Getting GG populated

[Cogbern]

ok i keep hearing things like n/u's gungame is dead when it very much is not, theres a few problems that need to be fixed that i believe will help the server maintain a higher population.

1. Bring the bots back. Yes they were glitchy and sometimes messed things up, but it sucks balls when your by your self with no way of gaining levels.

2. Update the map rotaion. There are currently maps on the rotation that kill the server population (ex. gg_dustpit) only has 12 spawn points can be fun when a few people are on, but when the server is full or close to it you have serveral people forced to sit in spectate or leave cause its a pain to change it via votemap on a populated server.

What i've noticed is that the gungame server has a problem getting started cause once people join it stays populated for hours.

-Cogbern

[SmurfSniper]

maps are fine, dustpit is a good map... if it has only 12 spawn points, then yes it needs more. Easy fix! sorry, but like I have said in a lot of posts before... the maps are not the problem... people only wanting a VERY select few maps is the problem. there have been maps in rotation that was very well balanced and made gameplay in gg great... BUT as soon as they was put on people would scream "this map sucks within 3 minutes of playing it, and annoy the hell out of others till a rtv or votemap went through. Seen this go on for almost 3 years now. We have put posts up trying to get maps people like... we get the maps and STILL all you hear is "lets go to shotty, this map sucks". I appologize if this comes off bad and makes me look like an asshole, but in my oppinion maps are not a problem. there are maps in gg that I cant stand but I play them anyway (absolutely HATE texture_jungle, samich, and cartonbox)...

As for bots.... everytime I was in with the bots there was a problem. for one you wouldnt level up even if you was playing with them.... unless you dropped your current gun to pick up your next gun that was laying in front of you (thanks noogy for pointing that out). Now if the bugs was worked out with bots, then go for it... but personally I would rather just go in there and message people till they came in.

also.... compared to how gg was this time last year, it is very very empty almost 75% of the time...

[Sajora]

believe it or not but id say another problem is the bad behavior of a lot of regs there. just a few days ago ive heard from someone that they tried to voteban someone just cause the ping was high but that person was from germany (no not me) and that person was not lagging. if you have played on gg im sure some of you noticed that ppl start votebanning, votekicking, votemuting someone just cause they dont like a person. imo thats not a good base to get new regs.

[DoT]

its funny you say that saj, because just yesterday whem the server was full, a lot of people were complaining how no one plaays ther. after hearing about your post i understand why they dont want to play there.

i think a reason admins got tired of it was the constant bitching and yelling, and 10 people on the mic yellin at how they got bullshitted on a backknife. it may look like an easy server to administer (thats what i thought when i got my admin there) but unless you can take verbal abuse and keep ur composure, its hard to sit there and take complaints while tryiing to play and populate.

i think the next time someone complains about something in the server we should say "Visit n00b Unlimited gaming community and post your suggestions on how to make it better" if they arent lazy, and really are regs, theyll do it.

but overall last night was a good night for n/u we had 5 servers populated at one time. office, zombie mod, mini games, crackhouse, and gun game. mainly because o the spread of admins in all the servers. we should keep this up!

-dot

[Jackd]

I'm sure this is an easy fix if we want to go that route.

As for bots.... everytime I was in with the bots there was a problem. for one you wouldnt level up even if you was playing with them.... unless you dropped your current gun to pick up your next gun that was laying in front of you (thanks noogy for pointing that out). Now if the bugs was worked out with bots, then go for it... but personally I would rather just go in there and message people till they came in.

That's a dam shame. Fuck I wouldn't play there. I hope this never happens when I decide to pop in there.

believe it or not but id say another problem is the bad behavior of a lot of regs there. just a few days ago ive heard from someone that they tried to voteban someone just cause the ping was high but that person was from germany (no not me) and that person was not lagging. if you have played on gg im sure some of you noticed that ppl start votebanning, votekicking, votemuting someone just cause they dont like a person. imo thats not a good base to get new regs.

[Sajora]

well i havent been in there for a while cause it was dead or populated after my time but when it used to be populated the last weeks/months it happened some times. i dont know if its still like that but if i look at what i was told a few days ago i guess something like that is still going on.

[Mfh_Betts]

believe it or not but id say another problem is the bad behavior of a lot of regs there. just a few days ago ive heard from someone that they tried to voteban someone just cause the ping was high but that person was from germany (no not me) and that person was not lagging. if you have played on gg im sure some of you noticed that ppl start votebanning, votekicking, votemuting someone just cause they dont like a person. imo thats not a good base to get new regs.

Ive Had the same problem with the regs in here when it used to be more populated.
was votebannned because i didnt want to knife i think, or they thought i was aimbotting or something.. i came back in with betts in the name, and they where like betts... u shoulda told us it was u.... i laughed then left again. but yea i could see how this would not be good for gaining more peeps.

[onehit]

Ya i know exactly what u mean, especially when people
say were knife fighting ONLY, i hate that shit, whats the
point of going to a GUN GAME server if your NOT going to
SHOOT anything. That also is a problem which i saw. Atleast 6 people
left yesterday cause the regs in there wanted to just knife instead of
playing a normal game of GUN GAME. We have a knife in our inventory
if we want to knife and steal a lv from somebody, don't force them to.
That's just taking the fun outa the game and how it was mean't to be
played.

[vince21]

i also think that bots should be put back on. it's a nice way to play while waiting to get more ppl in there and get it populated. they disappear when a new person joins, so you only have them there until there are 4 ppl. if we could figure out the glitches and get them fixed, i think that would also help. i know that when they were on, the guns would be in front of you and you had to switch out at the beginning of each round. a little annoying, but manageable.

for the rest of the complaints, it just sounds like we need admin who don't care what ppl say and enforce the rules of the server. if we need more admin, i'd be happy to admin gg as well as office. but the admin do need to understand that the happy gaming of others comes before their personal game-play. this means sorting out arguments and muting ppl if it needs to be done. even regulars. get everyone cooperating nicely and you'll be surprised at how easy it will be to admin AFTER the complaints have been settled.

map rotation is something that i think should be discussed. a lot of ppl only like a few maps. yay for them. i love all maps and find it a challenge to figure out the different gameplay styles needed for each. that said, we should try to rotate out the maps nobody likes and rotate in maps that ppl post in forum they would like to see in the server.

dot's suggestion of having ppl post their complaints in forum is a great way to not only see where the major issues lay, but also to get new players acquainted with our website and thereby our community.

[SmurfSniper]

I have to agree with this... lately its gotten worse, and is probably part of the reason I dont care much for playing gg anymore.

believe it or not but id say another problem is the bad behavior of a lot of regs there. just a few days ago ive heard from someone that they tried to voteban someone just cause the ping was high but that person was from germany (no not me) and that person was not lagging. if you have played on gg im sure some of you noticed that ppl start votebanning, votekicking, votemuting someone just cause they dont like a person. imo thats not a good base to get new regs.

yea jackd, lol you should go in under a different name sometime....

I'm sure this is an easy fix if we want to go that route.



That's a dam shame. Fuck I wouldn't play there. I hope this never happens when I decide to pop in there.

Sorry betts they never would do that when I was in there. But I do know now it happened a lot now..

Ive Had the same problem with the regs in here when it used to be more populated.
was votebannned because i didnt want to knife i think, or they thought i was aimbotting or something.. i came back in with betts in the name, and they where like betts... u shoulda told us it was u.... i laughed then left again. but yea i could see how this would not be good for gaining more peeps.

all great ideas, but they all have been tried before. I have no problem with the bots as long as everything works... about the admin part... lol well I dont want to really get into that, but we do need admin in there, problem is the way gg is... the forums would be flooded with "admin abuse" threads... seeing how some people in there think that if an admin does anything to them its admin abuse. Map rotation, we had a very long meeting mama, drink, organ, myself, and all gg admin at the time... and this was discussed. you think the server is dead now? O_o try and take shotty , deagle, weaver, run n gun, or a very select couple other maps off the rotatoin and you will watch the server completely dissapear... I agree with you vince about liking the challenge of trying to find the different gameplay in the maps... anyway...

i also think that bots should be put back on. it's a nice way to play while waiting to get more ppl in there and get it populated. they disappear when a new person joins, so you only have them there until there are 4 ppl. if we could figure out the glitches and get them fixed, i think that would also help. i know that when they were on, the guns would be in front of you and you had to switch out at the beginning of each round. a little annoying, but manageable.

for the rest of the complaints, it just sounds like we need admin who don't care what ppl say and enforce the rules of the server. if we need more admin, i'd be happy to admin gg as well as office. but the admin do need to understand that the happy gaming of others comes before their personal game-play. this means sorting out arguments and muting ppl if it needs to be done. even regulars. get everyone cooperating nicely and you'll be surprised at how easy it will be to admin AFTER the complaints have been settled.

map rotation is something that i think should be discussed. a lot of ppl only like a few maps. yay for them. i love all maps and find it a challenge to figure out the different gameplay styles needed for each. that said, we should try to rotate out the maps nobody likes and rotate in maps that ppl post in forum they would like to see in the server.

dot's suggestion of having ppl post their complaints in forum is a great way to not only see where the major issues lay, but also to get new players acquainted with our website and thereby our community.

yea... they talk a lot of shit if you dont knife... just to skip all the bullshit you pretty much gotta tell them "STFU I dont want to knife so leave me alone"

Ya i know exactly what u mean, especially when people
say were knife fighting ONLY, i hate that shit, whats the
point of going to a GUN GAME server if your NOT going to
SHOOT anything. That also is a problem which i saw. Atleast 6 people
left yesterday cause the regs in there wanted to just knife instead of
playing a normal game of GUN GAME. We have a knife in our inventory
if we want to knife and steal a lv from somebody, don't force them to.
That's just taking the fun outa the game and how it was mean't to be
played.