What if i told you....they're too busy working on HL3 :D Anyhow, I assume it would be something they could do in the next source engine, which is confirmed. This sounds great and all but i think we all need a reality check....something this big isn't going to happen. But even if it did, it would take a while so don't hold your breath.
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Erik-jan Riemers <[email protected]> wrote: > i think in order of "work" the idea of mckay would be the simplest for > valve to implement. we can only hope they would give some kind of statement > if they will introduce this, and when not, why? > > I've got pretty much every server registered except 24/7 custom maps but i > have no problem registering those too if it adds benefit. > > > 2013/9/5 Doctor McKay <[email protected]> > > > The idea of assigning a server a Steam ID is an interesting one, but we > > actually already have a system for this, at least in TF2. If a server is > > logged in to Steam, then when you favorite it you could actually favorite > > the server's account ID. Then the favorites list would retrieve the > > server's current address from Steam based on the account ID. > > > > This could also be an additional benefit to registering your server > beyond > > just Quickplay participation (which is only relevant if you're not > running > > custom maps/mods) and event participation (which is only relevant about > two > > weeks out of the year). > > > > > > Dr. McKay > > www.doctormckay.com > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Mart-Jan Reeuwijk <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > yeah, problem is, brick wall in front of that guy. > > > > > > If I have a bunch of favorited servers, and a server drops off due a IP > > > change, that server wont see me back. For: > > > A: I'm not even aware the server is gone, unless its a special mod > that I > > > like. > > > B: As I have enough other favorites, I wont be searching for servers in > > > the internet tab. > > > Majority of servers out there run mandatory Pinion nowadays, so > searching > > > for new servers is a pain anyways. > > > > > > And NO, I'm NOT looking for EMPTY servers. So I sort on # of players on > > > it, and look for a map I like. > > > > > > But the most important question is: Would I like to keep the server in > my > > > Fav's, regardless of their IP? > > > > > > And the answer is yes, for once they made it to my favs, the server > > proved > > > to me to not be a bad one (pinion R**e, lag, crap plugins, etc) > > > That is the purpose of my Favorites to me: get back to servers that > > didn't > > > make me a bad experience. If one such changed, for example add Pinion, > > and > > > I didn't like it anymore, I leave and remove it from favs... > > > > > > That is the "special" part of having a Favorite server list, those > > servers > > > earned to be there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > > > From: martin v <[email protected]> > > > >To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list < > > > [email protected]> > > > >Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013, 7:23 > > > >Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Add something to the game so that server ops > > > can ban HWID too. > > > > > > > > > > > >Let's don't let this topic die. > > > > > > > > > > > >2013/8/28 dan <[email protected]> > > > > > > > >> On 26/08/2013 04:07, Mart-Jan Reeuwijk wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> I do not agree on your assumption. > > > >>> > > > >>> Most players use their favorites, they have a bunch of them in > there, > > > for > > > >>> various mods within the game. > > > >>> Personally, I have like 80-100 servers in there, I really wouldn't > > > notice > > > >>> a server dropping off cos they changed IP. > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> Well you wouldn't really have to notice it would you? Most of the > time > > > >> Robert must be crying because > > > >> you're not on his server you're on one of the other 99 in your > > > favourites > > > >> list. So your argument > > > >> doesn't really solve Robert's problem does it? He wants you to have > > one > > > >> favourite server - his. > > > >> > > > >> Please, at least use some common sense before replying. > > > >> > > > >> What assumption do you disagree with? I'm saying in order to have > 100 > > > >> servers in your faves list > > > >> you must have found and joined those servers at one point without > them > > > >> being in that list. You cannot argue > > > >> with that, it's a simple fact. > > > >> > > > >> So, if you've only 99 servers (and it's clear you don't know if you > > have > > > >> 80 or 100) panic! > > > >> No don't panic, do exactly what you did to find those 99 servers to > > find > > > >> the missing one. > > > >> > > > >> Or just play on one of the other 99. > > > >> > > > >> It's clear from your point of view there are far more servers than > > > you'll > > > >> ever have the time to play on > > > >> even if you spent 24 hours a day playing tf2. There will always be > > empty > > > >> servers if there > > > >> are more servers than people. Valve can't do anything with DNS to > > change > > > >> that. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> As there are enough other servers to play on, I would not need to > > > "find" > > > >>> that server again in the server browser. I just go to another > > favorite > > > >>> server. Why? See pinion story, most non-favorited has pinion in a > > very > > > >>> intrusive way enabled. > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> Exactly. There's nothing special about servers. Nothing at all that > > > makes > > > >> them worth chasing rather than playing on a new one > > > >> or a different one. Nothing that makes much sense adding 100 of them > > to > > > >> "favourites". You can find another server to play on as easily as > > > >> you found a server and added it to faves in the first place. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> So, after years having a server in somwhere in my favorites, with a > > > vague > > > >>> familiarity of the server name, ppl won't go looking for a missing > > > server > > > >>> that changed IP. > > > >>> > > > >>> Now apply above to other players. And add to that that often server > > > >>> owners cant move IP to a new box. They lose their player base > there. > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> No they don't. The player base is the same. Whether people > > originally > > > >> joined their server via quickplay or the browser, people will again. > > > >> If there are players around. > > > >> > > > >> The server is easy to find as it was before. The guy like you with > 100 > > > >> servers in his faves isn't playing on their server much is he? > > > >> Not if he's forgotten all about the server, the name and everything. > > If > > > >> anyone plays on a server regularly enough to care about finding it > > > >> when it goes awol then they know what server they are on. > > > >> > > > >> If you were really involved in the community of one or two servers > and > > > >> really loved playing on them, you'd know the community and you'd > > > >> know the servers. > > > >> > > > >> All you have is lots of faves in your list that you've added but > > rarely > > > if > > > >> ever play on and so, as you say, you really have no > > > >> idea what servers you've added - but you haven't really been a > > > significant > > > >> part of their player base either - because > > > >> one guy can't be a significant part of the player base of 100 > servers. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
