Map votes(rant)

[Del]

Perhaps it's the alignment of the stars, or the lack of narcotics, but feckit, Tim, I'm getting fairly annoyed with the way the server is these days.

Its a fact that there will never be a map choice that satisfies everybody, I don't deny or dispute that. The problem I have is that there is no consistency. Too many fucking times a map is loaded to cries of "aww, not this one" (guilty, me, I'll admit) and a vote cast only a few minutes after it's loaded, I couldn't tell you how many times it's been changed without a round even being finished. I don't mind playing different maps, I like most of the maps on the rotation, some I consider sucky, esp those dodgy half finished server crashing betas, but some evenings I seem to be watching the feckin loading screen as much as playing, so the old enjoyment is diminishing

so my suggestions - increase the minimum votes needed for a map change to pass and make it so that it's for next map and the round completes instead of changing directly. The maps that always get changed quickly or cause the server to be abandoned cos there's not enough players to enjoy them(granary, badlands for example), remove from the rotation. If nextmap is set and players really want off, vote next map or get one side to throw the level. sorted.

I know if I don't like it as it is I can always play on a different server, as has been suggested, but fuck it, it'd be nice if I could continue to kick your sorry asses on a map that would be seen through to completion once or twice(other than omaha!!:))

[Fester]

With Sucky Mani the rtv will always open at end of voting there aint much that can be done there and also rtv was set low so if there was only 2 people on the could change the map themselves (this is not the way it has worked tho, but yes the rtv is upsetting so with the reinstall i think its going to have to go or get a serious looking into. Its the problem of severs admins across the board who run custom server maps, with specking to some of them there answer to the prob is stick to one custom map no rotation but in my eyes this sucks and with there been so many custom maps to choose from its hard to pick a one and only map.

In the end of the day you will always get the "awwww not this map" from someone hell people like to complain and its hard to make everyone happy we all have fav maps and maps we dislike but the one thing must of us have in common are fast action maps i notice must of us get bored if we have a long distance to march to get to battle so when it comes to maps maybe we should stick with smaller maps.

Its a learning process for us as Admins running a custom server with so many maps to choose from so hopefully we can get to a day where the map list keeps most happy and the custom maps are on rtv so just maybe Admins wont be changing maps and a much more fair choice of map can be made with rtv.

Your words are right del i myself sit here for many nights watching the load bars of another map change screaming in my head "ffs can we finish one map".


This is a problem that we will find the answer to lets hope its soon

fester

[Fester]

Rtv Has been Changed a min of 4 people to type rtv to start the vote if this number is still too low i will change it again this is only a test to keep the number to a min

fester

[baggheed]

c not only the best server but admins who listen!good job fester and well said dell

[Johnimus Prime]

Just to mention - I think it's important to have all the maps available and that we play them all regularly - this is from an ESL oint of view.

And sorry Del, I LOVE Badlands

[black_feather]

could it be changed so that all maps are on the RTV list, at the moment we can't choose chaos for example, only the bog standard valve maps I think?

[Supernova]

Jase/fester if there's a limit to the amount of maps you can put on the rtv list, I expect I'd be able to find a way around that..

[xexes]

*bump*

May we can have the command 'nominate' ?

It sure would make the sever a bit friendlier when all you European bloke are dreaming of hot babes in bed and all us American folk are up late at night darkening the raccoon circles under our eyes. (translation : at night time there is no admins to change map on the server :'( )

[Del]

Some bump!

look at that, blast back into the past, my wet behind the ears non-admin rant about mapchanges, aww

there was a technical reason nominate was disabled, think it might have been something to do with the build of the mapchooser plugin we were using or something, but I'll check it and if it's not an issue, sure, it can make a return

[Fester]

Some bump is right bloody hell.. oh the ol days