On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Kyle Sanderson <kyle.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, to be fair, seeing the games that receive the least support going > first is rather unnerving. They've had the least time to cook, and bugs are > still being uncovered.
The fact that bugs are still being uncovered is the reason that the less-played games are being updated first: there will be fewer bugs left when TF2, the "golden boy" of that generation of the Source engine, is reached. It's true that Valve would probably uncover more bugs at the same time if they started with TF2, but finding more bugs simultaneously means it will take longer to prepare a patch, and until then, the game might be barely playable (depending on how bad the bugs are), which is bad. There is always a risk that if a bug is found in the TF2 beta, it won't be fixed in DoDS, HL2DM or CSS, but I don't think this is realistic. Also, it doesn't matter how long the beta runs... 101% of all players (give or take rounding errors) will never pick the "beta", and if they do, they will quickly find that no beta servers to their liking are running, and try reverting to the non-beta at all cost. (For example, I could never find a CSS GunGame server.) Cheers, ~~ Ondra _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
