TF2 player counts have stagnated and even dropped a bit since January 23. http://www.steamgraph.net/index.php?action=graph&jstime=1&appid=440&from=1388563200000&to=End+Time
To Fletcher and any other Valve employee responsible for this change: This change will harm TF2 popularity in the long run. Please don't put this on the back burner because it is destroying player-bases that took years to build. It takes a long time for a server to reach critical mass. There are very few people using quickpick or changing quickplay options. We know this because quickplay connects remained at 7%, down from 30% before these changes. Since there is no communication what the exact motivations were to remove community servers from quickplay, here are some general solutions. - The play now option button should be labeled. The cancel button could be moved to the top right and changed to X. - After 4 hours of play, automatically check community servers. - After 4 hours of play, switch the play multiplayer button with the servers button. On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Abdulrahman Abdulkawi < [email protected]> wrote: > I doubt they will change the default option (since they can't guarantee > the server they are sent to, follows quickplay rules). > > @Fletcher Dunn - can you not make a compromise that would work for both > of us? I think having a notification/box pop up upon opening the quickplay > after having play X hours with default filters set - to alert the user if > they wish to expand their search filter to find community servers as well > as valve servers (with an easy yes/no button). > > Sent from Blackberry. > From: ics > Sent: Wednesday, 19 February 2014 19:44 > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Reply To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] [hlds] Valve Only Servers in Community Servers > > > Valve did nice job of alienating players from community servers. 2/4 of > the 24 slot servers i run are now dead in the water. > > -ics > > Erik-jan Riemers kirjoitti: > > Mine already died, only custom servers are still doing fine. Everything > but > > stock.. after +- 6 years of having a successful stock server it has now > > died completely. > > > > > > 2014-02-19 17:39 GMT+01:00 Invalid Protocol < > > [email protected]>: > > > >> 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 > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
