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Free to play: Jay or Nay?

Discussion in 'Team Fortress 2' started by Doelwit, Jun 24, 2011.

  1. DataStorm

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    its a nay from me, valve is lacking in stopping scammers anyway. for 50 cent anybody has a new account and can start scamming all over again.

    /edit: come to think of it, minimum stash for the mann co store is 5 euro/dollar. Even if I'd buy only 1 item of 50 cent, I still have to add at minimum 5 euro's in funds.
     
  2. Anonymous

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    Yea, might just be my imagination :?
     
  3. antou(fr)

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    It's a little nay for me. TF2 is not meant to be a MMORPG (which it is becoming to be), it's a multiplayer FPS ! :eek: But with the shitloads of new weapon we got in one year, with the trading, crafting and store systems, it's hard to focus on only the gameplay.
    Don't expect all new players to be good players, because they probably won't care about fighting, or just downloaded TF2 because they heard it was cool x) .
     
  4. B.A baramous

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    well if the server gets really flooded with trolls/cheaters etc we could just put a password on it? and only lz members can join it then? but this will mean other not lz members cant join it :/
     
  5. Jer9

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    this statement is false, i think.
    you can also pay the correct amount instead of choosing the 5 bucks. if you want to buy something for 0.99, you'll only have to pay 0.99 exact.


    @B: bad idea, we will only lose our playerbase that way. we just need to act as survivors in a goddamn apocalypse, stand up and fight those hackers with our banhammers!
     
  6. JaptorResus

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    Just like after every single big update :D
     
  7. Anonymous

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    It's a Nay from me, can't say i like the direction this is going for the reasons mentioned above.

     
  8. Anonymous

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    Just witnessed the most horrible spawncamp ever: 4 afk's, people just taunting etc.

    Well, why play properly? It's just a free online game lol
     
  9. Anonymous

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    Hope this won't ruin the quality of the LZ servers. Don't want it to be flooded with noobs and even worse hackers.

    Is there already a plugin out to block free accounts from servers? That would be nice. Would LZ consider adding a plugin like that if someone would make it?
     
  10. JaptorResus

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    Now that's a bit brutal isn't it? We all started as noobs, blocking them from the lz servers is 1. antisocial and 2. bad for the lz image.
    Admins just have to be more cautious about hackers and griefers than usual.
     
  11. Anonymous

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    +1

    I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play in one of these servers.
     
  12. Alias

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    Step one to killing a community
     
  13. Anonymous

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    You can however, password ONE server like AM#3 and make it so that you only get the password if you reach like 100 posts on the forum. This should only be done of course, IF AND ONLY IF, there is an immense flood of idiots.
     
  14. Alias

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    It wouldnt work, the password would have to change constantly.

    Unless there was a link from forum > sourcebans > tf2 which was all automated.
     
  15. fatboy not slim[nl]

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  16. Anonymous

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    You can allow only certain steam ID's I think.
     
  17. Killvion

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    Those hackers are easily dealt with. It's the fact that server side ban no longer has any effect that buggers me.

    Nay for now, it might turn into something good, but nay for now.
     
  18. NoScope

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    [​IMG]

    THIS IS MY HAT, THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE!
    MY HAT IS MY BEST FRIEND. IT IS MY LIFE. I MUST MASTER IT AS I MUST MASTER MY LIFE.
    :lol:
     
  19. Snelvuur

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    i dont mind the freeplay..

    cheaters well.. look at css.. we have way more admins on tf2 so i think this will be fine.. not that many aimbotters on tf2 anyways though..

    we will manage. just make sure that people respond to !calladmin, if that keeps on working like it does right now i am sure we are a more wanted community.

    Also, because of more people we actually might be able to fill up another server.. but thats for later.. but maybe, just maybe those people have now 20 farm accounts.. and get all the hats and crap.. :( i dont like that though..

    but valve is pretty cheesy, by making it free all those people that didn't play it will use it, get some items and at some point need a bigger backpack = money.. want to buy keys (everybody bought a key at some point) and in the end will earn more money.. hey, cant blaim um.
     
  20. Killvion

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    Btw.... We can use this in our advantage actually. I think I'll get a new steam acc with TF2 as well. But with a totally different name and avatar etc. Then we can easily go undercover again. Especially if we have a lot of dumbfucks around, this might be easy. Nobody will know you except your fellow admins perhaps, so you might catch flamers off-guard if no other admin is on the server.

    Could work out pretty well.