Maybe it's time to get back to the roots of where we all came from, back to cs/s and dod/s :)
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ics Sent: 02 November 2016 05:32 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] [hlds] The End As i see it, community servers are becoming/have become obsolete for many games, because the companies are finding out that running servers for themselves for their games is a service and they can provide same quality of game all the time in terms of same configs, sufficient hardware and such. At the end, they can also just kill off the servers once they see fit. But as long as there are enough players and it's profitable, it will continue. They used to have either dedicated server bundled in or just use the Player 2 Player model where there is no server, but the games happen on someones machine where others connect. But that was really bad way of doing it because you cannot predict that everyone has sufficient bandwidth or powerfull enough machine. There is no space left for dedicated community servers or server browser, because the system assings to any server available in the pool of official servers. This is where TF2 also went - there is still option for community servers but after 2 years of favoring quickplay over valve servers instead of community, pretty much nearly every community server has died off from players (and nobody wants to join empty server if there are servers available with players). Now with the halloween and all, not even the tags event_247 and eventmix had no affect for getting players in anymore since quickplay is defunct. It's still nearly impossible to compete with Valve servers with a community server. Before you just ran a server, had players in it and others joined because they used the server browser, as it was the only way to connect. Now, you just press button, get set into queue and thats it. Even if you would provide same gameplay and same quality of service, with the addition of running some custom maps some players like me have cooked up and admins around to watch over cheaters, there is just no viable option to do that. Automatic search too stronk! I've been watching this change happening over 11 years now and sadly the wheels are currenly turning forward, not backward. Times change and i guess some of us have decided, are deciding or are still sticking with running servers but eventually it looks like we are fading out one way or another. -ics _______________________________________________ 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
