[Csgo_servers] CS:GO community server browser issues

[Gamemann]

Hello everybody, I wanted to talk about CS:GO's community server
browser. The server browser is broken in its current state. One day, it
will display 300-500 servers, the next day there will only be around
25-75. I've heard that it attempts to pick the closest servers near you,
but many of the servers that are shown are hosted in Europe, and most of
them had a password.

The server browser should be similar to CS:S, where it shows all servers
with the default region set to “ALL”. Gametracker tracks over 15,000
servers and when filtering servers near me, I get well over 1000
results. Fixing the browser would help strengthen the CS:GO modding
community, allowing players to find custom servers easier. The modding
community is important to CS:GO and it has been lacking since launch.
The recent updates Valve have released are amazing and I appreciate the
hard work from Valve (especially the "session no longer available" bug fix).

The modding community in CS:GO is very important. One major reason for
CS:S and CS 1.6 having players still is because of the modding
community. The current modding community in CS:GO lacks developers but
if things start changing and CS:GO starts becoming more
modding-friendly, developers that create content for CS:S and CS 1.6 may
move over to CS:GO. Content creators disliked CS:GO’s modding community
at launch but if Valve put some more effort into supporting the
community, developers may slowly move over to CS:GO.

I want to strengthen the modding community and I hope the issues with
the server browser can be resolved. If nothing else Valve, can we get
some insight to how the current browser works?

Thanks.

[Jack M.]

This has actually been discussed before at some amount of length.

I'm sure someone else will remember the full conversation but I brought up
the my server would not list for me but appeared in the master server if
you queried the master server with your servers IP address from your Web
browser.

Valve changed some method of sorting and returning master server results to
you and it returns servers based on region. Which isn't all in all a bad
idea but there is no way to turn that filter off or expand it.

Some people as you said see a lot of results, others see little to none and
there isn't really any good reason for that.

Some suggested updating your GeoIP. If your GeoIP for your server is
correct though you can't really do anything.

The conclusion I came to and some others did (it is all just pure
speculation) is that CSGO development is under staffed and/or Valve has
their own servers for matchmaking, both casual and competitive so they
invest all their time and energy to keep those running since new players
are flocking there.

Thus community servers and an effective browser for them are going by the
wayside.

Hello everybody, I wanted to talk about CS:GO's community server browser.
The server browser is broken in its current state. One day, it will display
300-500 servers, the next day there will only be around 25-75. I've heard
that it attempts to pick the closest servers near you, but many of the
servers that are shown are hosted in Europe, and most of them had a
password.
The server browser should be similar to CS:S, where it shows all servers
with the default region set to “ALL”. Gametracker tracks over 15,000
servers and when filtering servers near me, I get well over 1000 results.
Fixing the browser would help strengthen the CS:GO modding community,
allowing players to find custom servers easier. The modding community is
important to CS:GO and it has been lacking since launch. The recent updates
Valve have released are amazing and I appreciate the hard work from Valve
(especially the "session no longer available" bug fix).
The modding community in CS:GO is very important. One major reason for
CS:S and CS 1.6 having players still is because of the modding community.
The current modding community in CS:GO lacks developers but if things start
changing and CS:GO starts becoming more modding-friendly, developers that
create content for CS:S and CS 1.6 may move over to CS:GO. Content creators
disliked CS:GO’s modding community at launch but if Valve put some more
effort into supporting the community, developers may slowly move over to
CS:GO.
I want to strengthen the modding community and I hope the issues with the
server browser can be resolved. If nothing else Valve, can we get some
insight to how the current browser works?
Thanks.
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