Public 24x servers are not easy to maintain. with 12v12, people loading/joining/leaving, and the inevitable idiots, teams feel very small. If you have more than a few idiots or more than a few people leave, suddenly its 8v5 and the place empties out.
All three of our servers are 32x, stock respawn, with the only mods being deadtalk (they're not 'srs business' servers as much) and a mod I wrote that allows teleporter entrances in spawn. The latter is an attempt to ensure the 32x doesn't get stalematey, and it works rather well. Spies still do plenty of damage and it gives attack a little bit of an edge on the give or take maps. Overall, they're very fun and popular servers, tons of regulars, are full 24/7, and run very smooth. Of course, being public servers, you get idiots, but we have a 'admin' chat command that lets you call for backup and do our best to keep the idiots out. So maybe it's not servers with some non-vanilla mods, but shittily configured servers that don't pay attention to how their setups impact the overall fun of the server, and of course those who don't make it obvious what to expect, a la sv_tags. - Neph On 09/13/2009 07:51 PM, Mike O'Laughlen wrote: > Most folks join 32 player servers because they don't know any better. "More > is more" so the server browser naturally elevates the popularity of those > servers. The quick list should mitigate that by choosing servers that are > most like your play style. L4D don't allow 8v8 servers in the match making > system, so I don't see why this is any different. > All in all, 32 player doesn't bother me. It's the fact that the > server-restricted rates are too low. 30K isn't going to cut it. sv_rate > needs to be in the 60K range. Or at least until the choke isn't horrendous. > Often times I run around a corner and don't see a scout until I've been > blasted twice. (And I'm a very observant player if I do say so myself.) > > At the very least I think Valve should at least provide some additional > knobs to turn when filtering the lists down. They need to set up the system > to be more granular. The respawn times should be listed as a percentage of > the default and built into the browser. > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
