Servers and Maps

[Wisp]

One of the things that has frustrated me about this mod is that it seems that all the active server(s) just play these endless CTF maps that are all clones of one another, Well, 2fort, Monkey, Aardvark. They may be fun, and I know that CTF is the meat of this game, but I much prefer the other gametypes. I've only gotten to play Dustbowl, Cornfield and CZ2 once because they never seem to be on. I've also never gotten a chance to try Hunted which I never see played. Am I the only one who feels that CTF can get tiring or do people just not like CP gamemodes?

I especially want to try Hunted now that it has been officially canceled in TF2 and replaced with a new map called Goldrush. Although Goldrush sounds even better then Hunted, IMO, I am still interested in Hunted because I was anticipating it for months. Goldrush involves Blue pushing a cart from one side of the map to another, the more Blue who stand near it, the faster it moves. If a Red player comes into contact with it, it comes to a halt. There is no news on whether there will be multiple paths, but I hope so. I think the reasoning behind this is that there has been a TON of griefing in TF2, far more then TFC/FF, and the developers are worried that it would make Hunted almost unplayable on public servers.

Anyways, I know I went a little off topic...but anyways, where is the non-CTF love in Fortress Forever?

Originally Posted by Wisp

Anyways, I know I went a little off topic...but anyways, where is the non-CTF love in Fortress Forever?

Cornfield is in rotation on some of the servers that have people and it seems to be popular too.

[greenday5494]

i have to completley agree. I love AvD. We need an offical server with only AvD maps, including CZ2 and stuff. Or, just non-CTF. i LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEE ff_palermo.

[Chips]

Somebody make ksour for FF...and I'll never leave.

[StinkyTaco]

lots of servers will let you vote in maps.

Just type:
rockthevote
or:
rtv

and then it is all about majority rule.

[chilledsanity]

While I love A/D maps, Hunted can definitely be cool when you have people actually guarding the civilian, it's kind of a dice toss in public server.

Either way I get sick of CTF, the goals seem more arbitrary (scoring points as opposed to pushing/holding a line of defense) and there's not as much action compared to something like dustbowl.

Cornfield is in rotation on some of the servers that have people and it seems to be popular too.

Yeah the problem is that the CTF maps outnumber the A/D ones by quite a bit.

lots of servers will let you vote in maps.

Just type:
rockthevote
or:
rtv

and then it is all about majority rule.

Not always true. I've seen that happen on several servers and under your voting options, it's just more CTF maps, no A/D ones.

[greenday5494]

yup. i try to rtv, but then its more CTF maps. At least give us a fun CTF map, like rock2.

[-=Roland=-]

I don't consider Rock2 CTF....but I want it too

[pF]

Maybe all the AvD fans should organize and setup a 24/7 AvD server. If you all get together, it should be populated too. I'm sure some of the people here (from clan AE for example) can aid you in setting up a nice server.

[Jiggles]

I think there are more CTF maps simply because they take less work and imagination. I would love more good AvD maps, but Zouave pretty much made all of ours, and he's not around now.

[Circuitous]

I'd run a hunted server in a heartbeat.

[greenday5494]

well, we should run an offical non-CTF server. CZ2, Hunted, Push, AvD, IaD, DM, or fun CTF maps like rock2

well, we should run an offical non-CTF server.

Well, I could set one up if you don't mind the fact it's located in Germany. Server for my old clan and now idle. Players from (central) Europe never had any Ping problems, from Austria I usually got 50 msec or so. Some guys from England got around 70-80. It has 2 Gigs RAM, an E4300 (or so) and a 100 MBit FDX connection, served HUGE spamfests on dustbowl with flying colors.
SourceMod or such stuff upon request but generally not a problem. TeamSpeak is avaliable for gathers, wars, ... .Depending on the ammount of time I need to spend on university stuff, it could take a day or two for me to fix problems or upload new maps.

If there's interest in a server running mostly AvD and the occasional X-on-X, I'd be pleased if I could serve you .

[greenday5494]

that would be awesome. just put everything in there but CTf, and leave CTF for rockthevote

[Credge]

I'd be down for an AVD server just so I can tell people to go play AVD somewhere else.

As for an in game note, every time I've switched to dustbowl or palermo, I've lost players playing.

[[AE] 82694]

The same goes with the AE server. Our map rotation is set to what people like playing the most.

But if you guys want an AvD server start one. I think any official FF server should just have official released maps by the Devs.

[Dr.Satan]

I didn't realize there was that much of a want for these types of maps. I will edit the UGC Server rotation to include some of these maps tonight...

[Ihmhi]

Gimme 4-6 months.

[chilledsanity]

I'd be down for an AVD server just so I can tell people to go play AVD somewhere else.

As for an in game note, every time I've switched to dustbowl or palermo, I've lost players playing.

I'm all for having separate gameplay servers. One thing that might be helpful too is if your server is CTF-only, go ahead and specify that in the name. That way you won't have people coming in asking for dustbowl, then losing your existing CTF players.

[Dr.Satan]

NEW UGC SERVER ROTATION:

ff_well
ff_waterpolo
ff_congestus
ff_dustbowl
ff_pitfall
ff_redgiant
ff_cornfield
ff_openfire_sh4x
ff_aardvark
ff_sessions
ff_cz2
ff_shutdown2
ff_2moreforever
ff_crossover

Please read through the UGC Server Rules before playing on the server! As always rockthevote is also running so if you don't wanna play the current map then just jump on and rtv!