I appreciate the heads up and understand that the logistics of it makes it hard to get a solution that works for everyone. Keep us informed and let us server owners know if we can help. On Jul 2, 2015 2:23 PM, "John Schoenick" <jo...@valvesoftware.com> wrote:
> Hey guys, with today's update we're introducing a few new features that > will impact servers, and I just wanted to give you guys a heads up. > > There is a new quickplay category, featured, that represents the featured > maps for a given campaign. In order to have your server in this category, > you need to be running the mapcycle mapcycle_featured_maps.txt, and have > the special string 'featured' in your quickplay tags. > > Today's update also introduces contracts, which currently require players > be on official servers to complete. Unfortunately, our current setup makes > it very difficult to restrict features like this other than in an > all-or-nothing manner, and we determined this was necessary to protect the > system from immediate abuse. > > We agree this is not ideal. We are continuing the look at the situation > with community servers and how we can better support passionate > communities, but currently have nothing to announce. > > - JohnS > > _______________________________________________ > 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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