Spot on once again Voogru, you ought to work at Valve! ;)
On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A lot of the 'idiots' are usually young kids who had the parents buy the > game for them. > > They just play the game, somebody else paid for it. > > I don't think valve refunds games, so once someone buys the game, it's up > to > them to get theirs money worth out of it. And if that requires learning > how > to play the game and use the games interface that's their problem, not > valves. > > Counter-Strike Source is hard, at least for me. I die in 2 seconds on a > 'stock' server. > > I paid for Counter-Strike Source. > > That does not mean valve should make Counter-Strike source easier for me > to > play, it means that I should play more Counter-Strike source if I want to > live longer than 2 seconds. > > The situation with the server list is a little different, I guess people > are > complaining that every server they go on is different. I agree that this > is > a problem that should be resolved. Servers should have the current tags > and > server operators should list what changes they have made in their tags. If > valve does this decently I'll have the tags on my server. And I will list > a > bunch of changes, even ones that do not affect game play. > > Players that do not care about what server they join simply won't use > these > new filters, while the ones that do care have the option of using the new > filters and players that then complain they can't find stock servers can > be > taken to a little page on the steam help site that explains how to use the > filters. > > The custom server admins win. > The vanilla fan boy players win. > The idiots win because now they will learn something new about the game > they > just purchased. > > Problem solved. Everybody wins. > > - voogru. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nephyrin Zey > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 1:38 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Valve, thank you for virtually destroying my TF2 > community. > > While saying valve shouldn't cater to idiots might be good for us, you > have to remember that they want to make their game the best for > everyone. Idiots still have $30. > > Just don't forget Valve's point of view. > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds