Community Night official relaunch tonight!

[GhostMjr]

The server has been updated and configured for tonight and for every other night and is no longer set to hardcore on and ff is now off.

The password for tonight is the same as cs on meathook.

Enjoy and happy gaming.

[obsolum]

Just out of curiosity, how many dMw members are active BC2 players? 'Cause I reckon if you're gonna password the server you're not gonna get any pubbies in, regardless of whether or not the server is listed as HC, so you're left with only dMw members to get a good game going, and from what I've seen in this subforum there don't seem to be an awful lot of BC2 players.

[GhostMjr]

I hear where you are coming from.

The idea is this to be our night so people can play and try the game who haven't tried it before with familiar faces.

This is the case on this night only otherwise it is open to everyone.

If the general consensus is players want the password off this can be done with a simple server profile change and a reboot providing all players agree and an admin with sufficient privileges is online.

Just out of curiosity, how many dMw members are active BC2 players? 'Cause I reckon if you're gonna password the server you're not gonna get any pubbies in, regardless of whether or not the server is listed as HC, so you're left with only dMw members to get a good game going, and from what I've seen in this subforum there don't seem to be an awful lot of BC2 players.

[kregoron]

relaunch night is going AWSOME... wait.. no

1. server is listed as unranked?
2. PB off?
3. Passworded.. were not gonna fill the server with dmw members atm, so its limited how many people we get in..

[OldBloke]

relaunch night is going AWSOME... wait.. no

1. server is listed as unranked?
2. PB off?
3. Passworded.. were not gonna fill the server with dmw members atm, so its limited how many people we get in..

Tonight is a relaunch of Community Night. Get on the server and enjoy.

[Benny]

So after a few teething issues and some griping, the server is full. Good games, some good, albeit loose tactics, but good fun.

Good comms, cheers guys, enjoyed that.

[kregoron]

yeah its community night i know, but with our current active bc2 people we can fill about 1 squad on each side.. so it would be smarter for the time being to keep it open, and when we get a regular full server we can talk about putting a PW on fridays, tho i still find friday to be a bad night.

[Blunt]

yeah its community night i know, but with our current active bc2 people we can fill about 1 squad on each side.. so it would be smarter for the time being to keep it open, and when we get a regular full server we can talk about putting a PW on fridays, tho i still find friday to be a bad night.

You're correct about the numbers joining when the server's open, it filled up in minutes tonight once we got the pw off.
And also correct about the numbers of members playing.

gg's tonight despite being PB kicked every 15 mins or so (heartbeats) a dozen kicks before I gave up:angry:

[Tutonic]

yeah its community night i know, but with our current active bc2 people we can fill about 1 squad on each side.. so it would be smarter for the time being to keep it open, and when we get a regular full server we can talk about putting a PW on fridays, tho i still find friday to be a bad night.

Kreg, community night has been passworded to give dMw members a chance to learn the game in a quiet environment. If you're new to BC2, jumping straight into a 32 player frag-fest can be a bit daunting.

As for the ranked comment, that is the price you pay for having a password. But it's not about playing for stats now, is it?

Once we've developed the game in-house a bit more, I'm sure we'll start having 'open' community nights.

[sheepy]

was a good night last night really enjoyed the games

[kregoron]

So you want 8 people to run around on a 32 slot server 1 night a week, the only night half of those 8 actually play the game, rest of the week servers dead. And when the new chaps finally learn the ropes we open up and WHAM they get their asses kicked because their not used to 32 people on a server.?

and about the unranked, the new people wont have a chance of ranking up on a unranked server, so they will get slaughtered none the less when the server is opened up.
No its not about the stats, but myself i got a goal to reach top 200 leaderboards, so i dont play on unranked.

suggestion remove the password on community nights for now, and decrease the size of the server to some 16 people for that night.


other then that, GG last, it was fun

[DannagE]

I'm just going to go ahead and say this. Passwording the server for community night on a friday night is a bad idea. The best nights are on fridays when there are more people on to shoot at, be it DMW or randoms.

And all this about it being daunting joining a full 32man server, WHAT? Get on there, get involved and have fun!

[DannagE]

other then that, GG last, it was fun

Yeah GG, was fun once we got the server config sorted to allow people on

[obsolum]

If you're new to BC2, jumping straight into a 32 player frag-fest can be a bit daunting.

It sure can. But how else are they gonna learn? BC2 is the first shooter I've played in 6 or 7 years (haven't played any online since CS 1.6, and last single player one was CoD2) so needless to say I was completely out of touch with how modern shooters are played. And I admit that after my first attempts at playing the game I regretted buying it; I was completely overwhelmed with it all and felt I'd never be any good at it. But I persevered and little by little I got the hang of it and as I started to unlock weapons and gadgets I started to enjoy it more and more (although it still annoys the **** out of me on a regular basis but that's probably just me )

Like Kreg said, if people are gonna try it out on a closed server with only a couple of people they know, they're gonna get a wrong idea of how the game is played and still gonna get their asses handed to them when the server's open for the public and the big guns join in.

And as for the "playing for stats" argument... they are a major part of the game, no matter how you look at it. Maybe not so much "stats" but you need to score points if you want to move up through the ranks and get better equipment which in turn will (maybe) help you get better at the game, thus making you enjoy it more

[OldBloke]

As someone who was really looking forward to playing on our private server ... here's a view from my side of the house.

This game is continually being judged (quite rightly) on its suitability as a dMw game. Is it just a spawn/rush/gun/die/repeat game or does it offer the potential for considered gameplay involving organised offence and defence (no prizes for guessing which one it should be)? The simple fact is that after all this time the jury is still out on this. My personal perception is that it is the former. A private session allows the current players to demonstrate to me (and any others who share my view) that, actually, my perception is wrong.

I don't see low numbers as being an issue (I believe there would certainly be more than 8 though). The maps are small enough to cope well and the lower numbers must make it easier to organise teams, surely?

I'm not daunted by jumping on a full server, I just know I wouldn't find it fun. Your mileage may differ - I appreciate that.

So I left early a bit disappointed that the server was not private and I wasn't to be shown the game being played in the way I was hoping for.

Now before you all flame me let me just say that I am fully aware that it could simply be that I am not suited to BC2 which of course doesn't mean that BC2 isn't suited to dMw. Maybe next week will tell.