"Servers should be running as "vanilla" as possible." https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2825-AFGJ-3513
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:04 AM, John Marbury <[email protected]> wrote: > I just wanted to say: > The plugin gives no advantage to regulars over quickplay-players. Point > values are reset when players connect, and there is a hard cap on the > maximum number someone can have at one time. > It's just a simple mechanic that allows players to try to salvage a round > if they are about to lose. > > From what I've heard through the grapevine, having "respawntimes" or any > custom-ish tag that incurs a penalty is pretty much the same as just > outright blocking quickplay traffic since there are loads of stock servers > now. Can anyone comment on that? > > I guess it would be helpful if Valve could clarify the goal of quickplay: > Is it to create the "best possible experience" for players, or to create > the "most 'vanilla' experience" for players? > I wont argue that stock respawn times are the more 'vanilla' way to go, but > polling data from random people in my servers shows that in games on ctf > and plr maps (or where both teams are on offense and defense at the same > time), players prefer a 50% drop in respawn wave times. > > Food for thought~ > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 7:39 AM, bp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think that, since you _are_ messing with respawn times, it'd be > > sensible to advertise this with at least "respawntimes". > > > > Quickplay is meant as a way to play vanilla TF2 one-click. Yours isn't > > vanilla TF2. > > > > It's kind of obvious that your insta-respawning regulars would be > > upset from losing their point edge on the stream of new, regularly > > spawning players quickplay sends in their general direction, but > > that's not the design purpose of quickplay... :) > > > > --bp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
