I think that's a wonderful idea! That's assuming of course Valve are taking an active interest and observation of this discussion. Fingers crossed they are.
On 24 January 2014 20:43, Doctor McKay <mc...@doctormckay.com> wrote: > Obviously, Valve wants new players to be able to try out the game without > ending up in some pay2win or other bad server. Why not just have popups > explaining the game when it's first launched? There's already a popup > pointing to the Mann Co. Store button (lol), why not label the other main > menu buttons as well? > > Play Multiplayer <-- [ Click this button to automatically find a server ] > Play Co-op <-- [ Click this button to play Mann vs. Machine ] > Servers <-- [ Click this button to search all available games based on your > own filters ] > > And when you open the server browser for the first time, point to the > filters, explain what they do, explain what tags are, etc. > > > Dr. McKay > www.doctormckay.com > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:24 PM, dan <needa...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > On 24/01/2014 19:57, Rick Dunn wrote: > > > >> Everything you've said is perfectly relevant and 100% besides the point. > >> You are talking to a list of people who have been running TF2 servers > >> since > >> its release. TF2 was built by Valve, came out, and was popular for > about > >> a > >> year in its default format. When its charm had worn off, communities > took > >> it, modded it, added incentives such as hats, custom weapons, skins, in > >> their mods, and built large playerbases from it. > >> > > > > Ummm this is not really an accurate history of TF2 development. > > > > It reads like the Hollywood movie version of history. > > > > Just add an ending that makes the Americans win and sell > > the script. > > > > > > -- > > Dan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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