Author Topic: Hej (Read 10740 times)

Satiagraha · August 09, 2004, 07:32:29 PM

The RS system, I think, should stay as is for the reasons Bob stated. Although, the means kicking a non-RSer to make room for a RSer is the original target of this thread. People are going to be kicked by our reserved system, but how should we choose who get's the flat end of our boot? Shortest connection time is a simple and reliable way to choose the the player who's had the least time to become an essential player in the game. Especially for the aliens, the fewer the connected time, the less res that they've accumulated. Once or if all players have started a new game and everyone's role in that new game is equalized, it's just as fair as highest ping, simply because it could be anyone. It could be an important person, it could be someone who's dilly-dallying.

Doobie Dan · August 10, 2004, 11:23:21 AM

If someone gives me a link to the code, I'll take a crack at it.

Malibu Stacey · August 10, 2004, 05:40:31 PM

ok again it seems most of you missed the point.
I'm not saying don't kick people. Kicking people to allow res slot people to join is good.
I'm saying how about trying something slightly different like kicking the person who joined last instead of the person with the highest ping.

BobTheJanitor · August 10, 2004, 06:17:17 PM

Nope, got that part, agree with it. Code the plugin for it with adminmod and we'll see if LB likes it. :p You just mentioned the other types of slots that adminmod has, which don't work this way. They just reserve a pre set number of invisible slots for res people to join when the server is full, which is fine if you don't have on average 5-10 RS on the server at any given time.

Mr.Ben · August 11, 2004, 04:37:09 AM

Yeah, us euros have a hard time till we get res slot.

Necrosis · August 11, 2004, 05:18:11 AM

Indeed. That was the joy of getting my res slot, since the entire world probably has a better ping to LM than me.

Tho at the same time I can see why some people would be annoyed at a person playing with 135 or so ping. Hardly unplayable. Does get a bit annoying tho when you're about to drop hive, you get slotkicked, and then in IRC you hear that the new low pinger is just a smacktard abusing FF.

I mean I think of the players queuing up to get even 15 minutes worth of game in LM and they're getting punted because some smacktard with a ping of 50 boots them all.

Bitter? Nooooooo.

Meh, on the bright side, its means I don't spend all night gaming... just spend all night chatting/mailing instead, haha.

Niteowl · August 11, 2004, 09:34:11 AM

you can only be kicked by a res slotter. so hopefully taht LPB won't be abusing ff :/

Malibu Stacey · August 11, 2004, 06:18:29 PM

bah I give up. use amx it makes life simpler.

Dark · August 11, 2004, 06:36:31 PM

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well that is a big no no to mention that admin program around these parts

SwiftSpear · August 12, 2004, 12:07:51 AM

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I knowticed that, and I have always kindof wondered about the lore behind it...

Malevolent · August 12, 2004, 12:38:16 PM

Yes, LB will own you if you mention AMX. It has been suggested before and always met with a firm "no."

SwiftSpear · August 12, 2004, 06:43:12 PM

I never intended to mention it :p, I was just wondering it there was a reason

JHunz · August 19, 2004, 08:31:45 PM

It is a poorly supported program that caused LB quite a bit of frustration back in the day.

Zek · August 22, 2004, 04:38:56 PM

Is there any possibility of this being changed? Kicking for ping is a really stupid way of doing things. Since most of the time almost all of the non slot holders have sub-100 pings, none of them are lagging and it makes no sense to kick them for it. Kicking the player who joined most recently makes the most sense; they have the least attachment to the game, and usually the least importance to their team. There's nothing more frustrating than being kicked as the only Fade because my ping was in the 90s.

Decimator · August 22, 2004, 11:06:15 PM

There is something more frustrating than being kicked as the only fade: being kicked as the comm. It means instant doom for the marine team.

Necrosis · August 23, 2004, 02:40:49 AM

I think its an incentive for comms to play quick games :lol:

lolfighter · August 23, 2004, 04:45:01 AM

I'm also in favour of kicking for least time played instead of highest ping. HOWEVER, kicking for ping is one of the integrated features of adminmod. Kicking for time isn't. This is not just some config option we can change, we'd need a plugin for it. I haven't seen such a plugin to date, write or find one and we can talk. I'll gladly support it.

SwiftSpear · August 24, 2004, 04:43:14 AM

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Meh, if I'm in the game I'll jump in the chair when a com drops. It might not be as good as having a single com the whole game, but a pickup com only takes about 1-2 minutes to figure out what the last guy was doing in the chair...

BobTheJanitor · August 24, 2004, 08:30:54 AM

There's a sort of unwritten rule that whoever slot kicks the comm has to take over the chair. This has led to some interesting changes mid game.

Doobie Dan · August 24, 2004, 09:49:08 AM

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Way to go Bob, it's not unwritten anymore! :p