Idle Players On The Server

TheDvEight · June 07, 2011, 12:28:24 PM

I think idle dMw. Members sitting on the server to populate is fine but what bugs me is members of public being Idle(afk/not playing) when the server is full.

I was playing last night and counted 3 idle players on one team (all public players) and 1 other public player idle on the other team. (They had been idle the whole game) This was on Rush.

I dont mind this when the server is starting to get going and trying to get populated but when the server is full and you have idle players its rather annoying, Espically on Rush. Is it possbile to put an idle limiter on the server so if your idle for more than 10/15 mins you get kicked.

Thoughts?

TeaLeaf · June 07, 2011, 12:33:14 PM

Admins usually kick idles iirc, but yes an idle timer would be ideal as a backup for when no admin is about.

TwoBad · June 07, 2011, 12:58:46 PM

We seemed to have a bit of an issue with idle players last night. During one game (i think about an hour before you came on) we kicked a total of eight players in one go, 5 on one side and 3 on the other.

TheDvEight · June 07, 2011, 01:05:52 PM

How many admins have we got for bfbc2

Penfold · June 07, 2011, 01:08:57 PM

Admin list

ArithonUK · June 07, 2011, 02:38:07 PM

Agree. AFK for phone, beer or loo trip is fine, but the whole round? No. Kick after 10mins.

ArithonUK · June 07, 2011, 04:19:51 PM

Penfold,

Quote from: Penfold;3265335. Battlefield Company 2
Trial Game Leader -Ninja_Freak
Game Admins - lionheart, Blunt, DannagE, RizZy, KKND, Naldo

From a personal perspective, as someone who does play on dMw's server most evenings, we don't see a lot of the listed admins.
Ninja

Lionhart

Blunt

DannagE

RizZy

KKND

Naldo

Ninja plays Fridays and the other guys drop in now and then, except KKND who hasn't played since January. Most admin is done by TwoBad

and Fazer

, neither of whom is on the list.

I'm not complaining, as the server is well admin'd most of the time and despite the habitual complainers on the server (RSS-Delta & Mr7Beans of late) most publics are happy and well behaved. You might want to revise the list though...

KKND · June 07, 2011, 04:20:36 PM

Also if no admin is in game,you can give a shout on Steam,most nights lots off people are online!

KKND · June 07, 2011, 04:24:47 PM

Quote from: ArithonUK;326550Penfold,

From a personal perspective, as someone who does play on dMw's server most evenings, we don't see a lot of the listed admins.
Ninja
Lionhart
Blunt
DannagE
RizZy
KKND
Naldo

Ninja plays Fridays and the other guys drop in now and then, except KKND who hasn't played since January. Most admin is done by TwoBad and Fazer , neither of whom is on the list.

I'm not complaining, as the server is well admin'd most of the time and despite the habitual complainers on the server (RSS-Delta & Mr7Beans of late) most publics are happy and well behaved. You might want to revise the list though...

Reason why i'm not online anymore is that i have a new job,with day,evening ,and night shift's.
If NF wanna replace me i'm fine with that np.

DuVeL · June 07, 2011, 04:39:18 PM

Quote from: KKND;326551Also if no admin is in game,you can give a shout on Steam,most nights lots off people are online!

Don't forget on TeamSpeak and such also.
As KKND means, many admins can be reached through various ways if someone needs kicking or such.
Also when some of the youngsters are playing, some of their dads are the admins so can be contacted straight away.

Must say that on some servers the idle kick works really well.
HTH

TwoBad · June 07, 2011, 04:44:03 PM

Quote from: ArithonUKEr... about those admins

Pen beat you to it. Edited at 4.14pm :narnar:

ArithonUK · June 07, 2011, 05:24:26 PM

Quote from: TwoBad;326555Pen beat you to it. Edited at 4.14pm :narnar:

It's not my fault my message took more than five minutes to compile whilst in the office! :roflmao:

Now Penfold is just trying to make me look bad! :devil:

I think the main thing is that our server IS admin'd and done so well. It's the reason I joined dMw.

Naldo · June 07, 2011, 05:31:42 PM

DD, Unless I missed you I don't see you in the dMw community group on Steam???

Note to all, a quick message through steam to an admin and he can sort it whilst at desktop, they don't have to be in game to sort issues out.

TheDvEight · June 07, 2011, 08:10:56 PM

I'm not saying it wasnt admined well infact the main reason what attracted me to dMw. was the rules and naldo being a good admin at the time i played, I dont have steam set up (i have an account but personally done like steam) but if its that useful i will start to use it.

But i still think the idle auto kick is a good idea

Gone_Away · June 07, 2011, 09:46:41 PM

Hi Folks,

We took the idle timer off some time ago as it was agreed that it makes server seeding easier. As the guys have said, there's normally one admin around in steam if not in game. Kicks are easy.

I will look to re-implement the timer when the new rotation goes live next week.

NF