Discovery night!

**duncan_idaho** · 02-06-11, 10:35 AM

Hey guys!
It seems like lately, season dust2 and pira come up every other map. Now dont get me wrong, these maps are great! But a lot of regular player get to play them every night, and it gets boring.

I thought, maybe we could have a discovery night on one/both server. On this/these night(s), the, say, top 5 maps would be taken out of the rotation so we can enjoy brand new or underlpayed maps! Let me know what you think.

**idunn** · 02-06-11, 10:53 AM

This has been discussed almost as much as the awp. Everyone hates playing the same 3-4 maps over and over. But no one ever votes for a new map. The select few times that a new map is played, people bitch and complain and eventually rtv it anyways. This isn't the case every single time, but it is for the majority. I don't mean to rain on your parade, I like your idea a lot and wish it could take effect. But theres a risky chance that it could empty the servers, and why risk that when they are almost always full?

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**Hitch** · 02-06-11, 10:59 AM

Would there be a an easy way to make new maps rotate after 9 wins by one side? This may help keep the server populated if one of the maps is not liked by a large percentage. It would be cool to have an in-game vote at the end to consider a map for standard rotation placement.

Hitch

**CivilWars** · 02-06-11, 11:03 AM

Where is Bunni calling for a set rotation?

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**idunn** · 02-06-11, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by CivilWars

Where is Bunni calling for a set rotation?

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I think we should test one of the servers on a set rotation. Take the top 5 played maps, and make them every other map to keep the popularity.

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**duncan_idaho** · 02-06-11, 11:27 AM

Seeing how the servers are always full at peak hours, I dont think doing a discovery night ONCE a week would empty it. We have enough regular(and peolple whining about d2:P) to keeep it going

**Morbx Core** · 02-06-11, 02:39 PM

New maps would be cool..
Full servers are even better.
100 more reservist would be Sexy (lol :P)

Be honest sadly a 24/7 Dust2 server would probably stay full.I don`t understand why.
Sure we fill the servers up for a few hours but also there is a huge slow traffic time for the servers.
So slow in fact we could take 1 server down for 8 hours a day and still more than likely keep the same combined adverage traffic count of both servers ,I think not sure.
If you spread daily traffic out equally in a 24 hour time frame the servers combined totals are mildly populated .

Maybe the focus should not be gambling with the peak hour traffic but trying to get those slow times populated with reservist , maybe consider shutting 1 server down a few hours a day or decreasing player slots for both servers and keep the reservist slots the same.

I think a 20 slot server full with 5 reservist in it is alot better than a 24 slot with 5 reservist in it with only 22 people total.
Basically think we have more slots on the servers right now than what we utilize,Good servers arent about how many players that are in the server but rather the quality of the players in the servers,forums and community in general.
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Hell what do I know,I do know I love to see some new maps the same ole same ole gets boring.
Love for that to work Duncan or at least add some new maps that would increase players having a need to become reservist or at least not push the ones we have away.

**Bunni** · 02-08-11, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by idunn

I think we should test one of the servers on a set rotation. Take the top 5 played maps, and make them every other map to keep the popularity.

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ya or maybe have a 3rd server where you have to play for at least and hour before your able to vote on the next map. And maybe increase voting power of folk who have been connected longer...

**Image** · 02-08-11, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by Bunni

ya or maybe have a 3rd server where you have to play for at least and hour before your able to vote on the next map. And maybe increase voting power of folk who have been connected longer...

Sounds like a good idea, but i thought the 3rd server idea has been shot down already.

**BrockSamson** · 02-08-11, 09:23 AM

I know when MadMax and I are in the server we are able to rally in Navaro Base and Villa quite easily. BigTymer is good for getting Frost into the mix. Its just a matter of nominating something new and making it known that you would really like to break away from the season, dust, mill. The trick is getting ppl from rocking the vote 5 rounds into it.