If there's a TF3, I have no doubts that it'll be like CS:GO (barely any community servers, heavy emphasis on official servers) or Dota 2 (no community servers whatsoever).
Dr. McKay www.doctormckay.com On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Jason <[email protected]> wrote: > Fully support what you've been saying Dr. McKay .... many "make fun" for my > communities' rules (the main one is simply "Don't be a dick") because they > either don't like consequences that happen because of their actions or they > just feel they should be able to do or say whatever they want wherever they > go because "it's a free country". 1) My server isn't a country -- you > don't like it go somewhere else if you can't play by the rules set forth. > 2) Players who are trolls or dicks are dealt with as they are disruptive > to a community who prides themselves on being just that: A COMMUNITY (no > matter how small or large). If you want to ruin others' fun, go elsewhere. > > Our servers are modded for a "fun" factor, not for Quickplay for for > "hardcore" TF2 purists and we run our servers to suit the play style or > desire of fun that OUR community enjoys. Having said that, we do have one > server which *IS* quickplay enabled and it has all but died out as we > hardly see ANY traffic anymore and this seems to be putting the nail in the > coffin. I am a strong supporter of the server admins/owners and the > communities they run, who help make the TF2 community as a whole what it is > from the get go, now.....they are getting kicked in the teeth just because > a heavy hand comes down to deliver "justice" to a few but punishing the > rest of us. > > I just wish there was a way for server owners who operated communities > (small, medium and large) to be able to "protest" and make a statement to > valve....the problem is, valve doesn't seem to care and a protest would > only further drive people to their servers anyways. > > Will there be a TF3 and this sort of treatment continue? I don't know, but > my community is already looking for another game or multiple games to get > intoso even if these changes don't affect me as much as other server > owners, I still wanted to voice my support for Dr. McKay and all those > others who have spoken up against these changes by Valve. > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Nerdboy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Maybe you should consider that the game isn't being made for the > > server operator, but for the player. > > > > On 1/24/14, Doctor McKay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My community's rules are intended to provide the best experience > possible > > > to the players (which is the best way we can grow). But I guess you > > > wouldn't understand that. > > > > > > > > > Dr. McKay > > > www.doctormckay.com > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Nerdboy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Maybe you should consider that the game isn't being made for the > > >> server operator, but for the player. You'd have caught that point if > > >> you weren't dodging it by defending your server's rules. > > >> > > >> On 1/24/14, Doctor McKay <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> No I mean you, as the big dogs, are part of the problem and should > > >> >> scale > > >> > back your networks if you're concerned about the little guy. > > >> > > > >> > I'm concerned about the possibility of future growth of TF2. The > fact > > >> that > > >> > Valve is actively trying to cripple community servers is not my > fault. > > >> I'm > > >> > not going to shut down services due to Valve's mistakes. > > >> > > > >> >> This move might go "against server operators", but at the same time > > it > > >> >> simplifies > > >> > life for the hundreds of thousands of people who DON'T run a > > >> > server, and would rather push one button and be playing a video > game, > > >> > without worrying about whatever server they'll be redirected to, or > > >> > some > > >> > admin that will ban you for "Insubordination", or for wearing the > > wrong > > >> > clan tag (seriously go read the rules for some of these servers: > > >> > https://firepoweredgaming.com/forums/page/rules and try not to > > laugh). > > >> > > > >> > Congratulations on attacking a straw man. I don't need to defend > > myself > > >> > against the likes of you, but I'll do it anyway just to humor you. > You > > >> come > > >> > on my servers, you break a rule, an admin tells you to stop. You > > refuse > > >> to > > >> > comply. You get banned. > > >> > > > >> > You come on one of my servers and wear my community's tag without > > going > > >> > through the membership process. The server removes the tag from your > > >> > name > > >> > and informs you why. You decide to replace the brackets with > > >> > parenthesis > > >> to > > >> > get around the restriction. You get renamed by an admin. You > continue > > >> > to > > >> do > > >> > it, you get banned. > > >> > > > >> > But please feel free to continue to berate me if you feel that it > > helps > > >> > your argument, just as you're accusing others of doing. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Dr. McKay > > >> > www.doctormckay.com > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Gordon Reynolds < > > >> > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > >> >> Yes the newcomers need to face the "big dogs" with hundreds of > > >> >> servers. > > >> >> > > >> >> No it's not "fair", but who was making the assumption that running > a > > >> Team > > >> >> Fortress 2 server must be some fair utopia where we all split the > > >> >> amount > > >> >> of > > >> >> players evenly among ourselves? > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > >> > please visit: > > >> > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > >> > > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > >> please visit: > > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
