Very interesting little experiment there Spencer. Clearly shows that
custom servers tab isn't working at all, never will. The guys at valve
really need to admit it was a mistake and focus effort on something
that will facilitate their original goals without hurting the community
like the current implementation.
Stats where I viewed showed a 10 to 1 ratio of potential players:-
Internet Tab TF2 Server has been queried 44,906 times
Custom Tab TF2 Server has been queried 4,939 times
Regards
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Yesterday I decided to do an experiment.
>
> I have made 2 experimental servers. These servers are brand new and have
> never been played on. They will not be in anyone's favorites or HLSW viewer.
> They are not real servers and will not accept incoming connections.
>
> One of the servers is on the Internet Tab. The other one is on the Custom
> Tab.
>
> Since the out of game server browser does not have a Custom Tab, all servers
> are displayed on that. Since I really only want to count the queries made by
> the in-game browser so I am filtering out queries if someone queries both
> servers at the same exact time, some can leak through but I don't think that
> will affect the stats too much.
>
> http://www.voogru.com/server/queries.php
>
> This page is in real time and can be refreshed to receive instant updates.
>
> At of the time of this writing, the custom tab servers receive about a 90%
> reduction in queries, even after players have had the little message
> explaining the custom tab.
>
> I wish I would have started this experiment sooner.
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