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Blok's Tomb CTF
-Blok-:
--- Quote from: Wink on August 03, 2013, 01:11:05 PM ---I would be there if I could join. I've had a problem with a bunch of servers appearing dead when other people can actually join them.
I've also noticed that most of the servers that maintain highest player count are servers that I can join, so it is likely that other people are having the same problem as me. In that case, there are probably other people like you that miss out on a lot of potential joiners.
As far as a solution goes, I only have one idea. If you play on Xbox live, you have probably heard of strict NAT type, which if you have enabled, restricts you from joining some servers. However, there is a way to change it to open NAT type. Maybe there is a way to do this for blockland.
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I don't think this is the case because when I host my Mafia Madness server, I get a lot of people and nobody ever complains about not being able to join for whatever reason (except the player limit being reached).
I think I don't get that many people because nobody really tries out new servers nowadays. I know lots of people who get on Blockland and go straight to a knife TDM or a jail rp or another server that is always up.
Monkeyboy:
i think the problem is the map. as a build, it is nice - the style and proportions fit a dm well. i feel the layout is the weak link, for a ctf map and team deathmatches in general. maybe you have changed it or maybe i saw it wrong, but all i saw were rooms next to each other in a grid pattern.. not a very fun one. every route you take is the same as the rest.
basically i felt that the map lacked variety and is too bland to keep players around
this is a personal opinion of course, and i doubt many people share it, but hk weapons SUCK (i love khain and all but MAN raycasting stinks)
-Blok-:
--- Quote from: Monkeyboy on August 03, 2013, 11:47:29 PM ---i think the problem is the map. as a build, it is nice - the style and proportions fit a dm well. i feel the layout is the weak link, for a ctf map and team deathmatches in general. maybe you have changed it or maybe i saw it wrong, but all i saw were rooms next to each other in a grid pattern.. not a very fun one. every route you take is the same as the rest.
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I can see where you would think it's a "grid pattern" from the pictures, but it's not. You have to be in the server to see the whole build and its layout. I guess I didn't take very good pictures.
--- Quote from: Monkeyboy on August 03, 2013, 11:47:29 PM ---basically i felt that the map lacked variety and is too bland to keep players around
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Explain this. I was JUST about to post this and I saw your reply:
Ok, no offense to the people hosting this, but:
These guys got over 24 people and to be honest, I thought the server was complete crap. The build honestly looked like it took about 30 minutes to build. The map consisted of giant walls made of baseplate blocks and two bases that were poorly built and boxy. You did more traveling than fighting because the bases were so far apart and the weapons were terribly unbalanced. Half the time, people just sat at their base and shot at their teammates. Meanwhile, the admins talked in giant text that covered half the page and kicked people who muted them/complained about it.
They got over 20 players in about 30-45 minutes of starting it. My question is, how can this server get over 24 players and I can't get over 4? They are still at the top of the join server list. Again, good for the people hosting this, for having a popular server. But how? I cannot comprehend.....
.::Taboo::.:
it's nothing new that people like stuffty servers, this has been a running trend ever since the knife tdm bullstuff started a year or so back
i've been working on two somewhat big projects to usurp such crap, but it's probably going to be a while before anything concrete is ready
-Blok-:
--- Quote from: .::Taboo::. on August 04, 2013, 12:05:54 AM ---it's nothing new that people like stuffty servers, this has been a running trend ever since the knife tdm bullstuff started a year or so back
i've been working on two somewhat big projects to usurp such crap, but it's probably going to be a while before anything concrete is ready
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It sickens me to see this happening. I find myself joining several servers near the top of the server list and asking "this is it?".
I cannot understand, I cannot comprehend how these servers attract so many people by doing nothing. Some of the builds look like they took 30 minutes to make.
It disgusts me how the people who put the most effort into their servers get the least player turnout.