Very few players use the server browser or change the default settings when looking for playing a classic game (not prop-hunt, saxon, custom maps etc...). Now Quickplay sends almost all players to Valve servers. I doubt that many community servers running classic maps / gameplay will survive.
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 4:44 AM, Robert Paulson <[email protected]>wrote: > This isn't really a big deal. > > As I predicted, just about no one uses quickpick. Only 5% of our players > now are from quickplay and 1% use quickpick. I am sure everyone here using > Doctor McKay's plugin can confirm this. > > Being the default for play now is too much of an advantage and there's not > enough being done to put community servers on an even playing field with > official servers. > > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Doctor McKay <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > If any other option has "Don't care" chosen, the "Gameserver Host" option > > will be interpreted as "Don't care". I've already informed Valve and they > > are aware of this. > > > > > > Dr. McKay > > www.doctormckay.com > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 4:12 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I agree, othrewise that kind of makes the whole idea unfair to > > communities > > > and players if that's how they intended it to be (when opting to go to > a > > > community server). > > > > > > > > > On 15 February 2014 19:06, Abdulrahman Abdulkawi <[email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > Valve servers are showing up when searching for "Community Servers". > > > > > > > > If this is "how it's meant to be", then that needs to be changed - If > > we > > > > don't get listed in 'Valve servers' option, then Valve Servers > > shouldn't > > > > get listed for "Community Servers". > > > > > > > > All other filters are 'default'. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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
