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| Re: Bungie's quote on a Public Server Browser in H | |
| Posted By: Achronos <achronos@bungie.com> | Date: 1/6/08 4:44 a.m. |
In Response To: Re: Bungie's quote on a Public Server Browser in H (Charley117) That's becaue standard server browsers don't work, and you aren't very observant if you think that they have been working. Step back and think about it. How many times have you looked a server list in a game, and couldn't find a fast server, with open slots, that let you play a game you want? How many times have you hit "join" and then been told that the server was full? How about if the host quits - who do you migrate to? What if doesn't want to play that game? What if the host is losing, and boots you to make things easier? And how many times have you gone into a game, thinking it was one type or map config, and then found out that it had been altered in an unpleasant way? To put it in perspective of Halo - how many times has some jackass come into your forge session you forgot to close and screwed up hours of your work? Now, before you say, "But, Achronos, my friends won't do that to me" remember that I'm talking about a server browser used for general users to join. You already essentially have one for your friends list... and their friends list too, using the friends of friends feature. Adding in anonymous custom game searching makes the above common place, where right now it is just your friends messing with you. Server browsers are not the solution. Matchmaking playlists are really the best compromise for anonymous game gathering. Maybe for future games we make we'll try something different or alter our approach. But for now, this is the best we have in terms of game matching. : Now you see, I can't make sense of that attitude. If it's something that will
: - Charley
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