oh no ! A pointless post on a forum !

Regardless, I initially thought VC was above 90. But since you asked how I define it, I just answered that.

OMG they gave us graphics settings!!!!!! *cries ters of joy*

Just so people know, Valve implements their L4D "matchmaking"(I use the term loosely) using dedicated servers.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169669

"After spending a day at Valve's offices playing Left 4 Dead for the premier episode of the next season of the 1UP Show, the 1UP crew came away with a truckload of new info on the Xbox 360 version of the game. Without a doubt the biggest news is that Valve will be running dedicated servers on Microsoft's Live online service. And while they didn't indicate how many exactly they'd have going, they did imply that they'd have everyone covered, as in when you played online, you'd be on a dedicated server, period. That alone should go a long way toward making the game a great online experience, but they haven't stopped there. Splitscreen play will also allow you and a friend to play together on Live from one 360, and you'll be able to slice the screen whichever way you like -- horizontally or vertically."

This is in response to the person above griping about L4D not having dedicated servers.

Perhaps Blizzard should share some of their money, since they do not need to ask anyone for any when they make their games :)  Unlike Splash Damage here.

^Blizzard should share their money with who?

Your point? I was playing the PC version.

Regardless, my general issue in my post was that I'm not a fan of having little control over what matches I'm placed into when they've generally ended up being very high ping games (200-300+) which there's like a second of delay between your actions registering and the enemies are extremely difficult to hit. I've been placed into what looks like dedicated servers (assuming that's why there's a MOTD) and everybody there has had a high ping or in games where one guy has a ping of 50 and the rest have 400-700 ping. Hell, I've even had a high ping as a lobby host...

Going to a different game such as Team Fortress 2 for example, I'll do a server refresh and sort by the lowest ping servers (and other filters such as map and such) and I'll usually end up in servers where my ping is under 75-80 and I'm usually joining full 24 or 32 player servers.

The person was implying that Blizzard does not have any problems making PC only AAA games.  And I was stating that it is because they have the financial chops to pay for them themselves and have the pedigree to do so, unlike Splash Damage.  Which is the development studio that made the comment I linked to.  No one will give Splash Damage enough money to make the types of games that they want because publishers think that PC only sales would not cover it and also because Splash Damage does not have the brand power to do so.  Since the biggest thing they have done is Enemy Territory:Quake Wars.

That would be a problem with their matchmaking algorithms, not matchmaking in general.  In fact that would be quite easy to rectify.  Latency would be the highest priority in a good matchmaking system.  Perhaps Valve did not do this.

Blizzard isn't its own publisher dude. They haven't been for years. Some publisher has to give them money.

In a separate post you pointed out that no one will give Splash Damage such funding because they (Splash Damage) "do not have the brand power to do so." That is correct. It's also personal to Splash Damage, rather than indicative of the market as a whole. Since I assume you posted that article as proof that the PC-only market is not viable, it seems you've defeated your own point now.

Name me a Blizzard developed game that Blizzard did not publish(at least not in some form, because Blizzard usually handles their own North American ditributions, and gets others to do international).

Name me the companies making PC only AAA games(budget wise, not score).  I am actually interested in this, as I do not particularly know.  Which somewhat leads credence to my point.