No I blame you invalid protocol, thats the most logical assumption.
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Invalid Protocol < [email protected]> wrote: > Let's assume that there's no quickplay rule regarding respawn times, or > even > better, let's assume that there's no quickplay at all. What would you do? > :) > You would still use the default respawn times or you would mod the > server(s) > to have faster / instant respawn? > > My opinion is that many are using now the default respawn times only > because > Valve said so, not because they think that players want this. You should > blame Valve for adding stupid rules, not the "malicious" server operators. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ics > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:42 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Policy of Truth: Respawn Times > > I can understand players frustration regarding respawn times, since they > want to play, not wait for to play. Arena doesn't get much love due to > this. But the regular player doesn't understand that maps do not work as > they should witn such respawn that they expect. > > Also I just think it's unfair for other people who run servers to have > these servers that have instant or faster spawn in quiickplay cycle > along with the rest of us. > > -ics > > Gordon Reynolds kirjoitti: > > I can see respawntimes are a hard one to easily verify, you have to join > > the server yourself, and most new users have no concept of what a "normal > > respawn" time is. I cannot tell you how many times I've seen people type > > something along the lines of, "wtf is with this respawn, 20 seconds? I'm > > out" and then just leave. > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:27 AM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Last time i checked, nearly a month ago, there were several communities > >> having multiple servers that modified respawn times. Either very fast or > >> instant. They all were in quickplay participants. I checked and reported > >> each one of them. I'm not sure if they are along anymore or has someone > >> actually gone through reports and removed the servers from quickplay > >> through penalty ban. > >> > >> -ics > >> > >> Michael Johansen kirjoitti: > >> > >> I don't know whether the plugins are fixed, but I know of many people > >>> that are not subscribed to this list, and are running an old version of > >>> some plugin released on AM a couple of months ago which does not add > the > >>> tags required. I know the plugin authors have added this feature now, > but > >>> who knows, people might not be watching the forums for new plugins as > most > >>> of them are "set and forget". > >>> > >>> From: [email protected] > >>>> To: > [email protected].**com<[email protected]> > >>>> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:47:34 +0100 > >>>> Subject: [hlds_linux] Policy of Truth: Respawn Times > >>>> > >>>> This has been brought up several times but it is only getting worse, > >>>> this needs to be addressed. > >>>> > >>>> There are many quickplay-enabled servers out there that change the > >>>> respawn times without having the 'respawntimes' sv_tag. I have used > the > >>>> server-report feature to bring this to Valve's attention only for > nothing > >>>> to happen after weeks. The amount of servers now doing this has only > >>>> increased to the point that when a quickplay-user joins a populated > 32/32 > >>>> server, they would complain and leave due to long respawn times (not > >>>> realizing that other servers have fast-respawn enabled on quickplay). > >>>> > >>>> Are we to see any enforcement, or should we join the crowd doing this > >>>> considering it is becoming necessary to compete and maintain the > community. > >>>> > >>>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>>> 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<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<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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
