Every Source product (Minus TF2 player wise, Steam wise it's the same boat) has been suffering from this for ages.
While it would be nice to officially hear something. It's the same as the gross download congestion. All flash, no substance. Kyle. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Saint K. <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe an interesting thing to think about. People who know the game League of > Legends know what a free2play system can mean to your network load. Now I > imagine VALVe's/steams network being massively larger, but still the influx > of people seems to have a very negative effect on the steam backend > stability. I am uncertain of course what's causing this, but perhaps this can > be a tip. On LoL (afaik) paying players are being prioritized. Perhaps this > is something to think of for TF2 as well - cause from what it looks like > (specifically for loadsouts in peak hours) we're either getting queued or > some general connection limit is set to prevent it from overloading. > > Saint K. > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Reinhold > [[email protected]] > Sent: 28 July 2011 12:55 > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Unstable steam backend > > On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:07:20 +0200, Saint K. wrote: >> From last night on the steam network has been incredibly unstable. >> Servers dropping off quickplay, clients getting booted because either >> no steam logon or VAC connection possible, load outs either not >> available or taking ages to load. >> >> Anything up? > > I could post hundreds of lines of chatlog from users complaining, it > would be nice to get an official statement of some sort. > > > /Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
