Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-05 Thread Eric Riemers
t: Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2 The whole idea could be taken more further than just that. It could be made so that when player clicks the button, he gets a chance to add the steamgroups gameservers to his favorites. This way the players would be mor

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-05 Thread ics
! -Original Message- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Eddy Tarantulo Sent: 05 November 2011 06:44 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" b

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-05 Thread staff
November 2011 06:44 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2 Marvelous idea. On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Peter Reinhold wrote: > On 03.11.2011 22:28, Michael Holmes wrote: > > groups. Same w

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-04 Thread Eddy Tarantulo
Marvelous idea. On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Peter Reinhold wrote: > On 03.11.2011 22:28, Michael Holmes wrote: > > groups. Same would happen if TF2 would get such feature. Official TF2 >>> group >>> id would suddenly be added to the servers out there. >>> >> Unless they require the server to

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-04 Thread Peter Reinhold
On 03.11.2011 22:28, Michael Holmes wrote: groups. Same would happen if TF2 would get such feature. Official TF2 group id would suddenly be added to the servers out there. Unless they require the server to be linked to an account with admin in that group. Which would be a perfectly logical cho

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-03 Thread Michael Holmes
On 3 November 2011 19:15, ics wrote: > No, not the community server scroll on main menu. It was abused a lot on L4D > / L4D2. People added official L4D and L4D2 group ID's to their servers > configs and had their servers shown for all the people who were within those > groups. Same would happen if

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-03 Thread msleeper
I guess I should have said the concept of the "your community servers" and not necessarily a straight port of it. You're right, it can and does get abused very easily. And maybe requiring the server authentication stuff would fix that, but I'm sure the concept would have to be reworked a bit before

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-03 Thread ics
No, not the community server scroll on main menu. It was abused a lot on L4D / L4D2. People added official L4D and L4D2 group ID's to their servers configs and had their servers shown for all the people who were within those groups. Same would happen if TF2 would get such feature. Official TF2

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-03 Thread msleeper
Yeah, a "your community server" listing on the main menu would be rad as well. Again, kind of surprised none of this has made it's way over from L4D/2 already. On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:09 AM, w4rezz wrote: > Community servers would love to display their servers in-game just like in > L4D. > > __

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-03 Thread w4rezz
Community servers would love to display their servers in-game just like in L4D. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-03 Thread Peter Reinhold
On 02.11.2011 23:07, msleeper wrote: Fletcher / Valve - I think all of us would love some sort of method similar to L4D2 for players on the server to be able to join a set Steam Group from within-game. I'm kind of surprised this hasn't I've suggested this a while ago on the forums http://foru

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-02 Thread DontWannaName!
gt; > -Original Message- > > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: > hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Sugar > > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 2:14 PM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > Subject: Re:

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-02 Thread Valentin G.
ff Sugar > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 2:14 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2 > > Great idea. It'd definitely help new servers more easily gain a following &

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-02 Thread Fletcher Dunn
] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2 Great idea. It'd definitely help new servers more easily gain a following and do a better job of integrating users into the communities of their favorite servers. On Nov 2, 2011 2:07 PM, "msleeper" wrote: > So i

Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-02 Thread Jeff Sugar
Great idea. It'd definitely help new servers more easily gain a following and do a better job of integrating users into the communities of their favorite servers. On Nov 2, 2011 2:07 PM, "msleeper" wrote: > So ics just mentioned this in another thread, and we were talking > about this in IRC yest

[hlds_linux] TF2 Request - "Join Steam Group" button a'la L4D2

2011-11-02 Thread msleeper
So ics just mentioned this in another thread, and we were talking about this in IRC yesterday (#hlserveradmins on gamesurge, FYI) but I'd like to separate it into a new thread since it's not related to the thread it was posting in: Fletcher / Valve - I think all of us would love some sort of metho