I can confirm that you should not freak out. I can also confirm that I've got it on my list to review the scoring system and reporting messages to see if they are providing incorrect feedback. I do think there could be a problem with the "trend" portion of the message.
The score calculation we use is very similar in spirit (but different in a few minor details) to this blog post: http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2338 And if it's any consolation --- if we're screwing things up for your reputation score, we're screwing them up for our own servers just exactly the same. -----Original Message----- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Molina Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 5:18 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Valve TF2 servers no longer have quickplay advantage I had set up a quickplay server from scratch recently. The following is conjecture and not fact. Confirmation or denial from those with authoritative information would be appreciated: I am under the impression that Valve starts you off with an abnormally high score, and you have nowhere to go but down from there. Therefore, starting your new server off with a good status and trending "downwards fast" is perfectly normal. You should level off at some point before you get to a less-than-good ranking. Valve just needs to make the log message be more happy-talky for the inexperienced admins who take things literally and freak out. I've never seen anything in my console logs other than "Downward Fast" and "Slightly Upward". Actually, my server just cycles between the two. Here's a little logging from my system. This is pretty much what my server does all day; jmomo@parts-->egrep "Game server auth" tf/console.log | cut -f 2 -d \! Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Slightly Upward Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast Standing: Good. Trend: Downward Fast In summary, don't freak out. Patrick Lahni wrote: > it has me started off as Downward Fast. > Guess I'm one of the unlucky ones that can't benefit from the system. -- # Jesse Molina # Mail = je...@opendreams.net # Page = page-je...@opendreams.net # Cell = 1.602.323.7608 # Web = http://www.opendreams.net/jesse/ _______________________________________________ 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
