yurisuika
Somewhat Threatening Sniper
I love Skial servers. They have a great amount of regulars and well populated servers.
Unfortunately, Skial also has many servers that are consistently empty. Furthermore, these servers tend to be 24/7 maps that have multiple alternatives. It isn't hard to see why they are empty.
To compound on this, there are many maps that Skial does not offer. Both the bane and opportunity of this is that these maps can not be found anywhere else in TF2. They have simply been lost to time.
So, why not replace some of these dead 24/7 servers with rotational/vote gamemode servers to offer the many vanilla maps that cannot be found anywhere else? Doing so would both make better use of the hosting and bring in many people looking for these maps.
Unlike the stigma of locking a server to one map whose favourability will come and go, such rotational servers would allow the possibility of the vast catalogue that TF2 has to offer while never being stale. A few games of Badwater is always nice, but knowing there are so many more options not to be found makes the grind of repetitive tactics rather weary.
Just take a look at the long list of CP maps. When was the last time you played some of these? Feeling old yet?
I sure would love to play these again. I am sure many of you would as well. Take two dead servers and make an Attack/Defend CP and a Symmetric CP server. Do the same with CTF, PLR, KOTH, etc. There is a rotational Payload server, why can't these other gamemodes receive the same treatment?
Associate the Skial name with the great variety that TF2 has built-in.
So what do you think of this proposition?
Unfortunately, Skial also has many servers that are consistently empty. Furthermore, these servers tend to be 24/7 maps that have multiple alternatives. It isn't hard to see why they are empty.
To compound on this, there are many maps that Skial does not offer. Both the bane and opportunity of this is that these maps can not be found anywhere else in TF2. They have simply been lost to time.
So, why not replace some of these dead 24/7 servers with rotational/vote gamemode servers to offer the many vanilla maps that cannot be found anywhere else? Doing so would both make better use of the hosting and bring in many people looking for these maps.
Unlike the stigma of locking a server to one map whose favourability will come and go, such rotational servers would allow the possibility of the vast catalogue that TF2 has to offer while never being stale. A few games of Badwater is always nice, but knowing there are so many more options not to be found makes the grind of repetitive tactics rather weary.
Just take a look at the long list of CP maps. When was the last time you played some of these? Feeling old yet?
I sure would love to play these again. I am sure many of you would as well. Take two dead servers and make an Attack/Defend CP and a Symmetric CP server. Do the same with CTF, PLR, KOTH, etc. There is a rotational Payload server, why can't these other gamemodes receive the same treatment?
Associate the Skial name with the great variety that TF2 has built-in.
So what do you think of this proposition?