Goodbye Idler

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goodbye idle program

HELLO IDLE SERVERS!!

I'm sure if eGO had and idle server we'd be #1 on game tracker... j/ks

But idling isn't going to stop, people are going to start using the idle servers again so :3 vavle you have just made 5000+ people waste more energy on running tf2 constantly
 
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I just got warned but good thing I didn't lose my Jarate collection or I would've been pissed (Pardon the Pun). At least they increased the drop rate for the hats.
 
Well, you would think that 11,000+ people on the idler servers at any one time should have told Valve something...

To be honest, I'm fine with them taking a stance against the idler. But, the retroactive punishment comes off as a little harsh to me. I think the earlier quote about the carrot and the donkey summed it up about right.
 
Sharp_Shooter said:
I just got warned but good thing I didn't lose my Jarate collection or I would've been pissed (Pardon the Pun). At least they increased the drop rate for the hats.
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is everyone who idled supposed to get the warning, or is it just for people who tried to relaunch the idler post the post on the blog?
I still plan on losing my items (erm next to nothing)
 
I'm just mad at Valve because they acknowledged the idler, and said that because it doesn't increase the chance you have of getting a hat (although it does increase the number of chances) they weren't going to do anything, they were fine with it. After I saw that, I started using the idler, and guess what? Now I'm screwed. Thanks for lying Valve.
 
Gotta love Valve...rather than nip the problem early on they wait and wait and wait some more and then decide to punish the majority unfairly. I used the idler for probably only a total of 2 hours and I don't recall ever getting anything.

Edit: So I just started up TF2 and I got the warning message. Apparently they took 1 measly flare gun which I already had a few of away from me. Whatever lol
 
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Here's the problems I see:

1. The original drop system was horrible, for hats and weapons. The drop rate was too low, and you never got anything you wanted.
2. There is only one difference between the idler program and an idle server. The idler program uses less power. Way to not realize the state of the economy and environment Valve.
3. Valve lied about being okay with the idler, and now people are being punished for it.
4. Punishing without warning is insane. Why do you think our admins use the warn, kick, ban system? It's fair, unlike this.
5. Valve seems to think that upping the hat drop chance is fixing things. The problem is that when we try to fix Valve's problems, we get screwed for it.

IMO, worst thing since the Scout Update.
 
Why can't you just get hats the RIGHT way..I.E actually PLAY the game to get w/e you want. the people who use idlers make the game cheap and no fun
 
Another thing that makes me mad. I've been playing since day 1 and I have not found one hat. Meanwhile, somebody buys this game lets say 3 days ago and they get a hat just like that.
 
well i use idler for about two days at most but i got my hat while playing so fine by me and i didn't lose my items
 
holy poop godly said:
Why can't you just get hats the RIGHT way..I.E actually PLAY the game to get w/e you want. the people who use idlers make the game cheap and no fun
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b.c currently you cant play to get the hat you want. There is no way of getting a hat you personally want it is random.

and idling doesn't affect the gameplay hat =/= game changing
 
The Shape said:
Another thing that makes me mad. I've been playing since day 1 and I have not found one hat. Meanwhile, somebody buys this game lets say 3 days ago and they get a hat just like that.
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I hate those people. Also, qft.
 
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