You should create your own thread instead of hijacking this one though as your comment is rather off topic.
It also says at the end of each email: To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Crazed Gunman <bsr.crazedgun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh, the maturity of this mailing list sometimes. I mention being unable to > unsubscribe from the mailing list, so someone kindly signs me up for many, > many more. Thanks. > On Jul 2, 2015 5:41 PM, "Robert Paulson" <thepauls...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've given up on this a while ago. >> >> When the 1 year mark passed with no concessions for communities except >> for quickpick that no one uses, it was safe to say that Valve doesn't care >> about communities anymore. There is no sense of urgency as they let >> player-bases carefully built up over several years be irreversibly >> destroyed in a few months. >> >> We were just there to foot their hosting bill before they found out they >> could make way more money by selling items. They have no sense of shame for >> betraying the people that helped drive their profit margin up before >> switching to microtransactions. >> >> The owner of TN now works at Valve, and I believe John here was the owner >> of Nemu's stomping grounds (which has gone unpunished for years for not >> labeling the bot "Brutus" as a bot in the browser). And we are still >> getting even more anti-community features. Maybe now they see the official >> servers as their own and the community ones as a threat to them now. >> >> The lesson here is clear and everyone should know: DO NOT invest your >> time and enthusiasm into anything related to Steam or Valve will screw you >> like they did with TF2. >> >> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 2:42 PM, ics <i...@ics-base.net> wrote: >> >>> I have to agree also, getting scraps instead of the goodies. Why am i >>> paying for servers anymore when they get alienated by Valve policies? >>> >>> That image there is really the best solution i've seen so far. >>> >>> -ics >>> >>> >>> E. Olsen kirjoitti: >>> >>>> At this point, I have to agree with Alexander. >>>> >>>> I mean, cmon guys - in almost two years of "looking at alternatives" >>>> you've got nothing to announce when it comes to helping community servers? >>>> There have been quite a few viable alternative presented, to include this >>>> one: >>>> >>>> http://i.imgur.com/tAmWXj6.png >>>> >>>> I've really been a staunch defender of the TF2 team to this point, but >>>> this is just kicking all the good communities that are left while they're >>>> down. >>>> >>>> Honestly, by the time you guys make community support a priority again, >>>> it might be too late. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Alexander Corn <mc...@doctormckay.com >>>> <mailto:mc...@doctormckay.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> The blow would be lessened if you would go ahead and set "any >>>> server" as the default for Quickplay instead of official servers >>>> only. That was supposed to be a "temporary", "nuclear solution" >>>> after all. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 5:22 PM, John Schoenick >>>> <jo...@valvesoftware.com <mailto: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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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