You're right, I'm talking events where admins take wagers from the participants (most often scrap up to a reclaimed per participant, only sometimes more, but everybody pays up the same per event) or donated by one of the ppl on the server. The winner (highest/furthest jumper/last survivor etc) of it gets all of it. (nope, no cut for the admins).
We sponsor them, we take wagers for them, or let someone donate to host a event. ASBO even did unusuals as winnings for it with multiple events to find a winner to it. Things like mass spycrabbing with 30 ppl, high jumping as soldier/demo/engineer, pyro fighting with the powerjacks etc. Search on Youtube for ASBOgaming events, think you then get quick idea of how this kind of "events" go. That along the way also some normal trading happens, sure. But I hope you understand now why fast trading is required for it. For wager events require all participants to trade the wager to the admin. Prophunt, VSH etc I would call more a gametype (like payload, CTF, Arena, etc), as it doesn't really need a admin orchestrating it. There servers out there that do that 24/7 without intervention. I do understand that you created a public for your server(s) to organize such plays, nice, for that makes a regular crowd and knowing each cross gametypes etc. >________________________________ > From: Ross Bemrose <rbemr...@vgmusic.com> >To: Mart-Jan Reeuwijk <mreeu...@yahoo.com>; Half-Life dedicated Linux server >mailing list <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> >Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2012, 22:25 >Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam Trading user/server issues > > >You and I have an entirely different idea of what constitutes an event. > >To me, an event is some special activity the people on my server arranged. >For instance, we regularly switch one of our servers over to either Prop Hunt >or Vs. Saxton Hale. Around Halloween, we have one server running nothing but >Halloween maps. We schedule these via our Steam group so our regulars know >when they're going to happen. > >Oh, and none of these have any sort of entrance fee; they're just there so we >can have fun. And these changes have no effect on this. > > >On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Mart-Jan Reeuwijk <mreeu...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>well, this will be the end for event servers, for the admins simply are not >>going to spend 2-3 minutes or more per person to take on the wagers for a >>event, a 20 person event can will take in preparations more then 40 minutes. >> >>at least in-game trading was fast. Allowed quick switching to the game >>without crashing (with the steam overlay, crashing the steam overlay) The >>steam trading is simply too slow for this, for every time it needs to >>download for the browser all the info, pictures etc, while in-game this is >>all already available in the game. In such long timeframe crashes/disconnects >>of people and admins become a much bigger issue. >> >>Our event server is empty, also ASBO's servers, EE's too I read, not sure on >>OBC's server, or others. >> >>Simply having a option for very fast trading within a 20-30 second frame is >>required for this. Steam trading just takes a minute or more to load, and >>fails over half the time to initialise. >> >>Also, as a argument, any game that has trading, has internal trading options. >>Having extra a external one is not always there. I find it quite strange tho >>kill off the internal trading in favor of a external one. >> >> >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: doc <drga...@gmail.com> >>>To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >>><hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> >>>Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2012, 20:00 >> >>>Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam Trading user/server issues >>> >> >>>I'm going to be one of "those guys" and say please Valve do not listen to >>>this person. Using the steam overlay to do trades right kind of stinks but >>>it's better than the in-game trading interface when you take into >>>consideration the flexibility the overlay has. Sometimes I want to be able >>>to trade some metal for someone else's game they have in their inventory. >>> >>>Why would you turn down more options and flexibility? >>> >>> >>>On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Frank <ad...@gamerscrib.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> This post is by far the most relevant >>>> to server administration that I've yet to start on this mailing list to not >>>> only vent frustration but to inform Valve that I'm likely to pull my >>>> servers >>>> from this game and leave it all behind if old interface is not returned. >>> >>> >>>Also, really? >>>You'd pull all your servers because of how the TRADING changed? Man there >>>can't be much keeping you tied to Team Fortress 2 if that's the straw that >>>breaks the camel's back. As a server administrator I can't say trading >>>impacts my administrative capabilities or activities one iota. It's not >>>changing the gameplay (unless meta-games are now considered essential bits >>>of TF2) and if your entire "community" is bitching at you then you need to >>>inform your community to talk to Valve - it's not as if you turned on this >>>change. >>>_______________________________________________ >>>To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>please visit: >>>https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please >>visit: >>https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
