They could update VAC so it actually catches cheaters and then they would make money again! :) There is a lot of cheaters in 1.6. Or they should make CS2 so they can make money again on 1.6 players.
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:07:32 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Half-Life 1 engine beta update released > > I'm not saying CS 1.6 is irrelevant; I shouldn't have compared it to > Quake 2 and that was my mistake. Yes, CS 1.6 is hugely popular > worldwide, and yes, it's still a great game. But Valve is in the > business of making money, and how much does Valve make off of CS 1.6 > these days compared to its other products? Probably not much. I think > this game has become a monkey on Valve's back, so to speak. It's still > very popular and it has a tremendous following, but the actual revenue > they bring in from it is small. Most software companies don't support > their products nearly as long Valve has been supporting CS. > > That's why I'm saying that we're lucky they even work on it at all. > They could just as easily throw their hands up in the air and say > they're done working on it. People would still buy new games, Valve > would continue to make money, and we would be stuck with bugs that will > never get fixed. So, instead of insulting them for not doing this work > sooner, it seems like we should be thanking them for doing this work at > all. We're not paying them to use the game once we've bought it, and > we're not paying them for the server stuff at all. > > On 07/26/2011 01:48 PM, ics wrote: > > One sentence. Mann Co Store ingame. More money than cs 1.6 buyers bring in. > > > > -ics > > > > 26.7.2011 20:43, C Szabo kirjoitti: > >> TF2 is only bigger becuse its free. So they should stop support TF2 > >> when they dont even make money on it? :P > >> > >>> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:24:49 +0300 > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Half-Life 1 engine beta update released > >>> > >>> > >>> Ok, I understand you, but Counter-Strike was the most played game in > >>> The STEAM before TF2 F2P, and now it is in second place, so VALVe > >>> SHOULD release bugfixes and support this game, and I think this game > >>> is most popular First Person Shooter in The World, because there are > >>> a lot of non-steam players, thousands of them ... > >>> Quoting *David A. Parker<[email protected]> [1]*: > >>>> I don't want to get into a flame war here, but seriously, Counter > >>>> Strike > >>>> is how old now? I think we're lucky that Valve is still putting > >>>> effort > >>>> into it, and insulting Alfred for doing this work now instead of > >>>> two > >>>> years ago isn't productive. I'm sure everyone at Valve, including > >>>> Alfred, has better (and more profitable) things to work on in the > >>>> last > >>>> few years. Complaining to Valve about the lack of fixes in CS is > >>>> like > >>>> complaining to id Software about a bug in Quake 2. It doesn't even > >>>> make > >>>> sense. > >>>> > >>>> - Dave > >>>> > >>>> On 07/26/2011 12:57 PM, Janis Petrovs wrote: > >>>> > > >>>> > Did you read this bug with +voicerecord(voicecomm)? And what > >>>> about > >>>> > cs_siege bug with "concert hall" sound? After this map I > >>>> have to > >>>> > restart my CS to get back normal sound. Also "Internet List" > >>>> is full > >>>> > with Fake Servers, please ban these servers or block. > >>>> Counter-strike > >>>> > is going down because VALVe don't fix bugs, Ok now Alfred is > >>>> doing > >>>> > something after two years of doing nothing... I think VALVe > >>>> need to > >>>> > shame ... > >>>> > Quoting *Janis Petrovs<[email protected]> [1]*: > >>>> >> Good update, now setmaster work correct, but now there is > >>>> problem > >>>> >> with voicecomm, when player join server, it works but > >>>> after some > >>>> >> time it doesn't, so players can't use voicecomm, please > >>>> fix this as > >>>> >> fast as you can, players are asking me why they can't > >>>> speak. > >>>> >> > >>>> >> Quoting *Alfred Reynolds<[email protected]> > >>>> [2]*: > >>>> >>> We have released an update to the beta, run the > >>>> hldsupdatetool with > >>>> >>> "-beta hlbeta" to get this update. Changes for this > >>>> update are: > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> - fixed failing to load steam interfaces on windows > >>>> (updated > >>>> >>> steamclient binaries) (win32) > >>>> >>> - statically linked libsteam.so to libstdc++ so you > >>>> don't need to > >>>> >>> update it (linux) > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> Let us see if this one sticks. > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view > >>>> the list > >>>> >>> archives, please visit: > >>>> >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >>>> >> > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > Links: > >>>> > ------ > >>>> > [1] mailto:[email protected] > >>>> > [2] mailto:[email protected] > >>>> > _______________________________________________ > >>>> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>> archives, please visit: > >>>> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> Dave Parker > >>>> Systems Administrator > >>>> Utica College > >>>> Integrated Information Technology Services > >>>> (315) 792-3229 > >>>> Registered Linux User #408177 > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>> archives, please visit: > >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>> > >>> > >>> Links: > >>> ------ > >>> [1] mailto:[email protected] > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > -- > > Dave Parker > Systems Administrator > Utica College > Integrated Information Technology Services > (315) 792-3229 > Registered Linux User #408177 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
