(11-06-2008, 08:47 AM)Arnies Right Bicep link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=CaffeinePowered link=topic=1720.msg48053#msg48053 date=1225978395]
with whom I play with
With.
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well...you want to see a more angry, Â yet polite email...
From the emailer:
> Following the announcement last night that there will be no
> server browser for the highly anticipated Left 4 Dead, we
> have been thinking long and hard about the impact this has
> on the hosting of the game.
>
> With no server browser how are people supposed to join a
> server they have rented? Â Will there at least be a direct
> to join IP feature?
>
> Without these there is no incentive for either the purchase
> of servers by customers or the provision of free-to-play
> publics by gaming communities, as people have no choice over
> what server they join.
>
> This kills the rental, hosting and community market for the
> game outright. Do Valve really intend to host all the servers
> themselves for the game or has the importance of these features
> and their impact been overlooked?
>
> As it stands right now we (Multiplay) see no benefit in
> supporting this game at all and unless this situation changes
> we do not intend to host any servers for it.
>
> We hope other GSP's will support us in this action. The MOTD
> ad block is of minor significance in comparison to the building
> a community around servers. This is the start of a slippery
> slope which once started down it will be hard to turn back.
> The community goodwill and hard work must not be taken for
> granted and pushed too far.
>
> Valve's success is in no small part due to the widespread
> availability of servers for it's games, the majority of which
> are funded and run by the community at large. To take away the
> community's ability to continue to run servers that they can
> build solid regular player bases around, will simply destroy
> the communities around the game and also significantly dent
> faith and goodwill in Valve as a company.
>
> While we wish Valve success with this game; their decision
> leaves us with no choice but to take this action in the hope
> that it will highlight how strongly we feel about the removal
> of direct join options from any game.
>
> Â Â Regards
> Â Â Steve
>