Server Rotation

[Kirby]

My server tops out @ around 1MB/s - So tell pubbies to stick around and download customs because we have a good server.

[copulatingduck]

canalzone is not a good map


i have yet to see it not finish off the server, even if a lot of people do end up staying for the download b/c they were asked, by the time everyone finally gets in the server the place is so empty that playing canalzone is about as empty and retarded as 4-man granary/badlands

[CaffeinePowered]

Suggest a replacement, mainline perhaps?

[Wedge]

Are you fucking shitting me?  I finally saw basalt for the first time.  That piece of shit is on rotation?  It's a fucking hill with a cp on it.  That's it.  What the hell? 

Also we shouldn't have any koth maps on rotation until we have round limits.  Which we really desperately need in general.  Maps are rtv'ed off of about 70% of the time just because of that.  And then stupid stuff ends up happening where we rtv to a map which then shows up on rotation the after the next map.

[KarthXLR]

Also we shouldn't have any koth maps on rotation until we have round limits. 

I disagree with this statement.

[Wedge]

[quote author=Wedge link=topic=3865.msg136150#msg136150 date=1265690099]
Also we shouldn't have any koth maps on rotation until we have round limits. 

I disagree with this statement.
[/quote]
Have you EVER seen one not be rtv'ed off of?  Nobody wants to play koth 7 times in a row before the map changes.

[zaneyard]

admin on server: problem solved

[CaffeinePowered]

I want to have at least one KOTH on rotation for variety, do you have another suggest for a KOTH custom?

[backfire]

It's a fucking hill with a cp on it. 

King of the Hill. Is it THAT much of a shock?


I like how everyone but about three of us despises KotH... and Arena for that matter. Hell, a lot of people just hate customs, which are probably the same guys who support the Dustbowl/Badwater/Goldrush rotation idea...

I say screw them. Put either viaduct, harvest or nucleus back on. Preferably KotH so people have less crap to complain about.

[CaffeinePowered]

The problem has always been two fold IMO, one is that if you seed on Dustbowl/Badwater/Goldrush, and then go to a custom, you're going to lose a bunch of people instantly, and be left with the same empty server. If  you see on something like Frontier/Cashworks/Freight, people will stick around for a map they don't have since that's just how the two different crowds operate.

I did remove canal zone from rotation, even though I love it  :-\

Basalt is a fairly simple map and not a huge download, if you have an alternate that's custom let me know. I'd like to have the rotation be something other than CP->PL->CTF rinse and repeat. I want to have a few monkey wrenches thrown in there.


Flag Run CTF:
haarp
snowdrift

Standard CTF:
mercy

3-Point CP:
gravelpit
gorge (2 point, but close enough)

5-Point CP:
Freight
Indulge

Attack-Defend CP:
Dustbowl
Vector

Payload:
badwater
goldrush
cashworks
frontier

KOTH:
Basalt
Sawmill

Territory Control:
None

DOM:
None

Arena:
None


Here's the server map pool on Red, in case anyone forgot:

arena_badlands.bsp
arena_granary.bsp
arena_harvest.bsp
arena_lumberyard.bsp
arena_mach2.bsp
arena_nucleus.bsp
arena_offblast_final.bsp
arena_ravine.bsp
arena_sawmill.bsp
arena_starship_v1.bsp
arena_watchtower.bsp
arena_well.bsp
cp_aqua.bsp
cp_badlands.bsp
cp_boulder_v4.bsp
cp_broma.bsp
cp_busytown.bsp
cp_castle4.bsp
cp_cauldron_a9.bsp
cp_desertfortress.bsp
cp_dryer_rc.bsp
cp_dustbowl.bsp
cp_egypt_final.bsp
cp_energy_b2_1.bsp
cp_fallout.bsp
cp_fastlane.bsp
cp_flood.bsp
cp_follower_rc1.bsp
cp_freight.bsp
cp_freight_final.bsp
cp_furnace_b4.bsp
cp_glacier_rc5.bsp
cp_gorge.bsp
cp_granary.bsp
cp_gravelpit.bsp
cp_gullywash_rc10.bsp
cp_indulge.bsp
cp_industrial_b7.bsp
cp_ironbowl_b8.bsp
cp_jagged_b1a.bsp
cp_japan_v2.bsp
cp_junction_final.bsp
cp_labor.bsp
cp_lazytown.bsp
cp_mainline_rc2.bsp
cp_orange_cross2_v2.bsp
cp_orange_x4.bsp
cp_overflow_2.bsp
cp_pacman_plus_wtf.bsp
cp_pacman_reg_wtf.bsp
cp_powercore_b3.bsp
cp_process_b3.bsp
cp_roswell.bsp
cp_science2.bsp
cp_secret_base.bsp
cp_stag.bsp
cp_stark_a9.bsp
cp_steel.bsp
cp_studio_rc4.bsp
cp_switchback_b5.bsp
cp_vector_v1.bsp
cp_warpath2.bsp
cp_waste_v2.bsp
cp_well.bsp
cp_yukon_final.bsp
ctf_2docks.bsp
ctf_2fort.bsp
ctf_aerospace_b4.bsp
ctf_atrophy_b3.bsp
ctf_aurora_rc.bsp
ctf_chaos.bsp
ctf_convoy_v2.bsp
ctf_decker_b13a.bsp
ctf_doublecross.bsp
ctf_epicenter2_b2.bsp
ctf_escherhaus.bsp
ctf_face.bsp
ctf_geothermal_b2.bsp
ctf_haarp_b2.bsp
ctf_hallofdeath.bsp
ctf_hursey_b2.bsp
ctf_impact2.bsp
ctf_launchzone.bsp
ctf_mach4.bsp
ctf_mercy_b1.bsp
ctf_moonwalk_v2.bsp
ctf_npire_v3.bsp
ctf_research_b2.bsp
ctf_sawmill.bsp
ctf_snowdrift_b2.bsp
ctf_snowdrift_b3.bsp
ctf_steamroll.bsp
ctf_stotis_b2.bsp
ctf_stronghold_b5.bsp
ctf_turbine.bsp
ctf_well.bsp
ctf_well2.bsp
dom_canalzone.bsp
dom_complex_b4c.bsp
koth_basalt_b1.bsp
koth_giza_a11a.bsp
koth_harvest_event.bsp
koth_harvest_final.bsp
koth_layton_b12.bsp
koth_loader_v2.bsp
koth_moonshine.bsp
koth_nucleus.bsp
koth_persia_b3.bsp
koth_sawmill.bsp
koth_tomb_b2.bsp
koth_viaduct.bsp
koth_ziggurat_b2.bsp
ktf_blockfort.bsp
ktf_innercity_v2.bsp
pl_badwater.bsp
pl_borax_rc.bsp
pl_cashworks_rc2.bsp
pl_dbheights_v3.bsp
pl_deadend_b2.bsp
pl_donkeykong_final.bsp
pl_drydock_a3.bsp
pl_frontier.bsp
pl_goldrush.bsp
pl_halfacre_rc.bsp
pl_haywood_beta4.bsp
pl_hoodoo_final.bsp
pl_mill_b5.bsp
pl_norad.bsp
pl_pharaoh_b18a.bsp
pl_swiftwater.bsp
pl_waste_final.bsp
plr_animus_a8.bsp
plr_pipeline.bsp
tc_hydro.bsp
tc_meridian_rc3.bsp
tc_spectre_b2b.bsp
cp_casablanca_v2_a4a.bsp

[copulatingduck]

Is gorge really on rotation? Is it any good? I've pubbed a lot since the update but I have yet to even load the map :\

[CaffeinePowered]

Is gorge really on rotation? Is it any good? I've pubbed a lot since the update but I have yet to even load the map :\

The first version was a little tough on attackers, but the updated version with the forward spawn is much better. Its pretty good considering the other map they put out, doublecross sucks pretty bad...

[Kirby]

[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=3865.msg136182#msg136182 date=1265723653]
Is gorge really on rotation? Is it any good? I've pubbed a lot since the update but I have yet to even load the map :\

The first version was a little tough on attackers, but the updated version with the forward spawn is much better. Its pretty good considering the other map they put out, doublecross sucks pretty bad...
[/quote]


gorge is a funass map, and doublecross doublesucks...

[CaffeinePowered]

basalt removed from rotation

[ZargonX]

basalt removed from rotation

Hurray!

[backfire]

basalt removed from rotation

-.- another step towards the all dustbowl, goldrush, badwater rotation.

[Trace]

:'(

[Black Aspen]

Any reason it was removed?  I thought it did a pretty good job of keeping the server populated.

[CaffeinePowered]

Any reason it was removed?  I thought it did a pretty good job of keeping the server populated.

Its what I see most often people leaving on, even though its a tiny download

[Gump]

[quote author=Black Aspen link=topic=3865.msg138468#msg138468 date=1267147957]
Any reason it was removed?  I thought it did a pretty good job of keeping the server populated.

Its what I see most often people leaving on, even though its a tiny download
[/quote]

Protip: Only maps on a rotation should be stock maps or widely recognized (Fastlane, for example, before it was made stock itself even though it's a shitty stalemate-magnet)

People see download and go "FUCK THIS" /cancel /24-7 2fort