Please, no abbreviated swearing! And what would be the benefit to the end-user for having two buttons for "play now"?
You'd have to educate the user on what "Find Customized Game" means. Even with the context of this email I'm not sure what you'd want this button to do. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Weasel's Lair <[email protected]>wrote: > IMH(f)O, variety is a big deal. Different server operators, with > different tastes, results in different communities, to suit different > players tastes. > > However, some players only like to play stock maps and deal with a > pre-defined world-view of what is possible/expected in the behaviour > game. QuickPlay helps those players/noobs/whatever find what they > want. > > So, I definately see the value in QuickPlay. I just wish there was > more of an equal footing between QuickPlay and non-QuickPlay in the > interface. Maybe there should be two equal-size / equally-marketed > buttons - "Find QuickPlay Game" and "Find Customized Game" or > something like that. > > From a playing perspective, I think servers the enforce something that > the player can not close (and have the audio stop when it closes) is a > very bad thing. I think the MOTD changes aren't targeting > advertising/donation schilling necessarily - so much as that "WTF? I > can't close this shiz and start playing right now?" effect. > > On a side note, if you are paying $30 for a server that can only host > a single TF2 dedicated server instance - you are paying too much! > > I am using a VPS provider and paying that much - but able to host > multiple instances of TF2 (32-player), CS:S and several GoldSrc > stufff. Contrary to what I expected, my VPS is working better than > any normal "dedicated" I have ever rented. I also found that VPS's > hosted on Virtuozzo or OpenVZ perform better than KVM ones (even with > specific resources "dedicated" to the KVM machine) - again, the > opposite of what I expected. > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- - Gordon Reynolds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
