Actually, if you plot that over the last 12 months, and throw some other games in for comparison ... it doesn't look related at all. Looks like game-play for most of the games goes up/down about the same percent at about the same time.
http://www.steamgraph.net/index.php?action=graph&jstime=1&appid=440q240q10q730&from=1361692800000&to=1393228800000 TF2 just seems to swing more wildly. On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Robert Paulson <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
