I know things have been quiet for a while however-

Discussion in 'Server Chat / Updates' started by Teddi, Dec 18, 2010.

  1. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    Me and Whitefang are going to be busy over Xmas working on RP, and I've also got an idea regarding surf Deathmatch.

    Surf DM (at least to me) it completely boring. Utterly useless. However I've considered adding a small twist to it - ie there'll be a CTP element to it. Hold X points (Depending on which maps are used) and you earn points, cubes, etc etc over time.

    It's a rough idea however I figured I'd ask to see if anyone was interested in such a gamemode.
     
  2. Bundt

    Bundt DJ Pauly D MVP

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    King of the hill/ramp??? Lets try it.
     
  3. John Brown

    John Brown [BB] Resident Alcoholic Admin

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    Something tells me you've arrived at this idea while playing TF2 Surf.

    But it sounds like a good idea to me.
     
  4. Whitefang

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    Earn 10 points per second per captured point.

    5 cubes are awarded to the entire team when reaching 200 points.
     
  5. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    You'd be right there.

    Seems pretty decent to me, though I'd probably do it every 5 seconds instead.
     
  6. Whitefang

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    Well, for 3 captured points, you'd get 10*3 points every 5 seconds, aka 5 cubes every 200/30 * 5 = 33.33 seconds. For an hour playtime, this would equal to 3600 / 33.33 * 5 cubes, so you'd only get 540 cubes for an hour playtime.

    Unless my math is off, which is likely because I'm tired.
     
  7. Ashman

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    sounds like fun, but if the current server traffic doesnt pick up nobodies going to be getting any cubes :( theres your main obstacle
     
  8. sConed

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    The idea sounds pretty good. I'd like to try it. As for getting people to join, we could always do one of those lolwtfbbqeveryonegetontheservernowkthnx events. Those are usually nice short-term solutions.
     
  9. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    Long term please.

    However we will be throwing up a few gamemodes + updates in the not too distant future, so people should be able to find their cup of tea in one of those servers.
     
  10. flash31939

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    Like.....
     
  11. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    Updates to both Surf Skill and a re-release of an objective based Surf Deathmatch, Zombie Survival, A few Deathrun updates and quite a few core changes with BBase.

    Possibility of a stock TTT also.
     
  12. John Brown

    John Brown [BB] Resident Alcoholic Admin

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    I miss TTT.
     
  13. Tubbimora

    Tubbimora New Member

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    This.
     
  14. Mc Diddles

    Mc Diddles <marquee><font size="3" color="blue">Justice Team<

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    Go on other servers then. BB TTT was only popualated when we told people to get their asses in there.
     
  15. Whitefang

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    You people never played TTT!
     
  16. sConed

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    No one ever joined because they never saw other people on, which is why we always had to mass invite people to get a game started. It was loads of fun while people did play it though.
     
  17. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    The main argument I see half the time is "I NEVAR SAW UDDER PEOPPPLE ON DARR" which is complete rubbish. I can often open the server browser, and see at least a few people (at least these days) on BBuild. Back then you had people like Ash and Shifter both going on the server waiting for players.

    It's a two way effect, this being:
    • If no one joins, no one else will join and thus the server will stay empty.
    • If people join, and keep playing for long periods of time, others will join, and stay for long periods of time
    Which we then want to change into
    • Multiple people staying on for long periods of time, leaving whilst others stay on for long periods of time.
    Etc etc.
     
  18. Ashman

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    me? i still do that, but after 10 - 20 minutes of no activity i generally dont bother, BB build is ok to do on your own, surf too, but deathrun alone is only good for waiting and practice
     
  19. Mc Diddles

    Mc Diddles <marquee><font size="3" color="blue">Justice Team<

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    >Enter annoucement
    >At least 4-10 people will join
    >Play for a while
    >Tons of randoms will see this

    There are other ways.
     
  20. Ashman

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    first thing to do is update the servers.....server is running an old version of the game, cant even get on :(