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Post by phillip on Mar 28, 2007 9:58:31 GMT -5
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Post by Wild on Mar 28, 2007 10:36:02 GMT -5
There is a mod on another server that doesnt allow tanks or nades on Berlin and Stalinburg... it was fun... all's about shooting and knifing. I sometime went to that server when I need a break from being base raped or naded too much.
I notice that we, the ZT fellows often asked for no tanks on both Berlin and Stalinburg map.
Phillip, you brought up an interest topic to our attention. few changes may be good for the server to maintain the fun and entertaining equally to all ages.
thank you
ZTMP Wild
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Post by Rat on Mar 28, 2007 10:59:16 GMT -5
Yes. Ghetto Berlin has berlin and stali with no nades, and no tanks. Makes it way more fun.
Rat
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Post by emanthecrazy on Mar 28, 2007 11:04:16 GMT -5
yes it does those maps arent very fun with them.
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Post by phillip on Mar 28, 2007 11:19:31 GMT -5
I dont know If we want to change(mod) the Maps, but It seems that the server is always on midway and that isnt many peoples favorite map (and if it is you are probably playing on the 5ths server anyways)
I think it would be pretty neat to have 3 servers with 15-20 ppl to choose from instead of 0 or 1 server. When my little guy takes a nap in the middle of the day I'll hop on hopeing for a game, but they are empty. Same issues with BF2 server I guess.
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Post by joker on Mar 28, 2007 12:37:40 GMT -5
One disturbing trend I found while clicking through ZT players on BF tracks:
A lot of ZT members play quite a bit of their Bf42 time on other servers.
Don't anybody get defensive on this please. I'm not being judgemental, just pointing out the facts. I know that there are quite a few reasons to play on other servers (don't like the current map, no players w/limited time to play, training etc..)
Some members spend up to 75% of their time on other servers.
Main ones seem to be:
Collective conspiracy MoonGamers Omaha Taw BoB ATF's Hump'm and Dump'm
No need for anyone to post and explain themselves. I'm just bringing it up as another possible reason why our server attendance is getting spotty.
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Post by SoCal-BlackHawk on Mar 28, 2007 12:39:32 GMT -5
well, I am one of those who plays a lil bit on TAW and I play there cause there's good flyers. A little bit of training and there's always people on it. Maybe we could have a flyer server only?
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Post by phillip on Mar 28, 2007 13:08:36 GMT -5
Maybe members do play other places. I wouldn't fault them at all if our server is empty. Not everyone has the time to sit and wait for others to show. Members would be more likely to play on our server if it was consistently busy.
How do you attract people to your server? All they have to look at is the Name, Ping, Map, and Number of players. Once they have connected to the server, they are already customers and its our responsibility to provide a good experience (No Swearing, No Cheats, Fun, Competition).
What initially attracted me to the server was Ping and that it wasn't named "24/7 My Favorite Map". What kept me around is the other things I listed.
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Post by carribolo on Mar 28, 2007 14:02:04 GMT -5
I made a statement on our last clan meeting that I'll only play FH and not BF42 due to I like FH much better and I don't want to deal with the weakness of BF42.
My daily routine was to get on the servers and populate them with 2-3 computers. Since I don't do this the server is doing poorly.
We had a post about the avalanche effect. Remember? The little snow flake started to roll down the hill and became an avalanche? I was the little snow flake and the very reason I announced that I'll only play FH so that you guys take up my role and be that little snow flake. Didn't happen.
We can still get the server popular again just need a little effort. If you one of those who play BF42 be on our server as much as possible. Most of the time it takes only few minutes before someone comes in and plays.
Or, let our T3 go and we just don't have a BF42 server anymore.
carribolo
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Post by carribolo on Mar 28, 2007 14:10:13 GMT -5
Good example. After the post I went to T3 and in about 3 minutes we had 4 players on it. Repling to Phillips post: I wouldn't fault them at all if our server is empty. I do fault all ZT members who don't support our servers. The direct result will be that we won't have BF42 server anymore. We do have a good pining server with the rules and admins in place to make our servers favored by the players. carribolo
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Post by phillip on Mar 28, 2007 14:28:31 GMT -5
Does the server reset to Midway when noone is on it? Would resetting it to a different map entice the first person more? Or does the first person always need to be ZT to get things going?
How do you go from Busy in evenings to Busy all day long? If its just having an idleing person I can try getting on before work. But joining a server with idlers isnt a blast either.
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Post by froggy on Mar 28, 2007 16:53:09 GMT -5
Alot of them are at work or in school during the day, then play at night.
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Post by carribolo on Mar 28, 2007 18:04:19 GMT -5
Yes, Midway is set as an idle map. We found more players come in for Midway than any other map. We tried other maps too. I often set it for Market Garden but Midway did bring in more players.
Sometime I leave both of my computers on with players on it and i see the log that all night players used the server.
carribolo
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Post by pieman on Mar 29, 2007 11:05:56 GMT -5
Alot of them are at work or in school during the day, then play at night. yeah same goes for me. It's pretty tough right now because we are also trying to help with the BF2 server so we have to split between 2 servers. Like Froggy said a lot of us go to school or work or both so that doesn't leave much time for Battlefield. Now that we have the FH, 1918, and 1942 servers there's no way we can populate all of them, maybe we should just focus on one and like we use to. There was a time when I could jump on at 2:00am and server would be almost full with ZT members. I think we're spread out too thin. LETS ALL BE SNOWFLAKES!! ;D *feels a little less manly*
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Post by phillip on Mar 29, 2007 12:05:49 GMT -5
What I wonder is why day and night some servers are full without any of their clans-persons playing on it?
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