Map Rotation

Joined: Oct 04, 2005 Posts: 344 Location: Kent

Can an Admin please post the current map rotation for COD 4

i know there has been the post asking for suggestions but the current rotation seems to have a lot of S&D which didnt get many votes

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ElGordo

Community Founder Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 2549

The Current map rotation is set for S/A and TD which is in the server name.. from the list below which is the current map rotation the modes are equal.
S/D is by far a more team play mode and always has been, I think it should always be in rotation as we are a team community Question

or is it now members just like upranking and points etc? which I think maybe now the case ?
I personally think we might need to go back to a more mixed mode rotation ?.
with so many modes and likes and dislikes its a hard one.
We need to talk this one over at some point on TS with as many COD4 players as possible.

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|2es-mrix

Joined: Nov 21, 2007 Posts: 341

Im not over keen on S&D myself as im crap Laughing

but it does make you more tacticaly aware and more carefull as once you die you dont respawn , which is then made up by the next one deathmatch but I do like the hardcore versions

Community Founder Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 2549

With good teamplay S/D can be very suspenseful especially if you are the last man left Wink

I think as you dont re-spawn you try that little bit harder to stay alive Very Happy

I personally dont like certain modes like the capture the flag mode where you instantly kill a guy at the flag for him to instantly respawn and kill you Laughing

But I understand players have their own personal preferences as I do mine so um happy for a fair multi rotation where possible.
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|2es-mrix

Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:04 pm

It is true S&D is the best for teamplay but in my opinion we need to utilise TS more to get the real benefit from teamplay. As we are all socially in the same chat area, tactical chat is redundant most of the time.

Perhaps we could have a couple of organised clan nights each week, structured Clan COD4 events if you will, where we split into teams in different TS channels etc etc. We could run a little internal league system or something. It would be nice to have the server full of |2es players Very Happy

As for general game rotation, I think we should have about 1/2 TDM, 1/4 S&D and perhaps 1/4 HQ, Dom or S&D. (Figured out how to have a more stable and mixed rotation yet Cyrus?)

It's a real shame our server doesn't get populated. Looking at the more popular servers they are either running TDM, Sab, HQ or Dom and a lot of them are in hardcore mode, how can we get joe public whoring on the |2es server,? Yesterday I only saw one other person (non |2es) on there ALL day
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Joined: Oct 11, 2006 Posts: 736

This goes back to Sojiro's suggestion of a tactical night which i think would be great. The split TS and friendly league would be good i think. Maybe partner that with a 'buddy' system for the stronger membres to help develop others games, if they dont mind of course.

As for the rotation, i dont dislike any of the maps and the blend of modes Brune suggested would be pretty good IMO.

What are peoples thoughts on population though? I actually think the maps are best suited to say 12 to 18 on. More than that seems to degenerate into mass nade/noobtube spam?

Consoles Moderator Joined: Nov 05, 2006 Posts: 847

i think the modes should be td,sd and hq.

holding the hq is also one of them co-op demanding moments.

Community Founder Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 2549

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It's a real shame our server doesn't get populated. Looking at the more popular servers

Its the case with all game servers .... servers dont become popular for no reason, no public will think its great to hop in an empty server.

Somebody has always put in the effort to get on these servers, most servers never start on their own.

when effort is made with our server public join etc.
I have been told that our server was starting to see regular public coming on which is great but if the servers dead and it doesnt get the support it stands to reason these regulars will just find another cod4 home.
I cant stress enough how important it is to support our server as thats the only way we will build a fan base.

Yes rotation and modes can be tweaked also to help.

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|2es-mrix

Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:06 pm

Also maybe we need to go Hardcore again, i'm sure it will make the server more popular.

Community Founder Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 2549

When it was hardcore before was it more popular ?
If we go hardcore thats a specific preference and many will not like it Question

We really need a broad range of members preferences to get a better idea.
So its a case of chat chat chat and see what we can come up with that almost pleases most and will be generally good for the server on a whole.
and yea members support Very Happy

Cheers
|2es-mrix

Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:44 pm

I think hardcore will make the server more popular with the public. At the moment I think we have about half a dozen non-|2es regulars.

Obviously as you have already said mrix, it is hard to make everybody happy, but I think we need to make sure we are tempting joe public along for the ride otherwise we have a ghost-town server on our hands.

Joined: Jul 02, 2005 Posts: 1414

Tomorrow (Monday) i will see about making a new profile which includes all game modes and hardcore mode, also i will make sure ff is on, and try to get as many maps in the rotation as the server will allow me.
I will probably leave TDM out but put in a few Deathmatch maps instead, just to spice things up a bit.
I personally love hardcore mode, but not on our server. If i play hardcore mode its usually on a server running clanbase rules which has no P90, Nade launchers, airstrikes or helicopters, and only the basic perks, no martydom etc.
Not that i have been playing much COD4 recently, but i will be after christmas Smile

CyrusTheVirus

Joined: Jul 02, 2005 Posts: 1414

Oh and the main reason why our server isn't as popular as some american servers is simply because, we are mainly advertised as a BF2 / 2142 gaming clan, not intentionally but everyone knows us from our BF2 server not our COD2 or COD4 days. Most of the busy servers have always been Call Of Duty clans, or they advertise alot on certain websites etc.

CyrusTheVirus

Community Founder Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 2549

Yes I have been looking at game monitor and find it doesnt really matter what game mode you play as regards public as there are loads of full servers out there playing all game modes and mixed.
As for server titale lets just put |2esurrection as then players will have to connect anyway and will not be put off at first if we are running a mod they dont like etc.
Once on um sure they will stick around anyway Wink

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|2es-mrix