New maps' playtesting

[OldBloke]

I think we've kept people waiting long enough ...

How should we do this?

I'm still in favour of changing the rotation to just the six new maps. This could then be run from Monday to Friday with a vote at the end to see which maps hit the mark.

Comments?

[Stryker]

the other alternative is we add the maps as votable maps and between the dmw members agree that those of us who can force a vote then rock it do so, so the new maps are played.....

[TeaLeaf]

Whatever happens we need to plan it properly.  I quite like the idea of playing JUST the new maps for 5 solid days.  But if we go down this route then IMO we need to do something like this:

(1) Get Doggers to Email the MH PCS List to advise them that new map testing will come in for a specified period - state the period and give one week's notice of the test period.  
(2) Provides a url from which they can download the 26MB map pack with the 6 play test maps.
(3) Provides 6 seperate urls where 56kers can download the maps individually during the advance notice period.
(4) Offers a CD postal facility for any regular that will really and honestly  have problems downloading a total of 26MB in a week.
(5) Change the script on Black-Adder to warn of the forthcoming test period
(6) Let's update Black-Adder's cs_thunder files to match the standard version whilst we are at it.
(7) Change the joining script to give them more info about our spinky new server (as previously discussed and agreed).
( Go home and get a beer.
(9) Copy the text from the MH PCS Email and post it as an article on all the CS sites and the CS newsgroup - we may as well pimp this while we're at it  

If we do it like that then it might work.

TL.  

[OldBloke]

In the interests of getting things moving on this I propose we go for the 5 day period beginning Monday 4th Nov.

Doggers - Can you send the bulk email giving the details as specified by TL, prepare a map rotation config for the new maps and load on the thunder wad from here:

http://oldbloke.deadmen.co.uk/maps/cs_thunderwad.zip


I'll post a topic in the forum giving TL and myself as sources of CDs.

Let's hope that all the maps turn out to be winners.

[TeaLeaf]

Just out of interest, Doggers, did this email ever go out?  I never had a single contact about CDs and haven't seen any new players on the server during the week so I just wondered......

TL.  

[DogMeat]

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