I kinda doubt that. I have tons of hours and only gotten a few items.

On 5/23/09, Yaakov Smith <m4ngr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I'm at a disadvantage though, since I reset my stats, so my time is
> lower. From what I've heard, people who have longer playtime are getting
> items more often.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Philip Bembridge
> Sent: Sunday, 24 May 2009 10:06 AM
> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
> Subject: Re: [hlds] New Weapon Drops
>
> It would be a fine system if it:
> Had a constant probability of getting an item which would go up or down with
> certain actions, and then slowly come back down to a baseline (Similar to
> how crit probabilities are calculated with damage).
>
> Actions, for example:
>
>    - Making it more likely when you are winning
>    - Making it more likely qhen you top the scoreboard (with like 3+
>    players)
>    - Making it more likely when you get MVP
>    - Making it more likely when you've done a high amount of damage (like
>    crit chances)
>    - Making it more likely for the character that your playing
>    - Making it less likely when you've already got an item,
>    - Making it more when you get rows of kills and when dominating
>    - Boost chance when you get an achievement, boost it even more if you
>    have a certain number of achievements, (well maybe not this!!! since this
> is
>    what valve were tyring to take away!)
>    - Decrease chances for every bot on the server!!! (even completly)
>    - Increases with the length of time that you play
>    - Increases depending on how long you've had the game
>    - and base it on previous stats! Valve must store these somewhere.....
>
>
> This system could be amasing, but it needs *a bit* of work.
>
> Kind Regards, Phil
>
> 2009/5/23 Flubber <flub...@gmail.com>
>
>> The real mistake is having the trading system out later (and we know what
>> later mean to Valve), that's just make the system totally incomplete and
>> frustrating for players.
>>
>> 2009/5/24 Cc2iscooL <cc2isc...@gmail.com>
>>
>> > Dude they're gonna be like Pokemanz!
>> >
>> > I can't wait! :D
>> >
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>> > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Yaakov Smith <m4ngr...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I got the razorback in 15 minutes, which was the last unlock I wanted.
>> In
>> > > the 3-4 hours since then, I got nothing at all. I hope valve
> implements
>> > the
>> > > changes listed on their blog soon Real Time, not Valve Time.
>> > >
>> > > ----[ QUOTE ]----
>> > > Some of the next things we have planned are:
>> > > - Item trading. This is why you're finding duplicates.
>> > > - Giving players a method to influence the system so they   can work
>> > > directly toward getting specific items.
>> > > - Adding more rare items like the hats.
>> > > ----[ END QUOTE ]----
>> > >
>> > > I definitely want the second one ASAP. I know someone who now has 7
>> > > sandviches. And yesterday, someone on the server I was playing
>> "unlocked"
>> > > the flare gun while they were spectating.
>> > >
>> > > What's an achievement_idle server?
>> > >
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