I would -love- the ability to link my steam group with my server. I know they did this for L4D and there were issues with this, but it would be real beneficial to the community servers, especially as quickplay is being more segregated off.
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Weasels Lair <wea...@weaselslair.com>wrote: > Regarding the latest update from TF2 and the renewed discussion about > things like Quick-Play (now being largely re-directed to > Valve-operated servers), how this effects game "Communities", etc. > > I do not think we are going to talk Valve out of any of this. I think > all we can hope to do is get them to acknowledge the "community" > contributions and maybe make some changes that will build on that. I > know if often seems like they are going in the other direction. > However, I am hopeful that some simple changes can help-out. "Dr. > McKay" has certainly made some excellent suggestions regarding the > multi-player options, etc. > > What I would like to suggest, is that Valve build-upon their existing > "Steam Community Groups" feature. Some things they could do there > might include: > > 1) Add a feature to dedicated servers (HLDS *and* SRCDS) that allows a > server operator to associated a their server with a particular steam > community group. > 2) Add a feature to the Steam Community Groups, that allows their > officers to then add those servers into the group profile in some > very-integrated manner. Not just a "link" to join a server, but maybe > something larger. Maybe more like a game-server banner, listing > current number of players, player slots, etc. Of course, there are > 3rd party sites that do some that now. But, I think if Valve did it > right in the Steam Community Groups, they could fully-integrate things > nicer/cleaner. > 3) Ensure such features work not just with Valve titles, but any mod > hosted on HLDS and SRCDS (all it's different SDK flavors). > > Of course, this would mean that game "communities" would really have > to buy into the "Steam Community" thing more. Many do prefer to run > their own websites, and of course many also game non-Valve/non-Steam > titles. So, Steam Community integration maybe isn't as attractive to > them. > > Anyway, those are some of my thoughts - IMH(f)O as usual. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
