I don't think they ever engage in discussion on the mailing list. I haven't seen them do it.
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Alexander Managadze < alexander.managa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently subscribed to this and I must say I didn't expect this kind of > behavior here. > > Anyways, I'd like to ask some questions if I may: > > - Do Valve employees ever respond to conversations here? > - Do they actually read these conversations? > > I don't really want to start a discussion topic here if it's unclear > whether or not it will actually reach Valve. If I wanted to share my > thoughts and opinions without necessarily requiring Valve's attention, I > can always post it on Reddit or even Steam forums. > > Thank you for you time. > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 5:21 PM, James Botting <bottswan...@googlemail.com > > wrote: > >> Would you people grow up and have some manners? This is a mailing list >> for professional server operators. Act with some professionalism. >> >> This is no place for insults, or below the belt comments about peoples >> personal lives. >> >> On 23 Oct 2016 14:19, "William Kane" <ttall...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> im talking straight facts but good to know that you are one of them. >>> >>> checked your page to double confirm, yep, furry. >>> >>> i still remember when they disabled sprays on their public servers due >>> to people abusing it. >>> 80% of the time it was furry "porn". no wonder valve doesn't listen to >>> people like you, indeed. >>> >>> >>> 2016-10-23 7:54 GMT+02:00 Rowedahelicon <theoneando...@rowedahelicon.com >>> >: >>> >>>> Throwing insults serves no purpose and doesn't get anything done, it's >>>> no wonder Valve doesn't listen >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 1:48 AM, William Kane <ttall...@googlemail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> typical retarded tf2 community, 95% of it is trash, doesn't matter if >>>>> its server owners or the players itself. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2016-10-23 7:29 GMT+02:00 Lyrai <lyr...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm pretty sure 95% of this mailing list is nothing but complaining, >>>>>> the other 5% being updates. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 9:59 PM, Calum <ballze...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> can you go argue or complain on reddit or something not on a mailing >>>>>>> list. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------ Original Message ------ >>>>>>> From: "Robert Paulson" <thepauls...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" < >>>>>>> hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> >>>>>>> Sent: 23/10/2016 05:55:45 >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Mandatory Team Fortress 2 update released >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > I’m not sure if that was directed toward me or the other person >>>>>>> but I’ve not said anything about disliking community servers if they >>>>>>> were >>>>>>> policed properly they’d be a great addition to Team Fortress 2. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It was addressed to the person who said that, so unless Phillip >>>>>>> Vector is your alter ego no it is not directed to you. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > The issue is Valve has no way to guarantee the experience of >>>>>>> players as they’ve said in blog posts it’s what they are looking for >>>>>>> it’s >>>>>>> what they want. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This issue has been addressed repeatedly already. Simply only allow >>>>>>> people on official servers for the first 10 or so hours of gameplay. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Then after that, switch the default to community servers. People >>>>>>> will know what a "vanilla" experience is like and can choose to switch >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> default back if they so choose. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you are still paranoid about the experience, then you can start >>>>>>> charging people a license or something in order to get listed in >>>>>>> "casual" >>>>>>> so if they abuse the system, so they can't just make a new account in 1 >>>>>>> minute. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> All of these issues are easily solved and just saying that Valve has >>>>>>> no choice is encouraging them to be lazy. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>>> archives, please visit: >>>>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Tee hee hee hee >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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