Proabably that's like they do with csgo: all their servers get "priority" so the users firstly fill theirs and eventually the rest
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 7:38 PM, DontWannaName! <ad...@topnotchclan.com>wrote: > The question you should be asking is why their 30 Halloween servers are > full while your two are empty. Do they have more people joining to help > fill them? Who knows. > > Sent from my iPhone 5 > > > On Oct 31, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Daniel Barreiro < > smelly.feet.you.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The Valve servers may affect the traffic, but not as much as it's been > > affected. It's the over saturation of servers in general, especially from > > the clans that put up 25+ event servers hoping for traffic. > > Skial is running 16, Saigns is running 30, etc. > > Yes the 76 Valve put up will affect the traffic, but there seems to be > more > > to this honestly. The past 2 days have been 24/7 traffic, suddenly it > > plummets for a ton of people. Part of it may be more servers have been > put > > up, but the fact everyone started having issues after the update seems to > > point to something else. > > > > > >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Calvin Judy <evo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Absolutely, I don't see any reason to keep my event servers up now. > >> > >> http://i.imgur.com/bejbG1m.png > >> > >> This is pretty disappointing. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bjorn Wielens" <uniac...@yahoo.ca> > >> > >> To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" <hlds_linux@list.** > >> valvesoftware.com <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com>> > >> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 1:58 PM > >> > >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Is sv_tags "event247" broken after the update? > >> > >> > >> If the existence of the valve servers is the sole cause of the massive > >> decrease in traffic to communities... It poses a rather large issue for > >> those communities. > >> It means that the sheer number of valve's quickplay-eligible servers is > >> outshadowing _many_ communities (as judging by the messages in this > thread), > >> and the server market is being over-saturated to the point where > >> communities basically have a hard time getting a foothold unless there > is > >> an established playerbase > >> that is large enough to sustain the server with very little traffic > influx. > >> > >> Ultimately, it means communities likely won't bother with event servers > as > >> a result of no traffic anyway... and this will rebound very rapidly in > the > >> opposite direction. > >> I thought the entire goal of quickplay was to help get traffic _to_ > >> communities and help players discover them (for those that keep their > >> servers within a set of parameters)... not "keep all the traffic for > Valve > >> servers". > >> > >> I realize this sounds pretty scathing , but it is something I think we > (as > >> community server operators) need to be seriously aware of - for the day > >> that no more communities exist to keep the hat market up, will be the > day > >> TF2 truly dies :D > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________**__ > >> From: Fletcher Dunn <fletch...@valvesoftware.com> > >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list <hlds_linux@list.** > >> valvesoftware.com <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com>> > >> Cc: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list ( > >> h...@list.valvesoftware.com)" <h...@list.valvesoftware.com> > >> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 2:30:23 PM > >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Is sv_tags "event247" broken after the update? > >> > >> > >> There were no Valve event servers running until last night. > >> > >> -----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 Daniel Barreiro > >> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 10:13 AM > >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Is sv_tags "event247" broken after the update? > >> > >> Never run any bots, all of my servers were full yesterday and are > >> completely dead last night until now. > >> Only change was the update. > >> One of the servers wasn't registered until this event (converted it > from a > >> custom server temporarily just to get a 24/7 helltower server for the > >> week), so it was a brand new ID. > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Calvin Judy <evo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> None of my servers are running any sort of bots, and they all dropped > >>> quickplay traffic completely last night. > >>> > >>> Can you double check to verify this update didn't create an additional > >>> issue, as it sure does look like something is wrong. > >>> > >>> ~6000 players in 24h to 0 in 12h, doesn't really make any sense. > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fletcher Dunn" < > >>> fletch...@valvesoftware.com> > >>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" > >>> <hlds_linux@list.** valvesoftware.com > >>> <hlds_linux@list.**valvesoftware.com < > hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> > >>> Cc: <h...@list.valvesoftware.com> > >>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 12:32 PM > >>> > >>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Is sv_tags "event247" broken after the > update? > >>> > >>> > >>> We recently fixed a bug that has been giving servers running bots an > >>> > >>>> unfair and unintended quickplay scoring advantage. This could change > >>>> traffic patterns. > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: hlds_linux-bounces@list.**valv**esoftware.com< > http://valvesoftware.com> > >>>> <hlds_linux-**boun...@list.valvesoftware.com< > hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com> > >>>> **>[mailto: > >>>> hlds_linux-bounces@**list.**valvesoftware.com< > http://list.valvesoftware.com> > >>>> <hlds_linux-**bounces@list.v > >>>> alvesoftware.com>] > >>>> On Behalf Of Marco Padovan > >>>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 8:52 AM > >>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Is sv_tags "event247" broken after the > update? > >>>> > >>>> Same here... seeing the same issue on 12servers.... all where full > >>>> yesterday :) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Padraig Fahy <padraig.f...@gmail.com > >>>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Server was full last night before update..but no one has been on > >>>> since > >>>> > >>>>> the update. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thankfully I am not the only one with this issue! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:41 PM, thesupremecommander < > >>>>> thesupremec...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Seeing problems on my end as well. A server holding at 24/24 > >>>>>> constant before the update has seen all of its traffic vanish even > >>>>>> with a few players to seed QuickPlay traffic. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Calvin Judy <evo...@gmail.com> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> VAC secure mode is activated. > >>>>>>> Connection to game coordinator established. > >>>>>>> Current item schema is up-to-date with version 553324E3. > >>>>>>> Received auth challenge; signing into gameserver account... > >>>>>>> L 10/31/2013 - 06:01:08: Received auth challenge; signing into > >>>>> gameserver > >>>>>>> account... > >>>>>>> L 10/31/2013 - 06:01:08: Loading map "plr_hightower_event" > >>>>>>> Game server authentication: SUCCESS! Standing: Good. Trend: > >>>>>>> Upward Fast L 10/31/2013 - 06:01:08: Game server authentication: > >>>>>>> SUCCESS! > > >>>>>> Standing: > >>>>>>> Good. Trend: Upward Fast > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I'm not seeing any bad ratings on mine, but quickplay traffic > >>>>>>> just vanished. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lambda" > >>>>>>> <lambdace...@gmail.com> > >>>>>>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" > > > >>>>> <hlds_linux@list. > >>>>> ** > >>>>>>> valvesoftware.com > >>>>>>> <hlds_linux@list.**valvesoftwa**re.com <http://valvesoftware.com> > >>>>> <hlds_linux@list.**valvesoftwa > >>>>>>> re.com> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 11:29 AM > >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Is sv_tags "event247" broken after the > >>>>> update? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Same here, i checked the quickplay status and it went from "Good" > >>>>>>> to > >>>>>> "Bad" > >>>>>>>> out of a sudden, funny thing is that the client command to list > >>>>>>>> the identities and the status says that they're all good but > >>>>>>>> upon server launch it says that its "Bad" > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> 2013/10/31 Calvin Judy <evo...@gmail.com> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> http://i.imgur.com/bejbG1m.png > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> There has been a significant drop in quickplay traffic on our > >>>>>>>>> servers > >>>>>> as > >>>>>>>>> well. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Pettit" < > >>>>>> pettit.t...@gmail.com> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" > >>> > >>>>> <hlds_linux@list. > >>>>>> ** > >>>>>>>>> valvesoftware.com > >>>>>>>>> <hlds_linux@list.****valvesoftwa**re.com<http://** > >>>>> valvesoftware.co <http://valvesoftware.co> > >>>>>>>>> m> > >>>>> < > >>>>>> hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.****com<hlds_linux@list.** > >>>>> valvesoftware. > >>>>>> com> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 11:13 AM > >>>>>>>>> Subject: [hlds_linux] Is sv_tags "event247" broken after the > > >>>>> update? > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> I noticed Halloween servers running plr_hightower_event are > >>>>>>>>> no > >>>>> longer > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> receiving quickplay traffic after the last update. > >>>>>>>>>> Is anyone else having the same issue? 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