That is a lie >_> Dusbowl, goldrush, and gravelpit are not "all" the maps. where is 2fort,turbine, the other new map, hydro, granary, and the 2 wells? If you are having 2 "all" maps servers, could you have one that is just the payload/cp maps and the other payload, cp, ctf maps. So instead of Dust,gold, gravel it would be something more like Dust,fort,gold,turbine,gravel,well,new map,hyrdo, granary? Even durrin the quiet time the 3 maps just become to repetitive. Last night the map changed to gravel pit for the 3rd time and everybody left the server. I mean it, it was a case of 12 v 12, then it went to 2 v 6 within 60 seconds.
I know. But the problem is, with no admin online and a 'bad' map, people will leave. But in the case of goldrush and dustbowl (perhaps gravelpit also), players tend to stay. But it's true, 1000x a day playing those 3 maps is boring, especially late at night. We're working on it. I try to set the maps a bit more towards custom or other Valve maps like well or granary. It has been discussed in the past, and customs aren't very welcomed by many players. Some people only play for 1-2 hours a day, and they'd like to play popular ones like goldrush and dustbowl. But we're looking into it, don't worry.
I know there has to be a balance between regular and casual players, perhaps a 2:1 ratio in favour of the casuals? 2 "popular" then 1 "custom"
Dust,fort,gold,turbine,gravel,well,new map,hyrdo, granary !! i agree i miss those maps aswell always the same 3 maps over and over starts to get boring maybe a vote for "skip map" so when enough people (2/3?) dislike the map it changes to the next one
truste me! i tryed everything.. and my conclussion is that with the current mapcycle the server is staying full longer then with 2forts. why? people only want to play goldrush/dustbowl... If you want to play 2forts, well or whatevery.. just requests it! but dont leave the server if there is a mayor disconnect. Last week i have put on badlands in the midday. Withing 5 seconds we hade (seriues!!) 21 disconnects.
did you remember the badlands 24/7 server XD full almost everyday.. now a new map goldrush full next release= bb goldrush HELLOOOO to the new map
not true.. dustbowl and goldrush are staying populair maps.. same as dust2 on css. badlands/granary/well/hydro arent good fillers.. Really bad, because hydro map just kicks asses!
I put Badlands in a vote this afternoon, it won. And people stayed, and some come by. After that I think it was castle3, and they all left. Then S!dewinder put on goldrush, and it filled again. Sometimes customs can fill, but mostly they don't. 2 bad, not such bad maps....
What about that new map... Fastline? or something like that... never played it before and I want to give it a shot ^^
because of your feedback.. i have extend the mapcycle: cp_gravelpit cp_dustbowl pl_goldrush cp_fastline cp_well ctf_2forts tc_hydro pl_dustbowl_b4
The best way an admin can do is act like a normal player and also talk in chat "as person, not as admin". You will see you are closer by the players and you indeed hate goldrush now and than, we understand. Just ask wich map the players wanted, it work trust me. Because almost every player in the gg knows me, they know that they can make requests, so they do! Show that you all want the best for the players and the players react (positiv) and you get a good feedback
I usealy try to make a vote with the nextmap in, and some maps that aren't played that much. Let them vote. I do get requests to, and put them in the vote as well. But indeed just play as a player is a nice way.
The problem with making a vote is that most players choose always 1 and than are going to whine... But indeed a nice way is making a vote WITH the nextmap in it
Hello peeps, I like the new all-maps cycle, but I'd really like to see hallofdeath removed from the cycle. It's just pure deathmatch and all the 'normal' TF2 class-based players drop when it loads because it's just a waste of time. Anyone else feel the same way?
But sometimes it is just plain fun to do some maps like this. Even on CSS we sometimes do Corridor and Poolday. JUST FOR FUN. BTW Warlord, you know what fun is? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_%28disambiguation%29