In response to the state of the servers.

[NiceGuy]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=984.msg25496#msg25496 date=1217253744]
Yea but sometimes the teams will get stacked even then,

Rarely. I would wager that if we implemented a forced random team selection the instances of skill stacking would drop to almost nothing. In fact, I suggested it some months ago and I can still see no downside to it.
[/quote]

I agree with Budr to get this implemented. As long as it doesn't delist the servers or anything, I think it will be for the better.

[Surf314]

[quote author=Budr link=topic=984.msg25503#msg25503 date=1217254207]
[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=984.msg25496#msg25496 date=1217253744]
Yea but sometimes the teams will get stacked even then,

Rarely. I would wager that if we implemented a forced random team selection the instances of skill stacking would drop to almost nothing. In fact, I suggested it some months ago and I can still see no downside to it.
[/quote]

I agree with Budr to get this implemented. As long as it doesn't delist the servers or anything, I think it will be for the better.
[/quote]

It probably would, I swear its hard to imagine how a company that does such brilliant things can be so stupid in certain things.

[fyre]

[quote author=NiceGuy link=topic=984.msg25525#msg25525 date=1217259715]
[quote author=Budr link=topic=984.msg25503#msg25503 date=1217254207]
[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=984.msg25496#msg25496 date=1217253744]
Yea but sometimes the teams will get stacked even then,

Rarely. I would wager that if we implemented a forced random team selection the instances of skill stacking would drop to almost nothing. In fact, I suggested it some months ago and I can still see no downside to it.
[/quote]

I agree with Budr to get this implemented. As long as it doesn't delist the servers or anything, I think it will be for the better.
[/quote]

It probably would, I swear its hard to imagine how a company that does such brilliant things can be so stupid in certain things.
[/quote]

It's part of their great and vast, ineffable plan.

[Wedge]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=984.msg25526#msg25526 date=1217260388]
[quote author=NiceGuy link=topic=984.msg25525#msg25525 date=1217259715]
[quote author=Budr link=topic=984.msg25503#msg25503 date=1217254207]
[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=984.msg25496#msg25496 date=1217253744]
Yea but sometimes the teams will get stacked even then,

Rarely. I would wager that if we implemented a forced random team selection the instances of skill stacking would drop to almost nothing. In fact, I suggested it some months ago and I can still see no downside to it.
[/quote]

I agree with Budr to get this implemented. As long as it doesn't delist the servers or anything, I think it will be for the better.
[/quote]

It probably would, I swear its hard to imagine how a company that does such brilliant things can be so stupid in certain things.
[/quote]

It's part of their great and vast, ineffable plan.
[/quote]

Valve's products are inferior in a great number of ways, however they're really all that's left at this point =<. 

[cannedpeahes]

It's a bad idea just because you said "password protected". At any given time, there will not be enough BRBU on to give it substantial traffic, and if there are than the other three, public servers will remain empty because we can't seed them. Password protection is something I loathe, because not only does it create a sense of exclusivity - we can't afford to have that in BRBU - but it also destroys our reputation in the outside world.

[Dave]

you know who else wanted exclusive rights to a place for a certain place?

clue: he had a stupid moustache and hated gypsies.

[Surf314]

you know who else wanted exclusive rights to a place for a certain place?

clue: he had a stupid moustache and hated gypsies.

Walt Disney?

[Panda]

If everyone hit random instead of just picking BLU with a wink and a nod, while the same people end up on that team, we'd not have skill stack issues.  There need to be a few more people with admin to ban asshats, and a couple of the people WITH admin need to stop killing the server with cheats when it starts to fill up.

[Dave]

If everyone hit random instead of just picking BLU with a wink and a nod, while the same people end up on that team, we'd not have skill stack issues.  There need to be a few more people with admin to ban asshats, and a couple of the people WITH admin need to stop killing the server with cheats when it starts to fill up.

whoah whoah whoah cheats?
explain so i can kick them.

[CaffeinePowered]

Theres been a few hackers, but its been pretty rare, theres been a 100% crit, a few aimbots, and a few speed hacks. You get noticed and banned pretty fast too.

[Dave]

Theres been a few hackers, but its been pretty rare, theres been a 100% crit, a few aimbots, and a few speed hacks. You get noticed and banned pretty fast too.

not our guys right?

[Surf314]

[quote author=CaffeinePowered link=topic=984.msg25633#msg25633 date=1217275074]
Theres been a few hackers, but its been pretty rare, theres been a 100% crit, a few aimbots, and a few speed hacks. You get noticed and banned pretty fast too.

not our guys right?
[/quote]

Quickest way to lose admin.  Also I always hit random, real men pick random.

[Benito Mussolini]

Quickest way to lose admin.  Also I always hit random, real men pick random.

+1 for that

But I don't go random for picking my team, nor do I go to the losing/winning team.

I pick red (habbit from when I used to team stack with friends, easier when you already know in which team you are going to).
So... yeah red

Go blue against me if you want to lose!

[Panda]

I meant when Tacos turns on cheats and then gives it to only himself and Spore, and then sets the server to a shitty map despite it starting to fill up and then just killing people while invincible for an hour instead of changing to a good map and getting play back to normal.

You know, so instead of it filling up the rest of the way all the pubs get pissed off and leave.

[ZargonX]

[quote author=Dave link=topic=984.msg25634#msg25634 date=1217275128]
[quote author=CaffeinePowered link=topic=984.msg25633#msg25633 date=1217275074]
Theres been a few hackers, but its been pretty rare, theres been a 100% crit, a few aimbots, and a few speed hacks. You get noticed and banned pretty fast too.

not our guys right?
[/quote]

Quickest way to lose admin.  Also I always hit random, real men pick random.
[/quote]

He speaks the truth.

[Loqutus]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=984.msg25636#msg25636 date=1217275308]
Quickest way to lose admin.  Also I always hit random, real men pick random.

+1 for that

But I don't go random for picking my team, nor do I go to the losing/winning team.

I pick red (habbit from when I used to team stack with friends, easier when you already know in which team you are going to).
So... yeah red

Go blue against me if you want to lose!
[/quote]

On every CTF map, I'll choose red. Not sure why... maybe I'm just used to killing blu's.

The new passworded server would get our brbu's off the public servers and into the "elite" server more often than not. Less brbu's in pubs means less exposure to new players, and generally emptier servers. If we don't keep new blood coming into this place, it will eventually die.

My two cents.

[Squishy3]

Theres been a few hackers, but its been pretty rare, theres been a 100% crit, a few aimbots, and a few speed hacks. You get noticed and banned pretty fast too.

I would say Zoso but I'm more mature than that.

[Surf314]

I meant when Tacos turns on cheats and then gives it to only himself and Spore, and then sets the server to a shitty map despite it starting to fill up and then just killing people while invincible for an hour instead of changing to a good map and getting play back to normal.

You know, so instead of it filling up the rest of the way all the pubs get pissed off and leave.

I'm imagining tacos is getting Kor's mad voice about now (if he's not too busy playing WOW).  I wonder if it's still sexy, or if the reverb can shatter men's souls.

[Dave]

[quote author=Panda link=topic=984.msg25663#msg25663 date=1217282679]
I meant when Tacos turns on cheats and then gives it to only himself and Spore, and then sets the server to a shitty map despite it starting to fill up and then just killing people while invincible for an hour instead of changing to a good map and getting play back to normal.

You know, so instead of it filling up the rest of the way all the pubs get pissed off and leave.

I'm imagining tacos is getting Kor's mad voice about now (if he's not too busy playing WOW).  I wonder if it's still sexy, or if the reverb can shatter men's souls.
[/quote]

its both, you have amassive hardon, but you fear for you life

its very confusing.

[cbre88x]

[quote author=CaffeinePowered link=topic=984.msg25633#msg25633 date=1217275074]
Theres been a few hackers, but its been pretty rare, theres been a 100% crit, a few aimbots, and a few speed hacks. You get noticed and banned pretty fast too.

I would say Zoso but I'm more mature than that.
[/quote]

Are you saying you think Zoso hax? lawl