<rant> I've been saying this (mostly to myself) for the past four years or so. Valve is trying to prepare a 500 course meal all at once and everything is starting to taste like shit. Rather than focus on one thing at a time, they're working on eleven bajillion things at once. It's getting annoying but unfortunately most people, including me, find their selves hooked on a mod (tfc, cs, etc...) and can't do anything besides sit through all this garbage. I know Valve would be hard pressed to give a fuck, but they need to go back to the drawing board with their development process. I can't think of one good thing that has come to TFC in the past four years. I can however come up with several that have made the game a pile of feces (net code, removing exec and killing file scans [hlguard], the fact that it takes a quad xeon with 4GB of ram to run a 4 player server in Linux, VAC, etc...). With all the incredibly talented people they employ, Valve ceases to amaze me when it comes to fucking things up. I dread updates to hlds or tfc because they always seem to redefine "horrible". I'm not looking forward to HL2 primarily because if it's been created by the same people who have literally destroyed a game I USED to love, I can only expect to be disappointed.
Now, don't get me wrong, I don't hate Valve. Considering this game is what, 5 years old now and they STILL support it and update it, that's quite remarkable and I believe everyone appreciates their dedication. However, I wish they would get a LOT more feedback from the community that puts dollars in their pockets before they decide to update anything. Whatever, I'm just angry. </rant> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lastshooter Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] An ask to Valve > Now, you might have other reasons to complain, but if your server is > overrun by cheaters you only have your own lazy ass to blame, the > tools for cheatprevention has been there for you all the time. Excuse me? I ran CD long before VAC, it has one big problem, its a required dl and install. In fact, I know of no leagues that require it, NONE. VAC does seem to work imho, the CS cheats show up as soon as an update is out. The TFC community has dropped badly, and I also suspect that the amount of CS servers that run CD is low percentage wise. So, keep your head stuck in the sand and pretend all is well. Until an effective wide spread anti-cheat is used, as in VAC, your community will continue to decline. TFC has had no updates, VAC or otherwise in a long,long time, all valve ever does is spout meaningless promise's. Frankly, I've had it, and so have a lot of other people. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
