Servers not showing - HELP

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Servers not showing - HELP

Postby Loobeedoo on Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:26 am

Sorry Mods for not making an introduction, but this is honestly all I'm here for.
I downloaded Team Fortress 2 on my MacBook Pro two days ago because I thought it looked like a great game and I'd heard great things about it, and since it was free I gave it a shot. I played a few hours of offline training, and it's been so much fun. However, when I wanted to play the real thing, I couldn't connect to a server. I pressed Play Now, but all the game did was tell me "Retrieving server information. Please wait."
I must have left it for a good 30 minutes, and when I came back, still nothing.
So I pressed Browse Servers, and nothing showed up. Just a blank list. I left this on for a good amount of time too, thinking that it would take a while to load. But half an hour later, still nothing.
The first thing I did was to google it, look around on the Steam forums, even on YouTube. It would seem that this is a common problem, but no-one has successfully found a way to fix it. I've tried deleting all my game files, and reinstalled the game. Not that I'm supprised it didn't work, because I've heard of some people going as far as reinstalling their OS and still it not working. I've heard some people managed to get to work after leaving the game and checking every few days. But I'm sure there's an easier solution. And don't tell me it's because it's because it's a Mac or it's a Laptop because I asked my roommate who has the same computer model as me to try and download the game, and he's playing online right now. And I just got my laptop a few days ago so it can't be that.
Please can someone tell me what to do?
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(Ignore the tags, I tried all of them, this just happened to be the one I used for the screenshot.)
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Re: Servers not showing - HELP

Postby Soldierfan on Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:20 pm

I for one am not having this problem. I used to have a variation of this before the update, consisting of the server browser not showing any servers. I just went on History/Favorites, then back to Internet and it was fine. Try that?
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Re: Servers not showing - HELP

Postby FluffyFoxxie on Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:25 pm

Well, Im suffering from this sameproblem. However I have found somekind of solution: While logged in Steam goto "Show" (next to "Steam") and select servers. Then goto filttering settings and select all games (if not already). Then you should see a lot of different servers from different games at "Internet". Find games that say Team Fortress and play!

Heres picture:
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Hope this helps! :)
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Re: Servers not showing - HELP

Postby randomuser on Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:36 pm

Don't worry about not introducing yourself first, I hope that this has helped you?
Your Benevolent Overlord.
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Re: Servers not showing - HELP

Postby Soldierfan on Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:59 pm

Fixeseseses I have found them!

1: Check your tags. One time I had this problem ` was in my tags. Woopsie :P

2: I could still join my friend's servers. Ask your friends to join a specific server if need be or if you can pop through the friends tab and do your thing.

Also, I might as well update myself in this post: I am now training newbies in a group. BUT! It's only a sunday thing. So I'm still gonna be here! Just less on sundays :P
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