I've always noticed that during the holidays/summer you have more players, and at the end of the year to and the start of the year its still low. After that it goes up again.
2014-02-25 3:24 GMT+01:00 Weasels Lair <[email protected]>: > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
