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Bridge/Pipe/Urban-Free day; Tuesdays and Saturdays
Topic Started: Feb 1 2007, 05:41 PM (42 Views)
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The FTK community has voted! I have posted agreement from =Fas=. Assuming the other non-FTK 2.5 admins agree and cooperate, Tuesday and Saturday, 12AM to midnight GMT are planned as days that servers should not be running the following maps:
Bridge
Bridge SE
Pipeline
Pipeline SF
Urban Assault

Here is the email that T-Phil is sending out to all 2.5 admins:
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To all 2.5 clan leaders/server admins:

When I checked the 2.5 server listing on Tracker recently, of the 14 servers with anyone playing, 11 were on Bridge, Pipeline or Urban Assault. There were other maps available, but those servers were empty.

Now I know that most clans like at least one of those maps, but it may be time to promote a little more diversity in the missions that the 2.5 community plays. While the clans generally play a wider variety, many new players find their niche and stick to it. Even some clan members that I know of spend part-time on 2.8 just for the wider map selection. If we can get people interested in maps other than the Big 3, we can get better-rounded players (and improve the recruiting pool) and hopefully fill more of the servers, not to mention fighting boredom.

My suggestion is to designate one or two specific days a week as "Bridge/Pipe/Urban-Free Days" (including SF and SE versions). I've discussed this with several clans already, and there seems to be a great deal of support for the idea. After polling, the majority favor having two days: one weekday (Tuesday), one weekend day (Saturday). Servers would be running either single maps or a rotation — anything but the Big 3 — for 24 hours on those days. Player admins would need to refrain from switching to one of the Big 3 during these days as well.

The times would be:

12am to midnight, Tues/Sat (GMT)
7pm Monday-7pm Tuesday, 7pm Friday-7pm Saturday (EST)
4pm Monday-4pm Tuesday, 4pm Friday-4pm Saturday (PST)
11am Tuesday-11am Wednesay, 11am Saturday-11am Sunday (Sydney)

(Don't worry about daylight savings... an hour off on either end won't make a big difference.)

Almost all of the admins need to buy into this idea for it to work; otherwise, the servers that remain on Bridge, Pipe and Urban will continue to draw traffic from the less-played maps. Five days a week should be enough time for those players to get their fix... let's mix it up a little.

If you are willing to give this a try, or if you have any questions or comments, please either respond to this email or post to http://www.o3b.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=762

Thank you,

[o3b]==T-Phil==



HOOOAH, and thanks for the hard work on this, Phil!
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