2008/11/10 Kitteny Berk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It's true! Valve does love us! :D > > Erik Johnson wrote: > > First off, thanks to everyone for running servers for the demo. We knew > going into the release that we were going to need to figure out some ways to > make it worth it for server administrators, and now we have a ton of > feedback to work with. > > > > Right now we're looking at ways that server administrators can both build > a community around their game server (by subscribing to matchmaking) as well > as service their group of "regulars" that play on their server. Hooking game > servers into Steam Community is going to be our first step, and we're > working on that now. > > > > There is a key difference between Left 4 Dead and games like > Counter-Strike and Team Fortress in terms of matchmaking that we wanted to > solve, and didn't think the server browser could accomplish. In CS and TF2, > you can have 2 or 3 players leave in the middle of a game, have their slots > filled by new people, and everyone else's experience doesn't completely > suffer. When a player or two leaves Left 4 Dead the game suffers quite a > bit, and we were worried that the server browser model wasn't the right one > for this game. In hindsight, there are a number of cases where the server > browser does a better job than the new matchmaking system does, so it is > highly likely that we'll be adding it back in soon. It isn't trivially easy > to turn back on, but there is overlap between it and the Steam Community > work we'd like to do. > > > > Right now we're working toward getting that release out within a week or > so. > > > > There are a number of Valve employees reading all of the posts on this > list, and while we can't reply to every question that comes across, the > discussions here are ones we reference commonly when talking about what to > do next internally. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3600 (20081110) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > just me :) Erik, thank you.
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