Also, achievement servers don't hurt other players. It's very difficult to stumble into an achievement server and go "hey, this isn't the game I thought it would be"
> -----Original Message----- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds- > boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Brent Veal > Sent: 30 May 2009 15:26 > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Update Available > > If Valve tried to get rid of all the achievement farming servers, then > all > those farmers would start grinding in servers where real games are > going on. > It sucks when you're trying to play a game and half your team is > attempting > to get random achievements. People are always going to farm when there > are > unlockables so letting them have a place to do it is a good thing imo > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:00 AM, 1nsane <1nsane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > A pile of them are run locally by players. Delisting dynamic ips is > not > > fun. > > > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 6:23 AM, > <shorec...@comcast.net<https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&to=Sho > rec...@comcast.net>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I'm curious why Valve hasn't delisted servers running those > achivement > > > maps... seems like it would be fair game to delist them. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Philip Bembridge" > <philipbembri...@gmail.com<https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&to > =philipbembri...@gmail.com> > > > > > > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" < > > > > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com<https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&t > o=h...@list.valvesoftware.com> > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 5:55:02 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada > Eastern > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Update Available > > > > > > {watches everyone go sniper and spy and watches the achievement > servers > > > fill...}Anyone else prefer this new system? > > > I think it would have been great had the probabability just been > weighted > > > towards playing well.. > > > > > > I'm going to be interested in their next blog post... > > > > > > Phil > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds