Use the 33rd slot and hide it then. No need to kick people for no reason. 17vs16 shouldn't happen anyway. And so no one should try joining a server that says 33/32.
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Cc2iscooL <cc2isc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bingo. Thus is why we have -no- reserve slots on our servers. > > -- > Cc2iscooL > Head Admin/Owner > http://www.cc2iscool.com > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Donnie Newlove <donnie.newl...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Personally, I would never come back to a server again if I were kicked > > and it does not matter if there was an admin that kicked me or a > > plugin just because an admin was trying to enter the server. To the > > player it makes no difference and is IMO very comparable to running > > fake clients. Imagine the following scenarios; > > > > 1. The player joins a server with 23/24 players. When he waited for 1 > > minute the server is empty. The player had a bad experience but can > > find another sever. > > > > 2. The player joins a server with 23/24 players. He joins a team and > > cap points, push carts, stab backs and have a good experience. Then > > after 15 minutes the screen suddenly blanks out and he sees a message > > saying "You were kicked because you are really not important to us". > > The player now remembers this as a very bad experience and is probably > > more likly to just exit the game. > > > > On 5/30/09, CLAN RCR <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well.. Maybe it would help you guys if I told you what I was looking > for. > > > > > > I don't want to hide slots. I would like all 32 slots accessible to > both > > > pubs and members. It might be nice to have members on an exception list > > so > > > they don't get kicked. But if someone gets kicked I would like for it > to > > say > > > that they were kicked due to a reserved slot and not just some regular > > > 'you've been kicked' message. > > > > > > I've tried a reserved slot implementation in the past, and they all > > seemed > > > to be too complicated for me to understand config-wise. It wouldn't be > > > difficult I guess if there was some example I could follow and edit for > > my > > > needs. So, good documentation is a requirement. > > > > > > Anyway, if there is a way to do what I want to do using the simple > > built-in > > > SourceMod stuff, that would be fine. If I wanted to say.. Have slots > > expire > > > every 30 days on some type of billing cycle, what implementation would > > you > > > guys suggest? > > > > > > Thanks for the help. ;-) > > > > > > -Matt > > > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Jeff Sugar <jeffsu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> Depends what you're going for. Personally, I absolutely refuse to have > > any > > >> regular or pubby kicked just because a clan member happens to want in. > > Not > > >> what I think builds a good community. So, I use the h-reserved slots > > >> plugin > > >> ( http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=61913&page=1 ) on the > > SM > > >> forums along with sv_visiblemaxplayers so that we have a few hidden > > slots > > >> that only admins/members/special regulars can connect to. This solves > > that > > >> issue, and the slots re-open for joining as soon as anyone happens to > > >> leave. > > >> > > >> -atreus > > >> > > >> > > >> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:44 AM, CLAN RCR <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > It's that time again.. For me to go out and research and see if > there > > >> > has > > >> > been an easier way of managing/running a reserved slot program > posted > > >> > anywhere. > > >> > > > >> > What say you, fellow admins? What are you using, and are there > > >> > implementation instructions? > > >> > > > >> > -Matt > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > >> > please visit: > > >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > >> please visit: > > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
