On a monday

sulky_uk · July 21, 2008, 08:21:20 PM

could we increase the server size a litlle as ive just spent a long time clicking refresh wanting to get on, more spaces on a monday would probably be filled and as its not open to joe public would be ok

Blunt · July 21, 2008, 08:26:27 PM

:withstupid:

Bastet · July 21, 2008, 08:57:24 PM

NO! please not, if anything reduce it, cause 8 on 8 its a bloody pain to play anything. China town gets turned into a spawn kill fest, i went from 26-15 to 26-32 without being able to move more then 3 ft from my spawn...... I gave up on the server for now as i got too ****ed off to play, Dom can be good, but when it gets to butchery at spawn ill gladly give my seat to sulk or blunt.

Othbarty · July 21, 2008, 09:26:51 PM

Sounds like this aint your cup of tea tbh... I relly enjoy the 8v8 domination its hectic and it requires a good team effort... (Not that we always put in that good team effort, but that is a whole different ballgame). And 8v8 sabotage is hectic but awesome. 10v10 would prolly be... More hectic and bloody good fun

+1 to original poster from me

R@ng3R · July 21, 2008, 09:40:56 PM

Quote from: sulky_uk;238473could we increase the server size a litlle as ive just spent a long time clicking refresh wanting to get on, more spaces on a monday would probably be filled and as its not open to joe public would be ok

iwas the same tonight:sad:

DuVeL · July 21, 2008, 11:05:30 PM

I tryed getting for 15 minutes, then decided to go and do some work in the apartment.
To bad I missed a game of CoD4.
Hopefully next time.

Penfold · July 21, 2008, 11:23:41 PM

I'm with trialling it to 20 people and seeing how it goes.

We haven't got enough regs for two servers and it's a shame for those who are missing out imo.

Why not try it, see how it pans out, then can it if necessary?

Arm?

PEN

Doorman · July 21, 2008, 11:38:33 PM

You know the expression 'The more the merrier'? It doesn't apply to CoD4 I'm afraid. It IS a fragfest, it can't be anything else. Which is a bloody shame. Most of the maps I've played are great with a maximum of 4v4. Tactics 'n' stuff can be used but not with 10v10. Those rapid respawn maps are even worse. Maybe if respawn was set at 20-25 seconds, is that viable?

Disclaimer: I probably don't know what I'm talking about.

Blunt · July 21, 2008, 11:54:05 PM

Quote from: Bastet;238476NO! please not, if anything reduce it, cause 8 on 8 its a bloody pain to play anything. China town gets turned into a spawn kill fest, i went from 26-15 to 26-32 without being able to move more then 3 ft from my spawn...... I gave up on the server for now as i got too ****ed off to play, Dom can be good, but when it gets to butchery at spawn ill gladly give my seat to sulk or blunt.

Don't know about the No.of players thing, but I agree about the spawn kill fest that greeted me on the map change.
I left after a few frustrating minutes

Benny · July 22, 2008, 01:19:24 AM

two servers max players 10 would fix it.....up to 5v5 is quite tactical and fun.

That said I enjoy the DM, but dMw is not the place to play it.

Armitage · July 22, 2008, 08:18:01 AM

8v8 seems to be the best average, Some maps work ok with 10v10 but others are better with 5v5.

I'm sorry for the guys stuck on the outside, but the server is only full between 7.30 and 9.00ish. So a 2nd server seems a bit over kill at the moment and people would be playing with one eye on the main.

Dr Sadako · July 22, 2008, 10:03:57 AM

Well, I agree that many of the standard maps have problems with "too many" players. However, I know that there are plenty of custom maps that could easily support 20 players (or more). The downside with using custom maps though would be that the server wouldn't be ranked (if that really is a problem). Another thought could be to have one ranked and one unranked maybe i.e. one with standard maps and one with custom maps.

Snokio · July 22, 2008, 06:31:17 PM

Quote from: Armitage;2384978v8 seems to be the best average, Some maps work ok with 10v10 but others are better with 5v5.

I'm sorry for the guys stuck on the outside, but the server is only full between 7.30 and 9.00ish. So a 2nd server seems a bit over kill at the moment and people would be playing with one eye on the main.

I have to agree that a second server at this stage is overKill, it only ever full sometimes on a Sunday, and always on a Monday, but I also have to agree that 8vs8 is a frag fest on some maps and i have to admit I was close to leaving after getting spawned killed 3 times in a row,

To find a happy medium, and as Doc pretty much said, is that maybe we should have :

> Monday night is for custom (and some regular?) maps (unranked) - this would hopefully accomendate the numbers we need and help maintain tactical stability and use regular maps during the week (ranked)