Cameron, I know your pain. When the quickplay system was first introduced my server was full 24/7 for a solid month. Gametracker ranked my server in the top 150, felt good man. But, just like you, one day, all traffic dropped. Nothing changed on my end, so I was at a loss as to why, just as you are now.
I have not had the time to rebuild a community lately, but I would agree with others on here: Do what you must to get regulars to help populate it. Steam groups, events, gifts (if you're that nice), those sorts of things. Even if you can't get enough to fill it, as long as you have (I believe) six players, you have a much better chance of getting quickplay traffic. The main point I wanted to make is that a server loosing out to Valve servers is not new. This sort of thing has been happening since it was introduced. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Cameron Munroe <cmun...@cameronmunroe.com>wrote: > So pretty much valve is sending traffic to valve instead of the server > community, great! This might explain why my server went from 24/7 full to > nearly empty. > > > Any Idea on how to improve the score so that our servers can get on the > list more often? > > > > On 2012-04-25 08:56, hlds wrote: > >> I did a simple test using an account with more than 1500 hours in TF2 and >> the result was: >> >> 1. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.20:27023 (Valve) >> 2. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.12:27023 (Valve) >> 3. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.17:27015 (Valve) >> 4. Quickplay connecting to 178.63.83.91:27017 (Community, Nighteam) >> 5. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.16:27027 (Valve) >> 6. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.20:27027 (Valve) >> 7. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.16:27026 (Valve) >> >> Then I did again the test using my main account (more than 2500 hours in >> TF2) and the result was similar: >> >> 1. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.18:27018 (Valve) >> 2. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.12:27016 (Valve) >> 3. Quickplay connecting to 176.31.125.175:27019 (Community, No Bullshit >> TF2) >> 4. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.16:27024 (Valve) >> 5. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.12:27026 (Valve) >> 6. Quickplay connecting to 46.4.85.38:27017 (Community, Nighteam) >> 7. Quickplay connecting to 85.131.163.47:28015 (Community, >> IQ-eSports.com) >> 8. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.13:27017 (Valve) >> 9. Quickplay connecting to 146.66.153.7:27015 (Valve) >> >> Remember this: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/**hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.** >> com/msg62826.html<http://www.mail-archive.com/hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com/msg62826.html> >> >> =)) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: >> hlds_linux-bounces@list.**valvesoftware.com<hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com> >> [mailto:hlds_linux-bounces@**list.valvesoftware.com<hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com>] >> On Behalf Of 1nsane >> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 4:21 PM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Suddenly very low server population >> >> Some time ago I noticed that quickplay started to send me to valve servers >> in a different state instead of community servers run in the same state as >> I reside in. >> In some cases it evens prefers empty valve servers over populated >> community >> servers. The only times I see it considering other servers for me is later >> in the day: >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux> >> > > -- > -- Cameron Munroe > > http://www.cameronmunroe.com/ > http://www.munroenet.com/ > http://www.gaming-servers.net/ > > > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux> > -- AksumkA.com <http://aksumka.com> _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
