If they even took a small step towards addressing the problem I'd be back on board for hosting Valve games. I left TF2 a while back because the QP changes made it impossible to recruit community members to replace those that sadly left. Community churn is natural.
Unlike custom game mode servers that can attract purely on the game mode or mods they are offering, there's little to differentiate community stock servers from Valve servers other than the community built up around it. While this is their greatest strength it is unfortunately hard to convey in a server title. On 10 May 2016 at 23:14, Aaron Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for the update! I was unaware of all of this. Of course some of > us will take it with a grain of salt but I love to hear the words "big > update" > On May 10, 2016 4:51 PM, "epi" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Perhaps you will get the attention you so desperately seek from Valve in > > the next update: > > > > https://twitter.com/4G_b4nny/status/729839464684490752 > > > > Keep in mind that server owners are not the only group that supports this > > game. The competitive scene has held on through it all, is still growing, > > and is responsible for a fair amount of the attention that Valve has paid > > to TF2 recently. Even then, it took them a _long_ time to get anything at > > all. If you're interested in seeing how that all played out, you can > start > > here: > > > > > > > http://www.teamfortress.tv/24742/fully-charged-valve-and-competitive-tf2-episode-42 > > > > On 5/4/2016 6:10 PM, Andreas Willinger wrote: > > > >> So, Valve, maybe you should update your Wiki and add "temporary" as > >> "forever" (https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time) > >> > >> Two years, various suggestions have been posted, like improving the UI, > >> some > >> sort of verified server system and others, yet not even a single word > from > >> Valve. > >> > >> > >> > >> Can we finally get some sort of response or will we wait until TF2 is > >> entirely full of braindead, 12 year-old weekend warriors. > >> > >> > >> > >> Original text for anyone interested: > >> > >> > >> > >> "At this time, we are keeping the default quickplay option to Valve > >> servers. > >> However, note that if a player wants to find a server with any of the > >> supported modifications, then they must land on a community server, > since > >> Valve servers do not run with these settings." > >> > >> Posted by Fletcher Dunn on February 8, 2014. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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
