There wasn't much point to running MvM servers before. Even less so now it seems.
Not like you can make a community around stock MvM. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Paul <ubyu....@gmail.com> wrote: > I imagine many communities will close up on using TF2 Quickplay, whether > they will successfully move to a different game or game mode is another > question though. I'm switching from having 23 Mann vs Machine servers to > trying Slender Fortress. If servers switch to being non-reliant on > Quickplay then in my view that's partly good, as Quickplay from day one was > a bad idea in my opinion. It doesn't promote or offer options to join > servers which are run in an unofficial way (e.g. custom gamemodes or custom > maps). In the days of Team Fortress Classic players had to use the server > browser, and those days were better in my view. Custom run servers saw more > players back then than they typically do in TF2 these days. > > It's impossible to use the MOTD for even simple images and links, so is > practically impossible for a community to make links to things such as > donation pages to help them cover costs of their servers. I'm expecting to > see the number of Quickplay servers drop by a reasonable amount, and > possibly more non-Quickplay servers to open (custom gamemodes and/or custom > maps). > > > On 7 November 2013 11:00, Element <elem...@idle.tf> wrote: > >> I run a group of servers which are funded from MOTD impressions resulting >> in my small community of players being able to play on servers setup the >> way they like, for FREE. >> >> My servers are in the quickplay pool to help fill the empty spaces for my >> community members, generating mostly full servers consisting of around a >> 50-50 mix of members and quickplay traffic. >> >> With my community impressions alone, server costs weren't quite being met >> each month. But when i added them to the quickplay pool, i was then able to >> use the advertising revenue to fully pay for my servers. >> >> But now this is not the case, thanks to valves latest and greatest >> idea.... >> >> >> I will NOT pay for these servers out of my own pocket, nor will i beg for >> money from my "free" community.... >> >> >> So thanks valve, you successfully killed my community, i guess my members >> will move to some other community... the Skial scum maybe? >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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