You and I have an entirely different idea of what constitutes an event. To me, an event is some special activity the people on my server arranged. For instance, we regularly switch one of our servers over to either Prop Hunt or Vs. Saxton Hale. Around Halloween, we have one server running nothing but Halloween maps. We schedule these via our Steam group so our regulars know when they're going to happen.
Oh, and none of these have any sort of entrance fee; they're just there so we can have fun. And these changes have no effect on this. On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Mart-Jan Reeuwijk <[email protected]>wrote: > > well, this will be the end for event servers, for the admins simply are > not going to spend 2-3 minutes or more per person to take on the wagers for > a event, a 20 person event can will take in preparations more then 40 > minutes. > > at least in-game trading was fast. Allowed quick switching to the game > without crashing (with the steam overlay, crashing the steam overlay) The > steam trading is simply too slow for this, for every time it needs to > download for the browser all the info, pictures etc, while in-game this is > all already available in the game. In such long timeframe > crashes/disconnects of people and admins become a much bigger issue. > > Our event server is empty, also ASBO's servers, EE's too I read, not sure > on OBC's server, or others. > > Simply having a option for very fast trading within a 20-30 second frame > is required for this. Steam trading just takes a minute or more to load, > and fails over half the time to initialise. > > Also, as a argument, any game that has trading, has internal trading > options. Having extra a external one is not always there. I find it quite > strange tho kill off the internal trading in favor of a external one. > > > > >________________________________ > > From: doc <[email protected]> > >To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list < > [email protected]> > >Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2012, 20:00 > >Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam Trading user/server issues > > > >I'm going to be one of "those guys" and say please Valve do not listen to > >this person. Using the steam overlay to do trades right kind of stinks but > >it's better than the in-game trading interface when you take into > >consideration the flexibility the overlay has. Sometimes I want to be able > >to trade some metal for someone else's game they have in their inventory. > > > >Why would you turn down more options and flexibility? > > > > > >On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> This post is by far the most relevant > >> to server administration that I've yet to start on this mailing list to > not > >> only vent frustration but to inform Valve that I'm likely to pull my > >> servers > >> from this game and leave it all behind if old interface is not returned. > > > > > >Also, really? > >You'd pull all your servers because of how the TRADING changed? Man there > >can't be much keeping you tied to Team Fortress 2 if that's the straw that > >breaks the camel's back. As a server administrator I can't say trading > >impacts my administrative capabilities or activities one iota. It's not > >changing the gameplay (unless meta-games are now considered essential bits > >of TF2) and if your entire "community" is bitching at you then you need to > >inform your community to talk to Valve - it's not as if you turned on this > >change. > >_______________________________________________ > >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
