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I realize this conversation kinda died, but I thought I'd throw in my two since just to clear things up a bit
QuickPlay is not based solely on the GameTracker server ranks. However, it's based on an internal Valve formula that is either obscure and very few people actually bother to remember what the formula is, or it simply isn't known to people outside of Valve
(inb4 someone actually bothers to Google search it and posts it here)
The GameTracker ranks are at the very least loosely correlated, and are likely strongly correlated to actual QuickPlay rankings, and thus can give us a general idea of how easy it may be to fill a server. While direct rank doesn't necessarily help as the number of active TF2 servers can change, looking at the percentile will always tell you where we sit in relation to other TF2 servers and can give you an idea of how our TF2 servers are doing vs. how our DOD:S servers are doing, for example. Mind you, TF2 is the only game we support that uses QuickPlay, so even comparing percentiles across divisions may not give you a good picture of what's going on.
Needless to say, the general concept is that if our servers have high percentiles, they are more likely to have a good QuickPlay rank and therefore should be easier to fill. This, of course, does not say anything directly about the popularity of a server, as a server that happens to be easy to fill but no one plays on is not a popular server. However, in general, rankings are a decent indication of how well a server is doing, and I believe we are all intelligent enough to notice the occasions when server ranking does not equate to server popularity and simply ignore server rankings in those rare occasions
On a completely different note, #Veelo4ServerRankPostingAdvisor2014
Oh, and yeah. I know I'm really throwing cents around, but you have to make people scratch their heads once in a while and wonder if they really do know how this language works 
Why would he do that kazoo? It seems fine to me
On another note let us not speak of the rankings. I fear we might anger GabeN the great ranking god!
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September 18th, 2014.
Dustbowl: Rank 550 (+52)
Hightower: Rank 665 (+93)
Harvest: Rank 774 (+89)
2Fort: Rank 1024 (+20)
Foundry: Rank 1262 (+46)
Egypt: Rank 1414 (+90)
OH SNAP. This is gettin' out of hand! +388 ranks in one day? On top of the 1400+ in the last 4 days. That's 1800+ in 5 days and not a single day of decline.
Absolutely amazing job everyone!
Dustbowl: Rank 550 (+52)
Hightower: Rank 665 (+93)
Harvest: Rank 774 (+89)
2Fort: Rank 1024 (+20)
Foundry: Rank 1262 (+46)
Egypt: Rank 1414 (+90)
OH SNAP. This is gettin' out of hand! +388 ranks in one day? On top of the 1400+ in the last 4 days. That's 1800+ in 5 days and not a single day of decline.
Absolutely amazing job everyone!
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Shhhhhhhhh!
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Danke, though.
September 19th, 2014.
Dustbowl: Rank 574 (-24)
Hightower: Rank 643 (+22)
Harvest: Rank 793 (-19)
2Fort: Rank 1002 (+22)
Foundry: Rank 1177 (+85)
Egypt: Rank 1334 (+80)
Well, we had a fantastic streak of five straight days with no red. But even with today's reds, we still were way up as a whole.
Great job all around!
Dustbowl: Rank 574 (-24)
Hightower: Rank 643 (+22)
Harvest: Rank 793 (-19)
2Fort: Rank 1002 (+22)
Foundry: Rank 1177 (+85)
Egypt: Rank 1334 (+80)
Well, we had a fantastic streak of five straight days with no red. But even with today's reds, we still were way up as a whole.
Great job all around!
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The New Day, New Year philosophy of having fun seems to actually be working. Great job everyone! Server ranks haven't been this high since before I joined.
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^^why we don't let benuc post in the forums
