I haven't notice an increase in traffic yet, can anyone else confirm this?
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Lambda <[email protected]> wrote: > Mine shows community servers as default but honestly i can't remember if i > switched it in the past. > > > 2014-06-03 19:01 GMT+02:00 Daniel Barreiro <[email protected] > >: > > Are you saying they fixed it? >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:59 PM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Did someone at Valve did something other than changing the setting from >>> official to community, after reading our messages because vs the past 3 >>> months, i have now 300% increase on players and if this keeps up, things go >>> back to normal as they were before the change was made. >>> >>> -ics >>> >>> Robert Paulson kirjoitti: >>> >>>> No we don't have access to binaries on both ends.We cannot get players >>>> to use client modifications because even if they were willing to download >>>> it, they would get vacced. >>>> >>>> The ad exploit from what I heard was a one time client bug where the >>>> big motd did not check the motd cvar. Removing community servers from >>>> quickplay was laziness and not due to any technical impossibility. >>>> >>>> If Valve wants a game free of community servers then they should do >>>> that in their newer games. Can you imagine the outrage that would happen if >>>> EA pulled the same stunt on Battlefield by throwing all community servers >>>> off the main list? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Eli Witt <[email protected] <mailto: >>>> [email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Replied to the last message, I'll post this here too. >>>> >>>> Well, we know from experience just how good Valve is at keeping a >>>> lid on things (case in point HL3) so I doubt they're going to >>>> acknowledge this in any way unless they see fit to, not because >>>> we're disgruntled and asking for information. >>>> >>>> And for what it's worth, everyone (who's opinion on this list is >>>> worth a damn) has thrown out the point that "we're the ones >>>> providing the servers for Valve, we're the ones who give their >>>> players a place to play etc etc" - but what I think is going >>>> unnoticed here is the fact that Valve is obviously taking steps >>>> (and increasingly larger ones) to nullify that argument in it's >>>> entirety. >>>> >>>> Perhaps it's time to examine the possibility that Valve is very >>>> purposefully forcing community run servers into the minority >>>> because they're straight tired of having to play code-counter-code >>>> withe people like the fuckjobs who programmed plugins to force ads >>>> down players throats and other like-minded stains. >>>> >>>> We've got the binaries on both ends, and Valve knows this. It's >>>> virtually impossible to stop people from being fuckjobs with >>>> access to both binaries, so let [Valve] just diminish the >>>> footprint the fuckjobs get access by about 90% by forcing people >>>> into the servers we can afford to run now that we've monetized TF2. >>>> >>>> If I was Valve and I made this decision, I wouldn't give a piss >>>> whether people who run servers are upset by this or threaten to >>>> pull their servers offline because of this decision, because >>>> that's the direction I wanted to force you in anyway. >>>> >>>> Just a thought. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Robert Paulson >>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Making a new thread because replies are being blocked with >>>> "Message body is too big: 41090 bytes with a limit of 40 KB". >>>> >>>> Complaints here have historically gone ignored but it doesn't >>>> mean it is a bad idea to keep the issue in the spotlight here >>>> as well. >>>> >>>> Just make sure you also contact Valve directly. >>>> http://valvesoftware.com/email.php >>>> Some people say Fletcher is in charge of TF2 now so email him >>>> too. >>>> >>>> We're really past the point in asking Valve for an "answer". >>>> The answer is probably the same as before: a handful of >>>> servers ruined the experience for a few new players and some >>>> lazy players who couldn't be bothered to type valve in the tags. >>>> >>>> So they threw in some useless features like quickpick and >>>> released server migrations at the same time to shut you up >>>> before you realize your community was also going to get >>>> screwed so there would be no huge public outrage. >>>> >>>> What needs to be done now is to get someone at Valve to >>>> realize that this change did more harm than good and there is >>>> evidence to prove it. >>>> >>>> Any other argument we bring up they will consider it biased >>>> because we host servers and somehow that means we don't care >>>> about players. >>>> >>>> Ever since the change, global TF2 player counts have steadily >>>> been dropping. Peaks have dipped from 82k to 71k, a 15% loss. >>>> And summer vacation has already started as you can see from >>>> the weekday player counts. >>>> >>>> http://www.steamgraph.net/index.php?action=graph&jstime= >>>> 1&appid=440&from=1388563200000&to=End+Time >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>> archives, please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>> archives, please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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