This could be easily solved by simply enabling the box by default for a player's first 5 hours or so of playtime, then unchecking it (or presenting them with a dialog prompting them to disable it to check out the community aspect of TF2, which they could decline).
McKay -----Original Message----- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Stefan `Sec` Zehl Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 7:15 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] "Temporary" Quickplay changes ... 8 months later Hi, On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 12:08 +0200, Emil Larsson wrote: > I don't think people have a problem with that it's possible to select > Valve servers in quickplay, but rather that Valve servers is selected by default. > By default it should be "any server" really, and then people can > customize that if they want to prefer valve of community servers. I disagree. People who don't change settings and land on a bad server will assume that Valve messed up. So it makes sense to put those players on "default" servers. Look, it's server owners who didn't play by the rules who created this problem. Valve fixed it in the way they could do it without eating up way more time&people resources. I like the situation now way better than before, where I had to keep blacklists to even be able to play sanely. > They also disabled the HTML motd if you joined through quickplay to > combat the ad-ridden servers, so that point is moot anyway. This is also missing the point. Even while playing I can get several annoying messages all over my screen (yes, they are text only, but no less annoying) bothering me to pay for this oh-so-great server. This is nothing anyone wants to see who hits quickplay. CU, Sec -- stop reading here _______________________________________________ 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
