New Advanced Player Only Server

TUNA_AnomayTUNA_Anomay Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21005Members
<div class="IPBDescription">a la HAMPTONS</div> Originally posted in General Server Support, but makes more sense here since only server admins look at the other forum, and this is intended for all people <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

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As the HAMPTONS is a terrific server but always terribly stuffed with players and therefore tough to play on at times, I've put up a dedicated server with a similar purpose. That is, a server for advanced players. Right now, the server is still running on the WON side, but will be converted to Steam as soon as everything's in order.

This server is particularly aimed at clan members who want more practice in pubs playing against members of other clans. A few things to note:

1. Server will be available for clan scrims; just need advanced notice.
2. Reserved slots are available to all regs, and, especially, to active clans
3. Since my clan is experiencing a shortage of players, I'm willing to give Admin powers to regs with a history of keeping out inexperienced players as well as adhering to (and making sure others adhere to) the rules.

Since the vocab of most players on pubs seems limited to WTH, SUYF, omg, OMG, n00b, newb, nubcake, owned etc. etc., that kind of overused and EXTREMELY ANNOYING language will be kept to a minimum. Trash talking gets way too out of hand these days. Criticism is fine when appropriate.

The details:

Server Name: TUNA TOWN
Server Address: 149.166.29.239:27015
Players: 20
Map Rotation: Standard, no custom maps currently
Connection: T3 on a Gig backbone (nice and fast!) on a dedicated server with 1.5GigRAM and RAID-5/Ultra3SCSI drives

At any rate, I can be contacted at #tunaclan on GamesNet (idle more or less 24/7) for requesting reserve slots, scrim requests, players who shouldn't be there etc. If I'm away, just drop a line with contact info and I'll eventually see it. Website is currently in development and should be up soon.

Enjoy!
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  • CatpokerCatpoker Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 816Members
    sounds great, i will meet you there when it gets on steam <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    Niiiiiiice. But don't kick players just cause the got a bad day <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • MrMojoMrMojo Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9882Members, Constellation
  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    set mp_tournamentmode 1 and I will play there all the time provided its low ping, decent admins etc.
  • n4s7yn4s7y Join Date: 2003-04-18 Member: 15627Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--MrPink+Sep 20 2003, 04:16 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MrPink @ Sep 20 2003, 04:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> set mp_tournamentmode 1 and I will play there all the time provided its low ping, decent admins etc. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Red5 servers have done this. It's incredibly fun <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->. Consider it for your server and you'll find me on there as regularly <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->.
  • XzilenXzilen Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11642Members, Constellation
    There are many servers already employing HAM's way of doing things, such as my own for instance.
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    Seems to be more or less how I handle things as well, but I have another private server for that purpose.

    Private Server IP: 66.28.205.63:27025

    Its currently being used by the NSMovie team, but there are alot of times where its just empty, so drop by our forums <a href='http://trailblazer2003.proboards22.com/index.cgi' target='_blank'>here</a> and post in the Private Server Booking . BTW: Nice to see more server ops and owners following <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • OlljOllj our themepark-stalking nightmare Fade Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10696Members
    edited September 2003
    My hl crashes whenever i spawn on the tuna server.
    oh wait. might be my edited ui.txt .
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    <!--QuoteBegin--n4s7y+Sep 20 2003, 05:48 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (n4s7y @ Sep 20 2003, 05:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's incredibly fun <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->. Consider it for your server and you'll find me on there as regularly <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I would never consider this until I have full faith that there will never be another NSplayer or another person seeking to ruin the game. /me says there will always be nubs that seek to ruin the games and scout servers that have ff on just to ruin it...
  • homerxhomerx Join Date: 2003-04-01 Member: 15094Members
  • EXPungeEXPunge Join Date: 2003-09-20 Member: 21055Members
    awesome u have an IRC chan?
  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--[TB]-Rage-[Lt.Gen]+Sep 21 2003, 01:26 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([TB]-Rage-[Lt.Gen] @ Sep 21 2003, 01:26 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--n4s7y+Sep 20 2003, 05:48 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (n4s7y @ Sep 20 2003, 05:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's incredibly fun <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->. Consider it for your server and you'll find me on there as regularly <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I would never consider this until I have full faith that there will never be another NSplayer or another person seeking to ruin the game. /me says there will always be nubs that seek to ruin the games and scout servers that have ff on just to ruin it... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Thats why you need good admins who are around all the time to hand out admin_bans to people like this.
  • TUNA_AnomayTUNA_Anomay Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21005Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--MrPink+Sep 20 2003, 09:30 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MrPink @ Sep 20 2003, 09:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--[TB]-Rage-[Lt.Gen]+Sep 21 2003, 01:26 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([TB]-Rage-[Lt.Gen] @ Sep 21 2003, 01:26 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--n4s7y+Sep 20 2003, 05:48 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (n4s7y @ Sep 20 2003, 05:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's incredibly fun <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->. Consider it for your server and you'll find me on there as regularly <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I would never consider this until I have full faith that there will never be another NSplayer or another person seeking to ruin the game. /me says there will always be nubs that seek to ruin the games and scout servers that have ff on just to ruin it... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Thats why you need good admins who are around all the time to hand out admin_bans to people like this. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'd like to go tourney mode, but as I mentioned, there are only 5 guys now in my clan, and only three active, so I'll need to recruit some "guardians" so that there are more admins on there before I can consider switching to tourney mode, for the problematic reasons Rage mentioned.

    We'll see... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    edited September 2003
    Our admins cannot be 100% on all the time. So theres still that 5% time of when nubs would enter and wreck havoc.

    [edit] I'm also looking into recruiting more admins, but I would really like someone I know to admin my server, experienced admins from respected servers perhaps?[/edit]
  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    After playing on your server for a round or two, you need to 1) lower the maxplayers to 12-14 to simulate a real clan environment 2) turn tourneymode on 3) advertise to some clans and in IRC 4) recruit admins 5) put something such as "skilled players only" in the server title

    As it is now, it's just like any other NS pub. If you want to give me admin, I can help you out with all of those...
  • n4s7yn4s7y Join Date: 2003-04-18 Member: 15627Members
    Played on the server today (and last night). The games were very alien sided because well, the players were that much more skilled. What you need is some good regular comms. Like said before, we'd all love to have tourney mode on. From my experiences on r5, tourney mode causes less problem then one might expect. It's rare to find anyone purposely abusing it to ruin games. If they do try to destroy friendly buildings, it'll take them so long its more likely they're gonna get tked themselves before they finish. An TK punish plugin in like r5 has is all you really need.

    BTW, Just curious, are you looking for new recruits in your clan, or is it invite only?
  • FirewaterFirewater Balance Expert Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10690Members, Constellation
    the problem is, most people think they are good, but their play leaves something to be desired. If you wanna be picky you could just let top clans/former top clan members play, or you can just ban people that dont cut it.
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    <!--QuoteBegin--Firewater+Sep 22 2003, 12:43 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Firewater @ Sep 22 2003, 12:43 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ban people that dont cut it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ah, well I'll be looking more into this on tourny mode, I might consider, but it still seems like an outrageous idea to have tking on seeing it as only clan matches and tournys ever use it. The idea of some public nubs still seems to come to mind everytime I think about it, but that doesnt mean I'll just say NO. I might turn it on for a few days to see how it goes over with everyone, and feedback would be nice.
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    <!--QuoteBegin--n4s7y+Sep 22 2003, 12:33 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (n4s7y @ Sep 22 2003, 12:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> BTW, Just curious, are you looking for new recruits in your clan, or is it invite only? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Are you referring to us? The sites in my siggy, check it.
  • Malakai1Malakai1 Join Date: 2003-09-14 Member: 20845Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Firewater+Sep 22 2003, 12:43 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Firewater @ Sep 22 2003, 12:43 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> the problem is, most people think they are good, but their play leaves something to be desired. If you wanna be picky you could just let top clans/former top clan members play, or you can just ban people that dont cut it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This idea sucks, what if you're having a bad day, or on a map you aren't super familiar with? Who judges if you are good enough?




    I have another question as well. What consititutes good enough to play on the server? I've been playing every day for about 2 weeks now. I don't do aliens yet, but I'm a good marine who follows orders, knows the tech tree inside out (for both sides), am good with all the weapons, and would never intentionally TK. I can't really comm though, I don't have the field experience yet.

    However, though I do know the maps very well, I don't have all the area names memorized, which sometimes makes me look super-noobish. So long as I have a waypoint, I'm there.

    Do I qualify for you're server? The only way to ever really get "good" (however relative that may be) is to play on a good team with experienced players and see how they tackle different objectives. If all these servers keep going "good players only", how do you expect anyone to get good?

    Though you all may like this type of server, it's bad for the community and makes one server have all good people and other ones get stuck with all noobies.
  • Cartman2beCartman2be Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21103Members
    notch the player count to 14 <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    We embrace n00b's and nubs to come join the server to learn and play the wonderful NS game. Come to say I'm doing what [GoM] Clan and the ArsClan server did for me, they embraced me as a nub and taught me the game, and look where I am now! If I was dissed all the time as a nub when I first started playing, I would have un-installed a wayyy long time ago, but see where some people end up? *hint hint*
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    <!--QuoteBegin--[FFT]Cartman2b+Sep 22 2003, 01:39 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([FFT]Cartman2b @ Sep 22 2003, 01:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> notch the player count to 14 <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    To me the bigger the server and more people the more fun and better experience you get out of them game.
  • Cartman2beCartman2be Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21103Members
    I love quiet and "mellow" servers.. 14 is brilliant.. Or maybe 13 / 15, to balance the fact that marine need one extra player
  • n4s7yn4s7y Join Date: 2003-04-18 Member: 15627Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--[TB]-Rage-[Lt.Gen]+Sep 22 2003, 12:52 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([TB]-Rage-[Lt.Gen] @ Sep 22 2003, 12:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Firewater+Sep 22 2003, 12:43 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Firewater @ Sep 22 2003, 12:43 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ban people that dont cut it. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ah, well I'll be looking more into this on tourny mode, I might consider, but it still seems like an outrageous idea to have tking on seeing it as only clan matches and tournys ever use it. The idea of some public nubs still seems to come to mind everytime I think about it, but that doesnt mean I'll just say NO. I might turn it on for a few days to see how it goes over with everyone, and feedback would be nice. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Rage: I was referring to TUNA, and I'm not looking for a clan, just curious. Try tourney mode for a week or so. Or if you're really that scared of it, check out the redphive #2 server. Tourney mode adds a degree of fun to the game that can't quite be described. Perhaps it's just the feel and excitement of a clan mode that gets yoru adrenaline pumping. That and it's fun to jump in the big black hole in ns_nothing and not get killed <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->.
  • Malakai1Malakai1 Join Date: 2003-09-14 Member: 20845Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--[TB]-Rage-[Lt.Gen]+Sep 22 2003, 01:39 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([TB]-Rage-[Lt.Gen] @ Sep 22 2003, 01:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> We embrace n00b's and nubs to come join the server to learn and play the wonderful NS game. Come to say I'm doing what [GoM] Clan and the ArsClan server did for me, they embraced me as a nub and taught me the game, and look where I am now! If I was dissed all the time as a nub when I first started playing, I would have un-installed a wayyy long time ago, but see where some people end up? *hint hint* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Getting flamed for being a noob is pretty bad at times.
    I mean, aside from not always knowing where "processor core" or something like that is on every map off the top of my head is, I think I'm pretty decent. I don't meander off on my own unless asked, I try to use strategy in my attacks, ect. But the minute a comm says "go to *blah*" and I ask for a waypoint cause I don't know the locations by heart, 5 marines are like "fck you n00b get off the server" or something. What is the general NS player's problem with people who haven't played the game as long as them?

    If you don't help (or at least tolerate) the nub's, they aren't ever going to get good.
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    <!--QuoteBegin--n4s7y+Sep 22 2003, 01:51 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (n4s7y @ Sep 22 2003, 01:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Rage: I was referring to TUNA, and I'm not looking for a clan, just curious. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ah, sorry about my bluntness.
  • Saj1Saj1 Join Date: 2003-08-11 Member: 19409Members
    Hamptons is my fav server and ur right its a devil to find free slots, so I will be giving ur server a try thx for hosting it.
  • XzilenXzilen Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11642Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin---Saj-+Sep 22 2003, 08:20 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (-Saj- @ Sep 22 2003, 08:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Hamptons is my fav server and ur right its a devil to find free slots, so I will be giving ur server a try thx for hosting it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Stop by mine as well, its pretty much already got traffic to, so you won't have to worry about possibly starting up a near empty server.
  • Cartman2beCartman2be Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21103Members
    Our server is good.. Dev's play there and flayra makes an appearance likes every few days <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Spacemoogle5 asked flayra what he thought FFT was like.. he said

    "FFT are, no doubt the funniest NS clan that has ever hit earth"

    Wow.. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    So yes, our server is teh pwn <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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