Valve forums and FF forums

Greenmarine · 09-22-2007, 03:28 AM

Is it just me or do the valve forums....well suck.
Things here seem much more professional. The valve forums seem like they are ran by a bunch of kids with a chip on their shoulder.

summit · 09-22-2007, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Greenmarine

Is it just me or do the valve forums....well suck.
Things here seem much more professional. The valve forums seem like they are ran by a bunch of kids with a chip on their shoulder.

I dunno, the moderators their have an opinion themselves; and the same thing can be said about the moderators here. Personal preference, though I do like the dev support here much better - always good to have them active on the forums.

Boogieman117 · 09-22-2007, 03:41 AM

The guys that run things here know that their product was created for the community. Their product is free and community-based, not put together and released for profit.

Direhit · 09-22-2007, 03:46 AM

The only Valve employee who frequently participates on the Steam forums is DougV and quite honestly, I'd be surprised if any of the other Valve employees even browse them. The Steam forums aren't as "officially" tied to Valve as one might think.

Camphlobactor · 09-22-2007, 03:48 AM

The Steam forums are full of idiots all over the place. The moderators will call you a troll if you disagree with them. l remember a thread that went off topic because half the people thought '<' was greater than.

tu! · 09-22-2007, 04:16 AM

NoPriz · 09-22-2007, 07:48 AM

get over the ''this mod was created for free and not for profit!'' gag all ready seriously. ALL companies make games FOR PROFIT. So whine about valve youll have to whine about the whole game industry in general

**mervaka** · 09-22-2007, 11:28 AM

what are you on about? these guys are talking about forums. steam forums are maintained by volunteers

Magical-Mark · 09-22-2007, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mervaka

what are you on about? these guys are talking about forums. steam forums are maintained by volunteers

So the people at the Steam forums are all people that volunteered for the "job" and are doing it for free?
I thought they were hired by valve to administer the forum, and the website.

-Mark

Lt Llama · 09-22-2007, 12:25 PM

I stopped using the Steam forums as a reference forum once they started purging old posts. But to clean up in all flaming and actually extract the useful gold pieces of info on an unpurged Steam forum is impossible. I think they changed the Steam forum to be a service to new players, who don't know every mod back alley out there. As such I think it works fine.

**mervaka** · 09-22-2007, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Magical-Mark

So the people at the Steam forums are all people that volunteered for the "job" and are doing it for free?
I thought they were hired by valve to administer the forum, and the website.

-Mark

some might be, but a lot of them are "volunteer moderators"

Magical-Mark · 09-22-2007, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by mervaka

some might be, but a lot of them are "volunteer moderators"

That could explain why it is not taken serious, because the people have other things to do and that they do not really care about the forums because they do not have any part in the projects...I have never been there so I can only look at other peoples experience.

-Mark

Dinosaur Gas · 09-22-2007, 03:13 PM

The Steam forums are worthless. Everyone is too concerned about their post counts, including the moderators. Most people on those forums are either new to the games/steam...or complete idiots. I have one word for you...Tassadar.

Reading the VAC banned threads can be entertaining at times though...

Dr.Uudge · 09-22-2007, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tu!

LOL.

lollerskates · 09-22-2007, 08:36 PM

Steampowered is an asylum run by the inmates. One of the things that pissed me off there was moderators deleting or locking threads without any stated reason. You post in a seemingly normal thread and when you come back in the morning it's just gone, and nobody will tell you why.

09-22-2007, 03:28 AM	#1
Greenmarine Beta Tester Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Valve forums and FF forums Is it just me or do the valve forums....well suck. Things here seem much more professional. The valve forums seem like they are ran by a bunch of kids with a chip on their shoulder.

09-22-2007, 03:46 AM	#4
Direhit Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	The only Valve employee who frequently participates on the Steam forums is DougV and quite honestly, I'd be surprised if any of the other Valve employees even browse them. The Steam forums aren't as "officially" tied to Valve as one might think. __________________ The Catacombs - Home Of Team Fortress News http://www.thecatacombs.net #thecatacombs - irc.gamesurge.net

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mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	what are you on about? these guys are talking about forums. steam forums are maintained by volunteers __________________ Support FF:

09-22-2007, 03:13 PM	#13
Dinosaur Gas www.tfcgaschamber.com Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: CT Gametype: TFC Affiliations: -CLT- Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	The Steam forums are worthless. Everyone is too concerned about their post counts, including the moderators. Most people on those forums are either new to the games/steam...or complete idiots. I have one word for you...Tassadar. Reading the VAC banned threads can be entertaining at times though... __________________

09-22-2007, 03:41 AM	#3
Boogieman117 FF Server Op / Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	The guys that run things here know that their product was created for the community. Their product is free and community-based, not put together and released for profit.

09-22-2007, 03:48 AM	#5
Camphlobactor Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	The Steam forums are full of idiots all over the place. The moderators will call you a troll if you disagree with them. l remember a thread that went off topic because half the people thought '<' was greater than.

09-22-2007, 04:16 AM	#6
tu! Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times

09-22-2007, 07:48 AM	#7
NoPriz Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	get over the ''this mod was created for free and not for profit!'' gag all ready seriously. ALL companies make games FOR PROFIT. So whine about valve youll have to whine about the whole game industry in general

09-22-2007, 12:25 PM	#10
Lt Llama Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I stopped using the Steam forums as a reference forum once they started purging old posts. But to clean up in all flaming and actually extract the useful gold pieces of info on an unpurged Steam forum is impossible. I think they changed the Steam forum to be a service to new players, who don't know every mod back alley out there. As such I think it works fine.

09-22-2007, 08:36 PM	#15
lollerskates Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Steampowered is an asylum run by the inmates. One of the things that pissed me off there was moderators deleting or locking threads without any stated reason. You post in a seemingly normal thread and when you come back in the morning it's just gone, and nobody will tell you why.

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