it isn't going to be fixed. >> >> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Tony Paloma <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I seem to recall the beta being updated recently and containing several >> > yet-to-be-released additions, but I'm sure that doesn't matter to you. >> > There's obviously no satisfying you. >> > >> > Meanwhile, myself and what seems to be the rest of us are thankful that >> they >> > provided notice for today's update and that it's not late on Friday. >> There >> > have been plenty of Thursday updates where they fix issues the next day. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John >> Marbury >> > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:06 PM >> > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >> > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Mandatory updates coming later today >> > >> > Too bad it takes Valve 2+ days to fix the bugs they add in every update. >> > >> > Say, speaking of bugs in updates, wasn't that the point of the TF2 beta? >> Or >> > I guess they just like to test things in production like all the 'cool' >> > software companies do. >> > >> > >> > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Tony Paloma <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Good thing it's Thursday in Valve Land. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: [email protected] >> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John >> >> Marbury >> >> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 5:53 PM >> >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >> >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Mandatory updates coming later today >> >> >> >> Well, I'm sure it's afternoon *somewhere!* I guess we should have >> >> expected the *usual* * >> >> >> >> hit-the-update-button-on-the-way-out-the-door-and-not-fix-anything-unt >> >> il-Mon >> >> day >> >> * routine. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Eric Smith <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > We're about 45 minutes from having it be released. >> >> > >> >> > -Eric >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> >> > From: Eric Smith >> >> > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 11:02 AM >> >> > To: '[email protected]'; ' >> [email protected]' >> >> > Subject: Mandatory updates coming later today >> >> > >> >> > We're getting ready to release mandatory updates for TF2, CS:S, >> >> > DoD:S, and HL2:DM this afternoon. This is just a heads-up that >> they're >> > coming. >> >> > >> >> > -Eric >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > 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 >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
