Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-10 Thread Noel
ng else like content > > delivery. > > > > > > ________ > > From: singh...@live.com > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:27:46 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-10 Thread msleeper
> servers than they needed to (I don't know if this is true or not, but until > Valve clarifies on this, I'm sticking to this "theory"). > >> From: gamead...@127001.org >> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com >> Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 16:28:45 +0100 >

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-10 Thread Mike jons
only cost Valve more money and they should focus their money on something else like content delivery. From: singh...@live.com To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:27:46 -0400 Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows The reaso

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-10 Thread TRISTAN MARLER
That's just like, your opinion, man. - Original Message - From: Stefan Giroux Date: Monday, August 8, 2011 6:33 pm Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > If I ever do quickplay

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-09 Thread R M
On 8/8/2011 7:32 PM, Stefan Giroux wrote: If I ever do quickplay, I will consider it a failure to place me in a modified server. If you all are upset because of low server population, it is because your server is inferior, and people aren't inclined to return. On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 4:08 PM,

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-08 Thread Stefan Giroux
If I ever do quickplay, I will consider it a failure to place me in a modified server. If you all are upset because of low server population, it is because your server is inferior, and people aren't inclined to return. On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 4:08 PM, IBIS Customer Service < ibis.serv...@gmail.com>

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-08 Thread Jay Singh
ory"). > From: gamead...@127001.org > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 16:28:45 +0100 > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - > Windows > > It's worth noting that even BEFORE quickplay, being fast off the

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2011-08-08 Thread gameadmin
alvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds- > boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Michael Tharp > Sent: 08 August 2011 15:11 > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update > - Windows > > On 08/06/2011 09:38 PM, Jay Singh wrot

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-08 Thread Michael Tharp
On 08/06/2011 09:38 PM, Jay Singh wrote: It's Valve's fault for setting up all these blasted quick play servers. I can put money on the fact that if Valve would shut down at least half of their servers, there would be less complaints about people and their servers being empty all the time. They

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-08 Thread Saul Rennison
As soon as Valve finds these servers, they'll probably be permanently delisted though. On Sunday, 7 August 2011, Eli Witt wrote: > Yeah, and people are using plugins to stop from transmitting the flags as such. Last night I tried quickplay, landed on a 24/7 koth_nucleus server with lowgrav and in

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-08 Thread Neil Rajani
[hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Idk. Our servers have benefited from the quickplay. We have been around since the game first launched and while we developed a loyal following, we have always stru

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-07 Thread Stephen A Yates
Idk. Our servers have benefited from the quickplay. We have been around since the game first launched and while we developed a loyal following, we have always struggled with getting new people to try our vanilla servers (we have always been vanilla). This has helped us compete with the 32p no

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-07 Thread Cc2iscooL
Take a very simple click and go system and change it into something complex and no one will use it. Makes sense to only join populated servers as well. On Aug 7, 2011 3:44 PM, "Daron Dodd" wrote: > Perhaps when it finds a random server it should ask the user if they will > accept that choice or be

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-07 Thread Daron Dodd
Perhaps when it finds a random server it should ask the user if they will accept that choice or be presented with another? On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Dominik Friedrichs wrote: > I would go for a middle way solution that gives more choices but still > aggregates a bunch of players to solve t

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2011-08-07 Thread Dominik Friedrichs
I would go for a middle way solution that gives more choices but still aggregates a bunch of players to solve the "no-one-joins-an-empty-server" problem. On 2011/08/07 22:08, IBIS Customer Service wrote: All the more reason that users are better off manually selecting the server like how it wa

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-07 Thread IBIS Customer Service
All the more reason that users are better off manually selecting the server like how it was in the past. Then they actually have some idea as to where they are going. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-07 Thread Eli Witt
Yeah, and people are using plugins to stop from transmitting the flags as such. Last night I tried quickplay, landed on a 24/7 koth_nucleus server with lowgrav and instant respawn. The system is already broken and being exploited by lame admins. On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Daron Dodd wrote:

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-07 Thread Daron Dodd
Isnt crits off non vanilla? On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 4:37 AM, Neil Rajani wrote: > Remember that Quick-play does not equal Valve servers (but are vanilla > servers). It is an optional tool for server admins to run by registering > their server for potential quick-play traffic. > > I just want some

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-07 Thread Neil Rajani
Remember that Quick-play does not equal Valve servers (but are vanilla servers). It is an optional tool for server admins to run by registering their server for potential quick-play traffic. I just want some understanding why our server can have near constant traffic to be reduced to just a few pe

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread DontWannaName!
; DontWannaName! Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2011 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows If players wanted a particular type of server inviroment logically the independent server owners would launch more servers of that type to capatilize on demand

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2011-08-06 Thread Harry Strongburg
On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 09:45:07PM -0400, IBIS Customer Service wrote: > Why does valve even need to b running servers? It just gives them incentives > to try to push out compeating servers, so they can control the game more. Maybe because there weren't enough good servers when the F2P launched.

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread Kyle Sanderson
k they do it to offer uses a known place where players can expect to > play the game totally vanilla. > > > From: IBIS Customer Service > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2011 6:45 PM > Subjec

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread IBIS Customer Service
If players wanted a particular type of server inviroment logically the independent server owners would launch more servers of that type to capatilize on demand. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread DontWannaName!
System Question - August Steam Update - Windows Why does valve even need to b running servers? It just gives them incentives to try to push out compeating servers, so they can control the game more. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread IBIS Customer Service
Why does valve even need to b running servers? It just gives them incentives to try to push out compeating servers, so they can control the game more. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.va

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread Jay Singh
Sat, 6 Aug 2011 15:11:38 -0400 To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows To the people asking 'where?' - in the console, its not printed to the log. You won't see it if you rent a server. To the people ask

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread Eli Witt
To the people asking 'where?' - in the console, its not printed to the log. You won't see it if you rent a server. To the people asking ''why?' - The massive spike of players that we got when TF2 went f2p is over now. People who want to play it more still are, others aren't playing it anymore. We

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread Greg Jeffers
You can see it in the server console when you first start it up, or in tf2 with the command cl_gameserver_list, if I recall correctly. On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Cc2iscooL wrote: > Where do you guys pick this info up? I've noticed a huge drop as well. > On Aug 6, 2011 1:41 PM, "Greg Jeffers

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread Cc2iscooL
Where do you guys pick this info up? I've noticed a huge drop as well. On Aug 6, 2011 1:41 PM, "Greg Jeffers" wrote: > I've been seeing pretty much the same result here, my server is ether empty, > or has 1 or 2 people join it, and due to the lack of other players on the > server, they leave prett

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread Greg Jeffers
I've been seeing pretty much the same result here, my server is ether empty, or has 1 or 2 people join it, and due to the lack of other players on the server, they leave pretty much instantly. My server used to fill up pretty quickly before around a month ago, but the server has been pretty much em

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread steve grout
yup same on our server too On 06/08/2011 18:33, Neil Rajani wrote: I have noticed a sharp drop in my servers population since the Update from 4 August 2011 TF2. Our server is a quickplay registered server and our server has not been going for long (a couple of weeks) so we have greatly appr

Re: [hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread Stephen A Yates
Out of curiosity, where are you seeing these rankings? Neil Rajani wrote: >I have noticed a sharp drop in my servers population since the Update from >4 August 2011 TF2. Our server is a quickplay registered server and our >server has not been going for long (a couple of weeks) so we have great

[hlds] TF2 Quickplay System Question - August Steam Update - Windows

2011-08-06 Thread Neil Rajani
I have noticed a sharp drop in my servers population since the Update from 4 August 2011 TF2. Our server is a quickplay registered server and our server has not been going for long (a couple of weeks) so we have greatly appreciated the quickplay players whilst we build our community. Our server ha