So every monday I change maps. I'm sitting here today (cause i was not around on monday) doing my normal thing - putting 32 new maps up (with stocks and our constant maps) and as I'm deleting the rotating maps, it occurs to me that i played one of them. Out of like 15 maps, I played one. Now granted, I didn't play all that much last week - tuesday and most of friday - but damn, waste of time putting on all these maps for the full 32 when most of them never get played. Variety is good, I get that but instead of filling up to 32 this week, I kept the stock and standard favorites and just put like 3 or 4 additional maps up. Maybe a smaller list will get some of the non-standard maps a bit more play? I mean, I love SD as much as everyone, but its nice to play some other maps once in a while.

I didn't play at all last week due to needing to take care of stuff in RL. But I agree with you BECK.

So how did it work with only 4 other maps this last week? I wasn't on at all. Gonna try it again this week.

Honestly I don't think anyone even noticed

I'm moving this to public forums.

I played the server last night and I actually like the small number of maps to vote for. Things don't get lost in the long list, and there aren't so many maps that things are completely overwhelming.

My plan as of now is this:

Every night, the server will have the stock 6: goldrush, oasis, fuel, radar, railgun, battery (in some form or another).

The server will also ALWAYS have: tower, special delivery, braun, adler, frost, supply depot (in some form or another).

I will update the server every few days with some maps from our list (over 100 customs) just to provide variety -- I usually try and put a good mix of small maps, frag maps, old favorites and large maps. I'll try and put 4 or 5 every few days just to keep things changing, but will at least follow my normal routine of updating on Monday.

Map voting rules will still apply - I believe a map cannot be played for 3 maps following, so that helps to determine the list. One idea to avoid playing SD three times in a given night is to up to up this to 6 or even 9 maps (or some other number) so that more maps get played. We've done this in the past with varying success.

Comments/Questions?

I noticed the fewer choice in the map list but thought that it was either wanted or a user manipulation error.

I'm down with forcing more variety in the map selection.

I like it personally. Less work for you BECK and more gaming time. Also we might actually get to play some of those custom maps we never have.

PAC MAN MAP!!!!! http://returntocastlewolfenstein.filefront.com/file/Pacman;24432

Beck can we remove Tower being on there so often? It really kills the server when we try to get things going. I know its great to get the Fags to leave, but when we are trying to populate it, its devastating. Maybe like every 10 maps?

I don't know why people are so damned up-tight about a map. Same thing happened on baserace last night ("OMG THIS MAP BOOOOOO FUCKING HOOOOOO").

I know this isn't about baserace, but honestly baserace is the PERFECT map.
1. You can play OBJ
2. You can camp
3. You can be a medding fag frag whore who only goes for kills
4. You can play defense and mine the shit outta the map.

All of these things make me scratch my head and wonder why people hate that map. Should be perfect for everyone's playing style TBH. But I digress....

As to tower, that would effect voting on all maps, not just tower. I suppose we could take it down for a bit, but I always like to keep fun maps on the server, especially when it numbers are low. But yeah, I would never personally vote for that map during a peak time because I know people get hurt feelings if they can't put up ungodly frag numbers and for whatever reason they have no sense of humor and can't laugh and have a good time while playing the game. but w/e.....I'm not bitter today at all, can you tell?

lol Beck

I think the number of rounds before a map can be voted again is too small. Friday night we got to play the same comp maps over and over again as soon as they're available for voting.

We could try 7 or 8

I'll bump it up for now, but people are on the server so it may be tomorrow. I agree we don't need to play SD 4 times in a matter of hours.

Baserace Fun map once and a while but it can suck hard with the length if no one goes for the obj.

Tower is just a lame fest imo

I understand your stance Beck. But I think you have the wrong attitude about it. It's not only the "fags" that don't like to play those "fun" maps you speak of. We have many regulars who will just leave and go somewhere else to play when those get voted. There is a sway of votes that happens with the people on TS to usually vote whatever the next map will be. If those 3-4 people all vote same map is usually enough to play whatever map they want. If that is one of the "fun" maps, then there goes a lot of our population, but at least those 3-4 people have "fun" right? Personally I find baserace a very boring, linear map. It's like stealing docs in radar 10-12 times in a short period, run back and forth all map. Lot's of others like me who like a map with more strategy involved than that. I think tower has a place on our server, I think it is fun after a tough grueling map, But I also know that whenever its voted, lots of people leave, so i don't vote for it. I sacrifice my "fun" so the server will keep its population. I don't vote for it for a "fuck you, if you don't like it you're a fag" approach.

There will always be enough <IoW> members on for us to combine votes and play whatever map we want, but we also have regulars and pubbers too. If we are just going to play only the maps that <IoW> wants to play we should just password the server.

"fun" is in quotations because "fun" is subjective to every one of us.

Yes, it is absolutely subjective. You're correct. What is fun to me is not necessarily fun to everyone else. That is why I'm agreeing with you to remove the map for a bit and change the voting rules.

A lot of what I say here is entirely tongue-in-cheek, its just hard to express that in text.