Some time ago I noticed that quickplay started to send me to valve servers in a different state instead of community servers run in the same state as I reside in. In some cases it evens prefers empty valve servers over populated community servers. The only times I see it considering other servers for me is later in the day:
Found 372 total servers, 345 met minimum score threshold, 25 will be sent to GC for scoring Name, address, numplayers, maxplayers, ping, new user friendly, registered, valve, recent match penalty, user score, server score, total score, steamID, map, tags "Valve tf Server #2 (srcds111.iad-1)","63.146.183.46:27016",0,24,29,0,1,1,0.00, 0.8840, 6.0250, 6.9090,"[A:1:3579951106:2935]","pl_thundermountain","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #2 (srcds160.iad-1)","68.177.101.46:27016",0,24,29,0,1,1,0.00, 0.8840, 6.0250, 6.9090,"[A:1:3590013957:2935]","pl_upward","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #2 (srcds123.iad-1)","68.177.101.29:27016",0,24,29,0,1,1,0.00, 0.8840, 6.0250, 6.9090,"[A:1:3439385601:2940]","pl_barnblitz","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #2 (srcds109.iad-1)","68.177.101.50:27016",0,24,29,1,1,1,0.00, 0.8840, 6.0250, 6.9090,"[A:1:3440574467:2940]","pl_badwater","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #1 (srcds121.iad-1)","68.177.101.52:27015",0,24,28,0,1,1,0.00, 0.8880, 6.0250, 6.9130,"[A:1:384920578:2939]","pl_barnblitz","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #3 (srcds118.iad-1)","68.177.101.11:27017",0,24,28,0,1,1,0.00, 0.8880, 6.0250, 6.9130,"[A:1:3579920386:2935]","pl_barnblitz","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #1 (srcds116.iad-1)","68.177.101.22:27015",0,24,28,1,1,1,0.00, 0.8880, 6.0250, 6.9130,"[A:1:3429624832:2940]","pl_badwater","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #1 (srcds114.iad-1)","68.177.101.8:27015",0,24,28,0,1,1,0.00, 0.8880, 6.0250, 6.9130,"[A:1:377268225:2939]","pl_barnblitz","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #2 (srcds110.iad-1)","68.177.101.23:27016",0,24,27,1,1,1,0.00, 0.8920, 6.0250, 6.9170,"[A:1:2890706946:2941]","pl_badwater","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #3 (srcds124.iad-1)","68.177.101.16:27017",0,24,27,0,1,1,0.00, 0.8920, 6.0250, 6.9170,"[A:1:2900393987:2941]","pl_upward","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #1 (srcds126.iad-1)","68.177.101.39:27015",1,24,33,1,1,1,0.00, 0.8680, 6.0500, 6.9180,"[A:1:3244272645:2936]","pl_goldrush","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #3 (srcds116.iad-1)","68.177.101.22:27017",0,24,25,0,1,1,0.00, 0.9000, 6.0250, 6.9250,"[A:1:3439218693:2940]","pl_thundermountain","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #1 (srcds110.iad-1)","68.177.101.23:27015",0,24,25,0,1,1,0.00, 0.9000, 6.0250, 6.9250,"[A:1:2915574787:2941]","pl_thundermountain","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #1 (srcds123.iad-1)","68.177.101.29:27015",0,24,25,0,1,1,0.00, 0.9000, 6.0250, 6.9250,"[A:1:3434716165:2940]","pl_barnblitz","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #3 (srcds127.iad-1)","63.146.183.38:27017",0,24,25,0,1,1,0.00, 0.9000, 6.0250, 6.9250,"[A:1:4101728260:2937]","pl_thundermountain","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #2 (srcds121.iad-1)","68.177.101.52:27016",0,24,24,1,1,1,0.00, 0.9040, 6.0250, 6.9290,"[A:1:384629764:2939]","pl_badwater","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #3 (srcds123.iad-1)","68.177.101.29:27017",0,24,24,0,1,1,0.00, 0.9040, 6.0250, 6.9290,"[A:1:3429805060:2940]","pl_barnblitz","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #3 (srcds111.iad-1)","63.146.183.46:27017",0,24,24,1,1,1,0.00, 0.9040, 6.0250, 6.9290,"[A:1:3600535556:2935]","pl_badwater","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #2 (srcds114.iad-1)","68.177.101.8:27016",0,24,24,0,1,1,0.00, 0.9040, 6.0250, 6.9290,"[A:1:362112002:2939]","pl_thundermountain","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #2 (srcds127.iad-1)","63.146.183.38:27016",0,24,24,0,1,1,0.00, 0.9040, 6.0250, 6.9290,"[A:1:4101731332:2937]","pl_barnblitz","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #3 (srcds110.iad-1)","68.177.101.23:27017",0,24,24,0,1,1,0.00, 0.9040, 6.0250, 6.9290,"[A:1:2895524864:2941]","pl_barnblitz","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #2 (srcds122.iad-1)","68.177.101.26:27016",0,24,23,0,1,1,0.00, 0.9080, 6.0250, 6.9330,"[A:1:4147806213:2939]","pl_thundermountain","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #3 (srcds122.iad-1)","68.177.101.26:27017",0,24,23,0,1,1,0.00, 0.9080, 6.0250, 6.9330,"[A:1:4138093572:2939]","pl_thundermountain","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #2 (srcds125.iad-1)","68.177.101.42:27016",0,24,22,0,1,1,0.00, 0.9120, 6.0250, 6.9370,"[A:1:3585018882:2935]","pl_barnblitz","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" "Valve tf Server #3 (srcds120.iad-1)","68.177.101.25:27017",22,24,36,1,1,1,0.00, 0.8560, 6.4000, 7.2560,"[A:1:4139863040:2937]","pl_badwater","EST,_registered,payload,replays,valve" Received 25 server scores from GC SteamID, IP, score "[A:1:4139863040:2937]", "68.177.101.25:27017", -92.69 "[A:1:3585018882:2935]", "68.177.101.42:27016", 7.00 "[A:1:4101731332:2937]", "63.146.183.38:27016", 6.95 "[A:1:4147806213:2939]", "68.177.101.26:27016", 6.99 "[A:1:362112002:2939]", "68.177.101.8:27016", 7.03 "[A:1:4138093572:2939]", "68.177.101.26:27017", 6.99 "[A:1:3600535556:2935]", "63.146.183.46:27017", 6.93 "[A:1:2895524864:2941]", "68.177.101.23:27017", 6.96 "[A:1:3429805060:2940]", "68.177.101.29:27017", 6.95 "[A:1:384629764:2939]", "68.177.101.52:27016", 7.04 "[A:1:4101728260:2937]", "63.146.183.38:27017", 7.01 "[A:1:3434716165:2940]", "68.177.101.29:27015", 7.01 "[A:1:2915574787:2941]", "68.177.101.23:27015", 6.97 "[A:1:3244272645:2936]", "68.177.101.39:27015", 7.33 "[A:1:3439218693:2940]", "68.177.101.22:27017", 7.06 "[A:1:2890706946:2941]", "68.177.101.23:27016", 6.96 "[A:1:2900393987:2941]", "68.177.101.16:27017", 7.34 "[A:1:377268225:2939]", "68.177.101.8:27015", 7.27 "[A:1:3429624832:2940]", "68.177.101.22:27015", 6.96 "[A:1:3579920386:2935]", "68.177.101.11:27017", 6.97 "[A:1:384920578:2939]", "68.177.101.52:27015", 6.93 "[A:1:3579951106:2935]", "63.146.183.46:27016", 7.14 "[A:1:3440574467:2940]", "68.177.101.50:27016", 6.91 "[A:1:3439385601:2940]", "68.177.101.29:27016", 6.94 "[A:1:3590013957:2935]", "68.177.101.46:27016", 7.01 Best GC score was 7.34 Pinging 68.177.101.16:27017 Reply ping from 68.177.101.16:27017. Client score is now 6.88. Quickplay connecting to 68.177.101.16:27017 On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Jesse Molina <je...@opendreams.net> wrote: > > Basically, what Valve gaveth, Valve taketh away. > > This sounds like an expectation problem. I doubt you have done anything > "wrong". > > Quickplayers are like "friends" on Facebook. You can have hundreds of > them but not one of them will come to your funeral, or maybe even notice > you stopped posting. > > Instead of feeling unsettled because your quickplay traffic went away, > work on building a local community of regular visitors. Have some angle, > such as your locality, a common interest, or gameplay style. > > > > > speaker wrote: > >> I have two vanilla tf2 servers running, each registered, logged-in, vac >> enabled, with positive reputation. Some administrative sourcemod plugins >> are installed, settings/cvars and mapcycle are according to Valve's >> quickplay requirements. >> >> Starting somewhere in February, lots of players joined immediately and >> each day I had full servers for hours. But since mid-March it seems >> that quickplay is not bringing players to my servers anymore -- almost >> nobody has been playing there. >> >> Any ideas what could be wrong? >> >> -- >> Server #1: 176.9.40.77:27015 - Reputation Score: 11937 (not banned) >> Server #2: 176.9.40.77:27025 - Reputation Score: 834 (not banned) >> >> #1 [SM] Rank: 5514 Total Connects: 108652 Total Minutes Played: 7044 >> #2 [SM] Rank: 19184 Total Connects: 7562 Total Minutes Played: 564 >> >> Custom tags are "athera,vanilla" >> >> Plugins and extensions on both servers: >> >> [SM] Listing 25 plugins: >> 01 "Player Commands" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 02 "[ANY] Automatic Steam Update" (1.4.1) by Dr. McKay >> 03 "Basic Comm Control" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 04 "Basic Commands" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 05 "Basic Info Triggers" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 06 "Sound Commands" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 07 "Client Preferences" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 08 "Basic Chat" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 09 "Anti-Flood" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 10 "Reserved Slots" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 11 "Admin Menu" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 12 "Nextmap" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 13 "Map Nominations" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 14 "SteamTools Tester" (0.7.1) by Asher Baker (asherkin) >> 15 "MapChooser" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 16 "Rock The Vote" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 17 "[TF2] gScramble Team Manager" (3.0.11) by Goerge >> 18 "Basic Ban Commands" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 19 "Admin File Reader" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 20 "Basic Votes" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> 21 "SwapTeam" (1.2.5) by MistaGee Fixed by Rogue >> 22 "Updater" (1.1.4) by GoD-Tony >> 23 "TF2 Class Restrictions" (0.6) by Tsunami >> 24 "Very Basic High Ping Kicker" (1.4) by msleeper >> 25 "Admin Help" (1.4.1) by AlliedModders LLC >> >> [SM] Displaying 12 extensions: >> [01] Automatic Updater (1.4.1): Updates SourceMod gamedata files >> [02] Webternet (1.4.1): Extension for interacting with URLs >> [03] TF2 Tools (1.4.1): TF2 extended functionality >> [04] BinTools (1.4.1): Low-level C/C++ Calling API >> [05] SDK Tools (1.4.1): Source SDK Tools >> [06] Top Menus (1.4.1): Creates sorted nested menus >> [07] SteamTools (0.8.2): SteamWorks for SourceMod. >> [08] Client Preferences (1.4.1): Saves client preference settings >> [09] SQLite (1.4.1): SQLite Driver >> [10] SDK Hooks (2.1.0): Source SDK Hooks >> [11] cURL Extension (1.3.0.0): cURL Extension >> [12] Socket (3.0.1): Socket extension for SourceMod >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux> >> > > -- > # Jesse Molina > # Mail = je...@opendreams.net > # Page = page-je...@opendreams.net > # Cell = 1.602.323.7608 > # Web = http://www.opendreams.net/**jesse/<http://www.opendreams.net/jesse/> > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<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
