The matchmaking does not work very well. I just tried to catch a game through matchmaking. This is what I noticed: 1000 people waiting in line, 250+ empty servers, wait time is supposedly 10 minutes. But after that it kept increasing so I just quit, opened up the server browser, joined one of the random available MVM servers and got my game.
So why is there a wait time if there's so many available servers? On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:24 PM, dan <needa...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On 18/08/2012 17:58, Weasel wrote: > >> What I find sad about this particular event, is that I am not even trying >> to participate in any of this MvM crap. I have no interest in it at all. I >> also have no interest in any of the match-making crap either - and am not >> trying to participate in that at all either. That's my own real complaint. >> Beyond that, "its a game, get over it" I am generally/mostly/usually Ok >> with. >> > > The game gets updates. You have to take the rough with the smooth. Overall > it's better like this imo even if I don't like every update. > Whatever bugs they have they'll fix eventually. > > MvM is a lot better, imo, than trading, for example. > > The big problem with this update is they've added cvars to force > matchmaking before fixing the matchmaking so it only connects to local > servers. Or at least there seem to be some cvars relating to matchmaking, > ping and score, they don't seem to matter as far as MvM is concerned. > > I'd much prefer to wait longer - for however long it takes - until a slot > on a server with a good ping is available. Where good ping means less than > 50 or at an absolute stretch less than 80. > > The downside at the moment is, not only have Valve forced everyone to use > the matchmaking for MvM by hiding all their servers from the browser, after > sitting for 10-20 minutes in the queue (not so bad because you can use the > in game browser at least to read something), they connect you to servers > with pings so high the game simply doesn't work and is unplayable. > > So, you have to start the whole process again. That sucks for me, but the > guys who actually live in Seattle get a bunch of people connecting to their > game who just see their ping and leave which makes their experience suck > too. > End result, the experience sucks for everyone, even the people who somehow > manage to get to a local server with a low ping. > > Not sure how Mann up helps or hinders the connection process, but the > experience so far hasn't made me want to experiment, even if it is just 59p. > > Running my own local server helps my ping, but it doesn't really help to > get local clients. > > Worst of all, Valve have removed all the good local multiplayer servers > they had, to switch them to MvM, so I can't even forget about MvM for a bit > and play multiplayer TF2 instead. > Leaving me in the ironic position of not being able to find a decent game > when there are 100k+ people playing. > > > I really do hate this whole mailing-list format for discussions too. I >> find it confusing to read through, and the formatting on everything seems >> gets really weird further into the threads - making it hard to read. >> Consequently, as far as those other "400+" messages that had been mentioned >> (probably a slight exaggeration) ... I read maybe half a dozen. I wish >> this was via some forum-type system. I'd settle for a Steam Community >> forum. Although I suspect if it was on Steam Community non-server >> operators will be filling it up with less relevant discussions. >> > > Unfortunately etiquette for email quoting died a death years ago, but, > let's be realistic here, you don't really want this as a forum on SPUF do > you? The place is awful. > -- > Dan > > > ______________________________**_________________ > 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> > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
