Well, when you have an open group you do get a few random people that join.
To be honest, our Steam chatroom is more popular than the IRC channel we tried to get going. ;) On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Karl Weckstrom <k...@weckstrom.com> wrote: > Well, you shouldnt lose *ANY* :) They should WANT to be there... > > the chat function is useless to those who are IRC savvy :) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: > hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Cc2iscooL > Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 5:51 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Sourcemod plugin for joining Group > > Really? I only lose maybe 1-2 people per event. > > Then again I didn't cheat to get people in my group. > > Also we use the chat function a lot. :) > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Karl Weckstrom <k...@weckstrom.com> > wrote: > > > I don't see it as being cheap. If they played on your server, why > wouldn't > > you want to invite them? It's not like you're forcing them to join, it's > a > > simple invite. The only thing steamgroups really do is give the illusion > > that you have a lot of people that like your servers, even if it's not > true. > > > > The problem with steamgroups is that people will join anything. Does > anyone > > *REALLY* believe that that Kifferstupidwhatever group got to half a > million > > people legitimately, or that half a million people have even played > there? > > Sure it's possible, but not very probable. Every single one of my > steamid's > > has been invited to that group, but I know I never played there..... > > > > If you create an event for ANY reason, you're going to lose around 100+ > > people because they get annoyed by those popups. Do it too often and you > > lose even more. > > > > The chat function is just as useless. > > > > I'll tell you what's cheap. The value of steamgroups. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: > > hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of DontWannaName! > > Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 2:41 PM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Sourcemod plugin for joining Group > > > > Ya but thats just cheap and proves that all you know how to do is cheat > > your > > way into becoming a huge steam group like every group over 20,000 people. > I > > have invited every one of my 1500 members into my steam group. > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 8:09 AM, 1nsane <1nsane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > There actually is a way to put people into steam groups if they join > your > > > server. > > > > > > But I'm not about to tell you! > > > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 3:58 AM, DontWannaName! < > ad...@topnotchclan.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > Back on topic, I tested using the steam://url command ingame and it > > opens > > > > the steam group in steam not the overlay. I added an overlay request > > here > > > > and hopefully it is added. > > > > http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_browser_protocol They > > > could > > > > probably just use url but check if they are ingame. > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Cc2iscooL <cc2isc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Good way to drive your community. > > > > > > > > > > "Oh btw my community is a bunch of idiots. lol" > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Nightbox < > > alexandrualexa...@gmail.com > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Yes i know, but there is a romanian server, and usually romanians > > are > > > > > dumb > > > > > > asses. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2009/5/10 Didrole <didr...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do it yourself. > > > > > > > Advertise for your group on your server. > > > > > > > If somebody want to join your group he will maybe be smart > enough > > > to > > > > > join > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > himself by steamcommunity. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2009/5/9 Nightbox <alexandrualexa...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > so can someone make a plugin ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2009/5/9 Haven Meyer <avene...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There isn't a steam URL- there is however a normal URL. If > > you > > > > run > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > URL > > > > > > > > > in a normal browser, you get an XML error due lack of > > > > certificate. > > > > > > > Again > > > > > > > > > however, there is a way to bypass this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 1:43 PM, DontWannaName! < > > > > > > ad...@topnotchclan.com > > > > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ya theres no steam url for joining a group but there is > for > > > > > opening > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > > groups > > > > > > > > > > profile in steam. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 6:45 AM, Cc2iscooL < > > > cc2isc...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes but there isn't an equivalent for joining a > group...I > > > > don't > > > > > > > > think. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's just a link like > > > steamcommunity.com/join.php?group=name > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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