Draft Announcement re opening Baldric to registered players

Started by TeaLeaf, January 14, 2003, 10:53:46 PM

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TeaLeaf

January 14, 2003, 10:53:46 PM
As you know, interest in our PCS community continues to grow and this has meant that the number of players on the Meat Hook recently has been regularly exceeding the maximum number of spawn points available on the maps.   This has meant that some of our PCS regulars have been unable to get in to the server and join the fun.  This has been recognised as a problem by the Admins who have been considering various solutions for some time now.  There has also been an active discusssion on the forums.

The salient points can be summarised briefly as follows:

(a) Most maps only have 20 spawn points.  
(B) Meat Hook PCS regularly gets more than 20 players on the server.
© The server, Blackadder, is capable of hosting 40+ players (Pentium IV 2.0GHz with 1.0GB DDR RAM).
(d) Blackadder currently also hosts our match server, but is not used for anything other than matches (usually 3-4 per week).
(e) Larger teams (e.g. 10 v 10) can easily hinder the ability to play PCS.
(f) There are surprisingly few maps with more than 20 spawn points.
(g) -=[dMw]=- alone have 25 members so could fill the server themselves.

The Admins have now considered the all of the options available and decided to make two changes:

1.  Reduce the number of player slots available on our current server, homer.deadmen.co.uk:27015, to 16.  
2.  Make a second 16 player server available, baldric.deadmen.co.uk:27016.

We will be monitoring how these changes impact upon the quality of our PCS community and gaming experience, but hope that they will:

(a) improve PCS gameplay by limiting the team sizes to better suit available map space.
(B) provide a solution to the maximum spawn point problem.
© allow Meat Hook PCS to host up to 32 players each night.
(d) make better use of our spinky server, Blackadder.
(e) allow us to choose and play on an unrestricted map list.

Therefore -=[dMw]=- and our kind hosts Crosswired are delighted to announce that with immediate effect we will be opening our previously unheralded match server, Baldric, to registered PCS community members.  So, if you try to join Homer and find it is full, then pop over to Baldric!  The password for Baldric will be the same as the current password for Homer.

We hope that these changes will improve life at Meat Hook PCS and would welcome your feedback.  We will be reviewing the success (or otherwise)  of these changes in due course.

TL.  8)
TL.
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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

OldBloke

#1
January 15, 2003, 07:21:03 AM
Perfick!

GJ  8)
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TeaLeaf

#2
January 15, 2003, 05:51:02 PM
Dogmeat?Stryker - can you jump into the thread at this point (and the MOTD thread) and let us know if Friday is still on for the changes ot be made please?  We already have another thread (Lets Blitz) starting up about server space etc  :(

Thanks.

TL.  8)
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#3
January 16, 2003, 08:00:56 AM
After I spoke to DogMeat on the server last night and got confirmation all was well for Friday, I pasted the above announcement into the News section of the Forums.

All we need to do now is:

- reduce max players to 16 on homer
- change pw to maglite on baldric
- Email the registered MHPCS list with the announcement text' so that they know another server is going.

D-day is still targeted to be this Friday  :D

Thank you!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

DogMeat

#4
January 16, 2003, 06:16:24 PM
I thought I'd done the pw change to Baldric and the player limit on Homer, but I'm assured it hasn't taken place.  I really do hate AdminMod, y'know...

DM
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OldBloke

#5
January 16, 2003, 06:39:40 PM
Quote...  I really do hate AdminMod, y'know...

DM

Good. So do I. Scrap it.  If not off both then definately off Balders 8)
"War without end. Well, what was history if not that? And how would having the stars change anything?" - James S. A. Corey

Gandalf

#6
January 17, 2003, 02:10:30 PM
Scrub them all, then just put clanmod? (the one on the F11, F12 keys) as this one works great (Until Oldie comes on the server!) and is easy to use.

Oh, and this is the one that broadcasts the rcon password when you do a clanmatch '3rr then go' option.
*G*

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TeaLeaf

#7
January 17, 2003, 08:10:00 PM
DogMeat, has that email gone out to all registered players yet?  It may just be my BT ISP mail server (which is usually crap) but I haven't had one yet.  COuld you confirm please?

Thanks.

TL.  8)
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

OldBloke

#8
January 20, 2003, 12:12:51 PM
You'd have more luck trying to contact Doris Stokes I reckon.  :?
"War without end. Well, what was history if not that? And how would having the stars change anything?" - James S. A. Corey

TeaLeaf

#9
January 21, 2003, 05:32:34 PM
QuoteYou'd have more luck trying to contact Doris Stokes I reckon.  :?
Doris Stokes contacted.  Email sent.  :D  

Cheers Doggers!

TL.  8)
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)
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