What's the reason for independent server admins to even run servers in the first place? Everyone has their reasons whether it be money, to provide players a place to play, or it's their hobby. Ask yourself why (assuming you run servers yourself.) The fact of the matter is, having Valve run servers themselves defeats the purpose of having server admins run servers themselves. I'll throw this in there as well. Not everyone likes how Valve runs their servers. Running your own server gives you the freedom to run the game how you want it. You choose the map cycle, you choose how it's administrated, you choose whether if there is a ranking system or not, etc.
> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:17:33 -0700 > From: je...@opendreams.net > To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 servers staying empty > > > Just something for thought here... Invert the question. > > What's the motivation for independent server admins to configure their > systems to rank optimally in the matchmaking system, so that they beat > out the Valve servers? > > > > RDDT TF2 wrote: > > What is the point of us server admins configuring our > > servers to rank optimally in the matchmaking system, and adding them to the > > system, for them to be beaten out by Valve servers? > > -- > # Jesse Molina > # Mail = je...@opendreams.net > # Page = page-je...@opendreams.net > # Cell = 1.602.323.7608 > # Web = http://www.opendreams.net/jesse/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
