Agree totally about various holiday-centric events ('ween, x-mas, etc.).
Communities doing there own thing, with either their own custom maps or
workshop maps is probably going to be more the norm.
On Oct 28, 2015 12:38 PM, "E. Olsen" <ceo.eol...@gmail.com> wrote:> The solution, really, is to no longer rely on the TF2 team for these kinds > of events. > > Our community has had our own "Halloween Week" since a year before Scream > Fortress even came around, and it's always been pretty popular (although, > with the overall major slowdown in traffic to community servers due to > Valve's decisions, this year will likely be the lowest-trafficked ever, and > might well be the last time we invest time and resources into it). > > Over the years we've added our own custom, exclusive Halloween maps such > as Halloween Turbine (among half a dozen others), and the community has > always loved it - even more so than the stuff that Valve has come up with > for the last couple of years. > > It's certainly unfortunate that they don't seem to realize how much > players look forward to the holiday-themed stuff every year, and abandoning > it seems like walking away from a valued tradition. > > At any rate, as I said - holiday events are a perfect time to create > customized stuff for your community. I honestly think this will be more > important than ever as Valve continues to move away from an real content > creation by the TF2 team, and relies on the community more and more. > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Peter Jerde <peter-h...@jerde.net> wrote: > >> >> > On Oct 28, 2015, at 14:26 PM, Mike Vail <supp...@boomgaming.net> wrote: >> > We want to play TF2 Halloween! HURRY! >> >> Um. There is no halloween update this year, except for the release of new >> cosmetic items. >> >> http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=18409 >> >> - Peter >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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