XenoMorphin' Power Ranger
Somewhat Threatening Sniper
Commonly on the server we discuss that having Hoodoo and Goldrush in the rotation would be beneficial. Is this something that can be accomplished?
I think you will find the number of people that dislike Hoodoo is about the same as those who dislike Snowycoast. So why not add it in to the rotation to test it out? I'm very certain that people will enjoy the variaty.
Couldnt agree more. If Goldrush can have issues, so be it. New options like Hoodoo, Pipeline, and Nightfall would be well worth testing with the current players on the server. If they fail, they fail. I think you will find much of the server's populatiry comes from the community as opposed to the maps.Point taken Bottiger, and I certainly can't discount your words regarding goldrush, as you would know better of server issues. I've never seen it happen, but I guess I just wasn't there at the time under those circumstances.
But regarding Hoodoo, I'd have to agree with Xeno. The popularity is probably similar to Snowycoast possibly? It's certainly favored more than Cactus Canyon. I can't see the server emptying if Hoodoo were selected. I feel confident in that statement at least. It's actually being discussed now on the server.
Can't see the harm in putting it in rotation for a bit and letting it be proven out or not. Regular players enjoy playing on the server together, and are asking for at least the option.
(edit: Apparently when I signed in from Steam as opposed to the board directly it may have duped my acct? )
And based on current discussions and disputes about populatiry it might be time to run a new test for Hoodoo, Pipeline, and Nightfall. I think you will find different results. Many regulars are simply requesting to try. It's not like we are asking for anything extreme here.The server usually won't drop from 30 to 0 in an instant. But when I checked, Hoodoo was around 30% less popular than the other maps. This is a significant difference.
We can not consider adding Goldrush back in because of crashes. And I don't thnk Valve has fixed it. I guarentee you that other servers doing 32 slot goldrush have the same problem. If not, they probably don't have a lot of players with cosmetics, or they aren't as active as our servers. When we were running it, we had a crash maybe 1 per 2 days.
A crash kills a server much harder than not having goldrush. If you want to play goldrush, we have a 24 slot server.
We have tested Pipeline and Nightfall before and they were even less popular than Hoodoo and we even had people complain that PLR doesn't belong in a payload server.
Cactus canyon used to be very popular maybe only because it was new. I haven't checked on it's popularity recently so maybe it is time to remove it.
Pretty sure No Heroes has a 32 man Bad/Rush server with a bunch of dumb mods and replays that has been up every day for years.The crash doesn't happen immediately. It only happens when there are full players with many cosmetics and projectiles. I bet you it does happen, you just probably aren't online to see it happen.
Why the fuck have Thunder Mountain then?Adding an unpopular map to a rotation hurts the server because people just leave when the server switches to the map they don't like. Having 10 or even 20 people say they really want to play Hoodoo doesn't mean it is popular.
The problem is you not adding them.We will not be adding any of these maps back unless Valve fixes this problem or there is a huge upsurge in Hoodoo popularity.
Nice.If you want to play goldrush, there is a 24 slot goldrush server.
This is one of the dumbest excuses I've ever read. If people don't like Hoodoo then they won't vote for it. If the map is Hoodoo during the day then maybe the people who have spent, I don't know, hundreds of hours on the server will vote for a different map?Because we did that before and all it accomplished was lower player counts, sometimes even killing the server for the day when Hoodoo was picked at night?
And based on current discussions and disputes about populatiry it might be time to run a new test for Hoodoo, Pipeline, and Nightfall. I think you will find different results. Many regulars are simply requesting to try. It's not like we are asking for anything extreme here.
Well, prepare to shit your pants. Hoodoo is popular again. Clearly.I've never seen a case where an old map became popular again though, except when Valve boosted the popularity artificially by creating quickplay. New maps go from popular to unpopular all the time.
What is the point of opposing people when you're clearly in the minority? People want to try, but you don't. Are you just that stubborn or lazy? What's the point of sticking to your guns?I've never seen a case where an old map became popular again though, except when Valve boosted the popularity artificially by creating quickplay. New maps go from popular to unpopular all the time.
Pretty sure No Heroes has a 32 man Bad/Rush server with a bunch of dumb mods and replays that has been up every day for years.
Why the fuck have Thunder Mountain then?
The problem is you not adding them.
This is one of the dumbest excuses I've ever read. If people don't like Hoodoo then they won't vote for it. If the map is Hoodoo during the day then maybe the people who have spent, I don't know, hundreds of hours on the server will vote for a different map?
When was the last time you had a 32 person payload rotation server with Gold Rush and/or Hoodoo?
https://www.gametracker.com/server_info/104.153.104.102:27015/I bet you it either doesn't fill up enough or that it has crashed before and you never noticed. When we were running 32 slot goldrush, no one ever came to me and told me that it was crashing, but it was.