Okay, my UT2K4 maps aren't getting too many hits so I'm gonna swap out my dedi for something that people will actually play. At the moment I'm setting up the init for a CMT/H2CE server. It will include v2_fragment, Snow_Grove, New_Mombasa, and Zanzibar (UPDATED versions).

The server will be banfree. No Rcon.

The reason people don't join your server is because nobody want's to sit there by themselves waiting for someone to join. Also UT2K4 wasn't that popular. The best thing you can do is host game nights and have everyone pick what maps to play.

Uh, you kind of missed the point of my goal here

I wasn't complaining about my server not getting any traffic or my mod being unpopular, I'm bringing back a Banfree server similar to the Banfree 24/7 Snow Grove server (one of the only good, truely unbiased servers imo), while hosting some classic nostalgic maps by H2CE. I'm just letting people know I have an unmoderated dedi up.

I don't know why you'd assume I was complaining or anything.
Edited by Marka Haiyana on Apr 5, 2009 at 07:33 AM

don't make it banfree, people will take the advantage of:

team killing
cheating (aimbots and stuff)
lagging the server
being a holes
ect

at least turn freindly fire off

You can never stop people from calling each other names, accusing one another of aimbotting, etc

can you not put in snow_grove?

that map is always being played on, how about grove_final, or something else.
peril?
i seriously have an obsession with this map, and it pisses me off that no-one barely plays it, and that stupid "secret" room that most idiots go to, to get the advantage.

Lawl

Secret rooms should be only in SP maps. Because in MP, it ruins the gameplay...

Snow Grove would probably entice people to join the server in the first place, and then they would D/L the other maps after getting kicked from the server. Hopefully.

Especially when you hide in the Yoyorast secret room with the flag/oddball...

that's strategy. If they didn't kill you by the time you even got to the secret room... then you deserve to be there.
Oh and how about you host more h2ce maps... or different cmt maps like icy swamps, dissolusion, coag.
Or for h2ce you have blood gulch, beaver creak, warlock...

there's many possibilities.

I'm sticking by my Banfree idea.

team killing - Turned off
cheating (aimbots and stuff) - I get called aimbot all the time and banned, and botters don't really bother me anyway
lagging the server - Not too big of a deal imo, plus I have a good connection
being a holes - l2 Rule 13 of the internet

Also, as for all of the map suggestions by everybody else, I appreciate the input but the map list is finalized. I'm keeping as few maps as possible. Unless of course the server is unpopular, in which case I'll most likely only do a single map.

it might be good to put in the server MOTD what maps are on the cycle, because i never know. i always get autokicked for not having the right maps

Banfree...

i give it 2-5 days till it becomes ban server.

Been done.



I doubt it.

make an rcon and give it to me and ill give it about 30 minutes >:)

I hate banfree servers because cheaters and other "fags" always go on there, ruining the server.

banfree sucks cause you got those racist username idiots who think no one will figure out their real usernames.

Best thing to do is ignore them. as I've said, Rule 13 of the internet. You can also turn text off with Yelo or any other program.

Banfree's the only place where people won't get banned for "botting" just because they get a couple of 3 shot kills, or having a namehack that makes it look like the player has 999 kills (which is less of a cheat than third person view or a wider FOV, in my opinion)

It's more hardcore player friendly than most servers are, but arguments do spark.
Edited by Marka Haiyana on Apr 6, 2009 at 12:27 AM

I don't really see how third person FOV gives you a high advantage however.

If you position the camera right you can look over things while in cover. Instead of staring at a car door in a FPS you would see the roof an the rest of the street.

seriously if its banfree it wil be spammed. cause i remember some dude with chineze symbols was spamming the server till everyone was gone :(
Edited by FLASH on Apr 8, 2009 at 02:01 PM

No.
With Yelo, it only moves fp gun and hands, not the actual screen at all.
It's imposable to "see over the car"

Sure that's yelo but if it's moving the FP gun and hands it's still not considered 3rd person unless you see the Spartan biped. He said he doesn't see a advantage over the two.

Oh sorry, I read into incorrectly. Didn't realize he was talking about third person. :(