They've supported it for what 6-7 years now? Can you name any other
game that has had support or even updates for that length of time?
There are a tonne of old games still being sold at your local PC shop
that have developers that have since closed down, been accuired or
moved in other directions. Buying a piece of software (particularly
old software) does not guarantee you any support from the vendor.
Especially when the support is in regard to a free online component
run on servers out of the vendors control.
With the release of the HL2 engine I can understand how valve want to
invest time in support/fixing this new engine over the old one. The
new engine is their future, it does not make business sense to invest
time in a 6 year old game engine when they have a new one just out the
door (that still needs tweaking). Its time to move on people.
Also there is no "silver bullet" wrt cheating. One system will not
catch everything, If you think CD or Program X catch all cheats your
kidding yourself.
Active admins that keep your servers in a fun, enjoyable environment
is the best way to keep your players happy and coming back to your
server. You cannot rely on a magical piece of software to keep your
players happy.
Acaila
Game Admin
Internode Games Network
http://games.internode.on.net
On 5/12/05, Michael Krohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Reliable Channel Overflow, Host_Error: UserMsg: Not Present on Client 57,
> memory leaks
>
> The point should be made that not only have people paid to play this game but
> VALVe continues to sell it. Perhaps some thought to continued support is in
> order rather than to totally focus on the next generation while sticking it
> to people who bought the original versions, and also still selling a flawed
> engine to the general public.
>
> The above items have all been ignored or passed off as something not worth
> fixing due to the focus on the next generation of HL gaming.
>
> HL1 was not a free game and the mods added on later, whether free or not,
> were added to assist in marketing the overall hl gaming environment and
> income was and still is being generated from it.
>
> So old or not, it is time to fix the problems or simply shut the back catalog
> sales down altogether.
>
> Mike
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