I threw up a random server for testing SM/MM:S and it's now full, and has been since 5AM PST. This most definitely saved the game where as before nearly everything would be dead in NA.
Mind you from what I can tell they're German and French players. On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Tony Paloma <[email protected]> wrote: > +1. Nearly 70k players. That's about 4x normal. > http://store.steampowered.com/stats/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > DontWannaName! > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 12:19 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Max players penalty > > I think there are just not that many empty servers open right now. > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:54 AM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The quickplay thing doesn't work like it is ment to work. I've tried >> it now >> 5 times in a row, always ending up on 160ms+ ping server. So >> basically it's overcrowded, doesn't work like it should or there >> aren't free servers around here in Europe. >> >> May i remind that up to this day, L4D2 lobby search does the same thing. >> Only recently it started giving out less pinged servers. >> >> -ics >> >> 24.6.2011 21:48, 1nsane kirjoitti: >> >> The faq says that even with that quickplay will send players. >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:31 PM, >>> DarthNinja<hlds-lin@**darthninja.com<[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Your tags have "increased_maxplayers" in them. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Saint K.<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm not seeing any indication of the match system sending any >>>> players to >>>>> our servers. >>>>> >>>>> Our tags read; "sv_tags" = >>>>> >>>>> "HLstatsX:CE,_registered,**alltalk,increased_maxplayers,** >>>> payload,replays,specialattack" >>>> >>>>> While we only permit 24 players due to visible slots cvar, and >>>>> alltalk >>>>> >>>> (not >>>> >>>>> sure if that decreases your score) is only active during round end. >>>>> >>>>> Saint K. >>>>> ______________________________**__________ >>>>> From: >>>>> hlds_linux-bounces@list.**valvesoftware.com<hlds_linux-bounces@list >>>>> .valvesoftware.com>[ >>>>> hlds_linux-bounces@list.**valvesoftware.com<hlds_linux-bounces@list >>>>> .valvesoftware.com>] >>>>> On Behalf Of 1nsane [ >>>>> >>>> 1nsane.pw@ >>>> >>>>> gmail.com] >>>>> Sent: 24 June 2011 16:05 >>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Max players penalty >>>>> >>>>> I have something similar and use sv_visiblemaxplayers as well. >>>>> >>>>> But recently I've been seeing things like 27/24 so it makes me >>>>> think as though I'm being penalized because matchmaking puts more >>>>> players on the server than it should. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Saint K.<[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am wondering about the same question. We have our servers setup >>>>>> with reserved slots, but they are hidden. So essentionally most of >>>>>> the times >>>>>> >>>>> the >>>>> >>>>>> server is on the correct 24 player limit, although the maxplayers >>>>>> is configured as 26 to allow reserved slot owners to join without >>>>>> having >>>>>> >>>>> to >>>> >>>>> kick others out or constantly leave a slot open. >>>>>> >>>>>> Saint K. >>>>>> ______________________________**__________ >>>>>> From: >>>>>> hlds_linux-bounces@list.**valvesoftware.com<hlds_linux-bounces@lis >>>>>> t.valvesoftware.com>[ >>>>>> hlds_linux-bounces@list.**valvesoftware.com<hlds_linux-bounces@lis >>>>>> t.valvesoftware.com>] >>>>>> On Behalf Of Ronny Schedel >>>>>> >>>>> [ >>>> >>>>> [email protected]] >>>>>> Sent: 24 June 2011 08:53 >>>>>> To: >>>>>> [email protected].**com<[email protected]. >>>>>> com> >>>>>> Subject: [hlds_linux] Max players penalty >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> we are running a server with maxplayers set to 25, we have 1 >>>>>> reserved >>>>>> >>>>> slot >>>>> >>>>>> which gets emptied all the time. We have set sv_visiblemaxplayers >>>>>> to >>>>>> >>>>> 24. >>>> >>>>> The FAQ says: >>>>>> Increasing the max player count above 24 will incur a matchmaking >>>>>> >>>>> scorking >>>>> >>>>>> penalty, but will not disqualify you from the list. >>>>>> >>>>>> My question: do you respect the sv_visiblemaxplayers setting or do >>>>>> we >>>>>> >>>>> get >>>> >>>>> a penalty for having one reserved slot? >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards >>>>>> >>>>>> Ronny Schedel >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>> archives, please visit: >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/**mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux<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<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<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<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<http://l >>>> ist.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<http://li >>> st.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<http://lis >> t.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
