Reserved slot system upgrade. Turbine servers increased to 64 slots.

[Bottiger]

We've rewritten the reserved slot system from scratch, which will be a huge improvement for all our players.

• Servers will now have 6 extra hidden slots instead of 1 (except for 100 slot servers). This means users with reserved slots (admins/donators) will not result in anyone being kicked until the server has more than 5 extra users.
• Example: a 32 slot server can get up to 37 players before anyone is kicked. A 64 slot server can get go up to 69 players. Only users with reserved slots will be able to join after the server hits 32/32 or 64/64.
• Reserved slots now prioritize kicking spectating and AFK players (if they don't have reserved slots).
• We will attempt to redirect the kicked player to another server before kicking.
• These changes drastically reduce the probability of a player getting kicked now. In fact I've not seen anyone kicked for reserved slots on servers smaller than 100 slots since this was put in place yesterday.
• Our servers do not wait for Steam to verify your reserved slot status anymore.
  
  • This means that players without reserved slots are instantly blocked when the server is full so you don't waste 2-3 minutes connecting to the server before finally being disconnected because the server was full but had to wait for Steam to check if you had reserved slots.
  • For reserved slot users this means no more server full messages when someone is stuck in that 1 hidden slot
  • This problem will also stop happening every Tuesday during Steam maintenance.

Note: Some servers like 2FORT+ US and Idle have not rebooted yet and thus do not have the extra slots yet. You can see if the server you are in has these slots unlocked by typing status in the console while inside.

The following Turbine servers have been upgraded to 64 slots.

91.216.250.16 - turbine+ US
91.216.250.233 - turbine+ EU

 

[Bottiger]

2fort x10 randomizer US has now been changed to class wars. Both US and EU class wars servers now have RTD. Reminder to use !votemenu to restart the round if there is a matchup that people don't want to play.

91.216.250.33 - class wars us
91.216.250.224 - class wars eu

 

[s0nic__]

2fort x10 randomizer US has now been changed to class wars. Both US and EU class wars servers now have RTD. Reminder to use !votemenu to restart the round if there is a matchup that people don't want to play.

91.216.250.33 - class wars us
91.216.250.224 - class wars eu

Wait, but I liked x10 Randomizer.
Will there be a server like it again?

 

[gala]

Will there be a server like it again?

Likely not, it was not very popular

 

[thebanditruby]

damn rip turbine. and also rip turbine+

 

[porkchop]

I am digging the new reserved slot system. I haven't seen the 'server is full' message since the change. Thank you Bottiger!