Re: [hlds] An open letter to Valve about MOTDs

2013-11-10 Thread Doctor McKay
Unfortunately, Quickplay seems to make users scared of the server browser. Or newbies won't even know that the server browser exists. Even if the game prompts them to add the server to their favorites, they can't come back if they don't know how to pull up their favorites. Dr. McKay

Re: [hlds] An open letter to Valve about MOTDs

2013-11-10 Thread Supreet
Agreed with the Doctor. Quickplay does not promote community building. Also, another great point mentioned by another individual: Ever since free to play, people don't want to donate to community servers. They would rather spend on items. So, we need ads and full liberty to do whatever we want

Re: [hlds] An open letter to Valve about MOTDs

2013-11-10 Thread Paul
Personally I think it's a good idea you have. Whether or not Valve listen to us is another question, so far the people involved in doing the recent update have kept quiet since the update. I guess it's just a matter of us being persistent until a fair compromise can be established and implemented.

Re: [hlds] An open letter to Valve about MOTDs

2013-11-10 Thread Alteran Ancient
He's been doing this for a while now. Whether it's because he's just lazy, misunderstands the principle of a mailing list, or doesn't want Valve to see him insulting anyone who doesn't agree with him, I can't really be sure. I myself received a direct abusive email from him the other day because

Re: [hlds] An open letter to Valve about MOTDs

2013-11-10 Thread Robert Paulson
This would never work. It is impossible to automatically tell if a webpage isn't a rules listing or a backpack page. Anyone who ran 32 slots knows any sort of penalty practically removes you from quickplay because there are too many servers. Since you ran ProTF2 until being banned for fake players