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Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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Do you think we should keep a jump map day?

Poll ended at 18 Mar 2009, 08:27

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Yes if it was modified (explain in thread)
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Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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Do you think we should keep a jump map day? I am thinking I might just keep some jump maps on the server for when it is empty and not dedicate a whole day to it. We almost need a separate server if we are going to set side away since I suspect a lot of regulars don't like jump maps.

I am not going to vote for a little while to see what everyone has to say, but so far the only opinion I have herd has been that jump maps suck.

I have made it so you can change your vote if you change your mind. The poll will run for 6 days and will determine what is done for next week.
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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As long as the admins are just going to /votemap an arena map on ...there's no point in pretending you're having a jump map day.
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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The arena maps were part of the jump map day. It was arena, jump and skill.
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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The problems with a jump map day is that, most jump maps were designed for single player. So the spawn are usually fucked when you try pushing 20 people through them.
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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captainangry wrote:The arena maps were part of the jump map day. It was arena, jump and skill.
Right, but if a jump or skill comes up and it's going to get changed to arena and not played...just have arena day...ya dig?
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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I voted the Third Option

A good adjustment to Jump day would to choose good jump maps (not the single player versions).
Also, with the two new maps riftoff introduced, and from yesterday's antics. I see Thursday may end up evolving into a "Other" map day, such as the jump maps, random maps, etc. (then we can move KOTH rainbow out of normal rotation). Possibly even Zombie Fortress could be moved to this mode, but it's good having it with the normal rotation also.
This sounds better to me because some people got annoyed from the jump and Arena maps, this would include a little more diversity, so we can at least play a little of the original TF2 gameplay that we all know and love. I see this as a great opportunity for people to play all the random maps they love while at the same time removing the maps that kill the server during normal rotation.

I guess we'll just have to see how this all works out. Hope this helped :awesome:!
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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I do like the idea of moving some of the more split maps (as in some people love it, some people HATE it) into another day. I was talking to Warmonger about rainbow specifically...
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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I don't like an entire day voted to jump maps. I'd probably play for 30mins, then, knowing it will be jump maps for the rest of the day, not return until it wasn't jump map day.
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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I understand that everybody is entitled to their own opinion as to what fun is to them. I hope everybody will understand that my motivation for starting the "Jump Maps Suck" thread was not to deprive anybody of a good time, but to see if this sentiment is in the majority or minority of opinion amongst the regulars.
Now, I recognize the question of "what fun is" has different meanings to different people, so I applaud Captain's initiative to start a vote to determine the consensus of opinion here. If it turns out that the majority of CC'ians want something other than what I am hoping for, well... I can always play Far Cry 2 that night.

So, Vote your conscience and for or better or worse, lets have a gentlemen's/ladies agreement to allow democracy to decide. Then all abide.

I'd also like to thank Capt. for his interest in determining where the majority's stance is on this issue! :woop:

In the mean time.... VOTE NO!! ;)
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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If we had concussion grenades then I would be all for conc maps. ><
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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I'm not gonna vote for 2 reasons.

1- As I said in the other thread I have only played one jump map.
2- Jump map day has been on my day off so it doesn't interupt my schedule at all and I don't want to rain on anyone elses parade as it has no bearing on me.

Though I do think it might be cool to have an 'alternative server' that could just rtv on more unconventional maps or used for special events. While I could see arena maps being on that server also I'd hate to lose them from the regular server. There are times that they seem to work well and be enjoyable in regular rotation. And I think the 20 min slot for them now helps that.

I think the alternate server would be great for jump maps, sniper maps, melee maps, possibly surf maps (haven't ever played one of them yet), and maps like rainbow ;)
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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Original wrote: and maps like rainbow ;)

Please don't think I'm being rude when I disconnect when Rainbow come on... That map litteraly gives me a headache.

I know, thats MY problem, but if you like it, I'll reconnect after the next RTV.
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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Let's just have a day where all we play is koth_rainbow.
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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Thursday wrote:Let's just have a day where all we play is koth_rainbow.
Worst Idea ever...
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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We could do it on the second server though :D
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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captainangry wrote:We could do it on the second server though :D
Second-server jump/arena day sounds good to me :).
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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g_e_oos wrote:
Thursday wrote:Let's just have a day where all we play is koth_rainbow.
Best Idea ever...
Fixed.
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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yep. Have the 2nd server be used for FUN maps, 24/7. I would totally play there a lot
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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Alright. I'll work on making a fun map list for the second server then.
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and maybe move the fucking horrible race maps there as well...they dont belong on the regualr server they are garbage once in a while they are fun but balloon races every two maps is too much
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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D34THSPAWN wrote:and maybe move the fucking horrible race maps there as well...they dont belong on the regualr server they are garbage once in a while they are fun but balloon races every two maps is too much
Balloon Race is only chosen as a map when the server crashes and reboots. Typically whenever this happens to me I change the map to what it was before the server crash. It's a good start map for a few players while the server starts to get players, then they can RTV and get the show on the road. (Think of it as the Pre-Game Madness, but with a Pre-Server Map, sort of.)
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Re: Jump Map Day, Yes or No?

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D34THSPAWN wrote:and maybe move the fucking horrible race maps there as well...they dont belong on the regualr server they are garbage once in a while they are fun but balloon races every two maps is too much
RTV has a limit to not put in any of the 15 last played maps up for vote. I can change the server crash map to whatever you guys want it to be. I usually just pick a random map when I feel like changing it.
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