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Originally Posted by TheGrunch
Mmm, I'm not so sure about that...I'm not sure anyone could be bothered to differentiate between new logins from old IPs and ones from new IPs. Anyway, pointless argument IMO. 
As for your previous question, Hyperlobby is okay at what it does but it has a very poorly organised and clunky interface - even scrolling through servers is a bit of a chore. The other thing is that it's so easy for disruptive players to just login with another name or another IP and continue being irritating on servers, which making the Steam lobby compulsory would go a long, long way toward curtailing - you can only play your game on one Steam ID after all without effectively pirating the game in some way.
The chat, pager stuff and friend lists are also very clunky and awkward to use. I suppose it all depends on how much you actually want this functionality. I don't really use that sort of thing myself but I think that will change with CoD, got several of my friends looking forward to playing it, and I'd MUCH rather use Steam's overlay and chat than HL's.  Certainly people seem to use HL chat and pager messages a lot, but they are really bad compared to other lobbies' offerings. |
Main chat which in practice is free, instant, troubleshooting 24/7. Hardware, game hints, tips and guiding, history questions, anything. In the Steam, you have to know someone, or go forums. Thats one huge advantage... I think I link the updates, help with "game loads 5% then crashes" etc. bugs with 5 people every day, and only I sit there on average maybe 2 hours a day... So almost all the log-in time there is someone to help.
HL has forums of its own, I'm sure Jiri respects feedback and suggestions!