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PointsofAuthority

PointsofAuthority

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So since Server #3 is a ghost town, there has been discussion on whether or not to make Server #3 into a Saxton Hale/Freak Fortress Server.

This server will be completely different than the Darkly TF2 Trade Servers, Most of the rules and policies of DGN will still apply, except they wont be completely like the trade servers. Depending on the plugins Tick and Gatherix have worked on the past few months they may or may not be applicable here meaning Premium here may be different or non existent on this server, nothing is set in stone ATM. Eventually if we manage to get enough donations/incentive we can bring back a stats page, if your into stroking your E-PEEN like me that sounds great(it also helps keep out unwanted people through chat logs and a whole lot of other things). A public announcement will be made when the server is up and running.

When will it be up? ETA: 4-8 Days from Now(Sept 2)

This is a open post, Suggestions, Feedback, and Ideas are welcomed.

Links to maps, hales, or anything useful is appreciated.

Freak Fortress Mod: https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=229013
Official Freak Fortress Wiki: http://tf2freakshow.wikia.com/wiki/TF2_Freaks
Versus Saxton Hale Maps: http://gamebanana.com/maps/cats/6396
VSH/Freak Fortress Archive: https://forums.alliedmods.net/archive/index.php/f-154.html

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Trixie

Trixie

I'm New Here
A little late, but I just wanted to say I'd be all for VSH! c:
I used to love playing that mode. Wasn't really good at it, but it was super fun!

Engineer Fortress would also be an awesome idea for the unused server, but I'm not sure how/if that could be done.
There's only one other server that I know of that does Engie Fort and it's only when the server is below 10 players... and of course, it's a popular server so it's full like 24/7. You can only get your Engie Fort fix if you're on at like 4-9am on there, pretty much.

Just an idea, like I said I dunno if it can be done and I'm all for VSH anyway. Keep up the good work, guys!
 
PointsofAuthority

PointsofAuthority

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Just a clear reminder this post can be commented on at anytime, as it is a Huge Project for Darkly, Suggestions, Ideas, and Feedback are welcomed at anytime
 
DarkPaladinPrime

DarkPaladinPrime

TF2 Staff
Setting server 1 to 3 to a a cycled map rotation would be cool. Having upward, badwater, turbine, frontier, barnblitz, dustbowl, gold rush, 2fort, hightower, and harvest in the rotation with a voting system to pick what map people want to play would be great.
 
PointsofAuthority

PointsofAuthority

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DarkPaladinPrime said:
Setting server 1 to 3 to a a cycled map rotation would be cool. Having upward, badwater, turbine, frontier, barnblitz, dustbowl, gold rush, 2fort, hightower, and harvest in the rotation with a voting system to pick what map people want to play would be great.
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We tried to do this before on Server 3 if im not mistaken, Except there wasn't a voting system, needless to say it wasn't very popular. I think Haze put it on badwater for like a week and I think the most I saw in there was 10 people, we also tried Turbine and the only time it was full is when we begged people to join it. We also tried MVM, I think Haze left it on MVM mode for like 2 weeks and no one used it except Haze. If I wanted to play 2Fort i would just play Casual.

Still a good idea, just don't see it happening because of all the dumb shit Valve has done in the past 2 years.

TL;DR, Pubs are dead, Thanks Valve
 
DarkPaladinPrime

DarkPaladinPrime

TF2 Staff
PointsofAuthority said:
We tried to do this before on Server 3 if im not mistaken, Except there wasn't a voting system, needless to say it wasn't very popular. I think Haze put it on badwater for like a week and I think the most I saw in there was 10 people, we also tried Turbine and the only time it was full is when we begged people to join it. We also tried MVM, I think Haze left it on MVM mode for like 2 weeks and no one used it except Haze. If I wanted to play 2Fort i would just play Casual.

Still a good idea, just don't see it happening because of all the dumb shit Valve has done in the past 2 years.

TL;DR, Pubs are dead, Thanks Valve
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Well perhaps if we have a voting system with a great map rotation of popular maps people might just flock to it. I can think of a handful of Skial servers that have a system like this. I have been playing tf2 since 2013 and I still see the ones I use filled every damn day with a minimum of 20+ players. Half the time I want to play on them I cant because they are full. If they set it to one map 24/7 365 days a year its not gonna be full all the time because Skial did that too and a lot of those types of servers died out years ago.

The point is if we can get the server to have a rotating map system with a simple vote option plugin people will like it. Pubs ain't dead yet.
 
PointsofAuthority

PointsofAuthority

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DarkPaladinPrime said:
Well perhaps if we have a voting system with a great map rotation of popular maps people might just flock to it. I can think of a handful of Skial servers that have a system like this. I have been playing tf2 since 2013 and I still see the ones I use filled every damn day with a minimum of 20+ players. Half the time I want to play on them I cant because they are full. If they set it to one map 24/7 365 days a year its not gonna be full all the time because Skial did that too and a lot of those types of servers died out years ago.

The point is if we can get the server to have a rotating map system with a simple vote option plugin people will like it. Pubs ain't dead yet.
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This is the idea for the future, but for now we want to try Freak Fortress. If we manage to get enough donation/incentive a Rotation Pub would be a excellent idea.
 
PointsofAuthority

PointsofAuthority

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Dr.spy-cicle said:
Id like to see vsh_Dust Showdown and freddy krugar sorry cant spell also wana seekarl ruprecht
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Personally I think that map is too big and gives the players too much of an advantage, it's also a timewaster considering the cap point breaks occasionally and people are forced to sit and wait for the hale or players to do something.

vsh_dustshowdown_final: https://gamebanana.com/maps/164062
Karl Reprecht: https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=196822

also freddy krueger is unstable/broken.
 
PointsofAuthority

PointsofAuthority

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List of maps I think would be great.

Rust_Remake: https://gamebanana.com/maps/188927
Aquaticbase_b5: https://gamebanana.com/maps/187939
ManncoHQ_v14: https://gamebanana.com/maps/164365
2Fortdesk_v8(By far my favorite map): https://gamebanana.com/maps/161720
Rockslide: https://gamebanana.com/maps/161292
arakawa_b1a: https://gamebanana.com/maps/159016
Military Zone V3: https://gamebanana.com/maps/195702
Megaman6_rc1(the .bsp is compressed, do not store it as .bz2 on your FastDL, or else it might lead to longer download times!) https://gamebanana.com/maps/192769
Hakurei_winter_v2(because the normal one is boring) https://gamebanana.com/maps/171256
 
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Mad Man With A Saxophone

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Personally I have found Freak Fortress 2 to usually be a huge success. Another community I was apart of (Raffle Smash), the owner had FF2 as one of their servers, and I was damn lucky to have a reserve slot.

The server at its lowest had 10/32 people on it. But that was extremely rare.

It may be worth it to try it. But we could experience either so many people that we have to get more bandwidth, or it remains a ghost town. I could be totally wrong.

As for recommendations, I would suggest that we keep RTD on and most of our other plugins off (props and such) due to how they can seriously lag at times with how fast games can sometimes go.

Also, I may end up living on that server if it comes to life. I love FF2.
 
PointsofAuthority

PointsofAuthority

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Mad Man With A Saxophone said:
Personally I have found Freak Fortress 2 to usually be a huge success. Another community I was apart of (Raffle Smash), the owner had FF2 as one of their servers, and I was damn lucky to have a reserve slot.

The server at its lowest had 10/32 people on it. But that was extremely rare.

It may be worth it to try it. But we could experience either so many people that we have to get more bandwidth, or it remains a ghost town. I could be totally wrong.

As for recommendations, I would suggest that we keep RTD on and most of our other plugins off (props and such) due to how they can seriously lag at times with how fast games can sometimes go.

Also, I may end up living on that server if it comes to life. I love FF2.
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RTD and Other Plugins will not be Included, but Friendly, Colorize and Basic admin commands will be.(that means no AIA,ROF, or Props)
 
Tick Tock Man

Tick Tock Man

Senior TF2 Admin
Staff member
PointsofAuthority said:
RTD and Other Plugins will not be Included, but Friendly, Colorize and Basic admin commands will be.(that means no AIA,ROF, or Props)
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So....the plan as stands is....

For all players:

Instant respawn
RTD
Full moon

Multiple maps in rotation - exact list tbd
Mapvote near end of round
rtv (maybe)

Multiple Bosses - exact list tbd.
Possible next boss vote (determining viability)

Vote for 10x weapon multiplier

Premium/VIP will be stand-alone and consist of reserved slot & chat color options only.


Regarding Staff - Admin commands that will be available:

kick
ban
gag
mute
colorize
rainbowme
rainbowchat
friendly (admin only)
reserved slot

There will be basically only one level of admin for this server - though immunity levels will still apply.
 
♥Captain Vor♥

♥Captain Vor♥

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I think that the Freak Fortress server will be perfect. I personally love freak fortress servers and adding RTD into it will make it even better.
For my suggestion or advice how about adding credits into the freak fortress and making a !shop to where they can have different colors and weird tags on the side of their names and trails.
It would also be interesting if snipers can climb with their melee since snipers are at a BIG disadvantage. Also have saxton hale jump faster just incase the little snipers decide to climb to high places haha. But thats all I have to say for now please look into this idea. Gotta make saxton hale and the players more "balanced" so everyone can have fun no matter what.
Oh yea I almost forgot. Heavy is at a HUGE disadvantage as well. On I server I used to go (forgot the name) Heavies can be able to climb with the Warrior's spirit.
I know its a lot to read but it can really help out some players from complaining that some classes are unbalanced.
#HEAVYMAINS :3
 
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