There's always a group of people that have a knee-jerk negative reaction to any kind of change. The wise move for Valve would be to allow the system to run for awhile to see what it really does to the overall game's population - it's impossible to gauge what affect this will have if they waffle back and forth without allowing time for a decent amount of data.
What we're seeing here is the result of training several years worth of F2P TF2 players into thinking that pubbing in TF2 shouldn't be a "Competitive" experience, but just a silly, low skilled, pub stomp. Frankly, I'd be more than happy to see most of those folks screaming to bring back "silly" TF2 to leave the game for greener pastures. As it stands, I think this could strike a good balance: The competitive matchmaking folks get what they want, and the opportunity once again exists for Diversity and Community to come back to TF2. My only hope is that Valve gives it a real chance to succeed. On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 1:22 AM, Rowedahelicon < theoneando...@rowedahelicon.com> wrote: > I agree, as long as there is some time for things to get back to the norm > then life might be good. A bit of worry, Valve should have given out a > heads up if they wanted people to get stuff hosting. I'm a little worried > this means they may go back on the plans here and re-implement quickplay. > Reddit is making me sad honestly, I'm trying not to let it get to me. > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 1:21 AM, Christian Deacon <gamem...@gflclan.com> > wrote: > >> I will admit, there are many servers out there players consider "bad" due >> to them being filled with MOTD Ads, pay-to-win, etc. Players need to >> realize the update was just released four hours ago. I believe community >> servers just need time. Time for good community servers to outrun bad >> community servers. >> >> >> In the end, I hope Valve continues to let community servers take in >> population. At least for a month or so to see how it goes (instead of >> instantly reverting the change). I guess we'll find out more after the >> maintenance event. >> >> >> P.S. I re-posted this on the mailing list since the original e-mail is >> waiting for approval (e-mail body was "too large"). Who knows how long it >> would take for the message to be approved. I apologize if this gets >> submitted twice. >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > > > -- > *Matthew (Rowedahelicon) Robinson* > Web Designer / Artist / Writer > Website - http://www.rowedahelicon.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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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