since 0.8 the numbers on the servers have been incredible, for the first time that ive seen we have both servers full thats 96 people!!

Yep..the previous record was 84.

 

Busy busy......

 

edit=84 players on during one of the community nights....

Well, #1 is a little laggy. Must be saturated.

 

And jeez, couldn't find caches to save our lives. Does the intel disappear after a while?

Its nuts, i cant get a game

maybe if these number keep up we can get another server 48p maybe :thumbsupsmileyanim: maybe we should, that would be tasty :icecream:

Well, #1 is a little laggy. Must be saturated.

 

And jeez, couldn't find caches to save our lives. Does the intel disappear after a while?

 

Shoot civilians/collaborators and you lose intel points (that's -7 intel points IIRC)

There were 4 of us on #2 complaining how we couldn't get on #1 then all of a sudden we were at 28, good times!

It will last a few weeks and numbers will slide back a bit

There is stuff every street u turn down.

lol someone needs to explain to the noobs the aspect of civilians. I got shot 5 times in a row as a civi with an average life span of 30 seconds before I got bored with the 120 second wait screen,

maybe we should 'adopt a new player' (note the lack of derogatory terminology - how long does a player need to be around before they are no longer considered a noob?) - invite them into your squads (yes at the expense of a regular player perhaps who should form their own squad) and show them the ropes - they might enjoy it more and hang around longer.......

...and show them the ropes...

 

The fastropes?

I think we did that last time, I remember someone mentioning it. Good idea though and probably worth trying this time around too.

I've been helping a few out, some tell you that their new and those are usually good ones that do what their told...

But some just give me the mega <censored word> i normally kick them from my squad because they act like tards and don't listen.

ive tried and booted them from squad , so sadly i wont be adopting noobs unless they do as they are told . i am not a babysitter . i play for enjoyment and training noobs to me personally is about as enjoying as shoving sharp bamboo spikes down my fingernails

Interesting quote...

 

I don't think the word 'Noob' is constructive, and I've noted this on the Reality Mod forums sometime last year. New players is the term that we should be aiming to use, regardless of their skill or enthusiasm.

 

I'm not having a go at you, xxxxx, but in general we have as a community often fallen to calling new players noobs etc and I think that it's somewhat derogatory.

 

probably written about the time a few of us were just starting to play..... worth considering when we make people feel unwelcome either through exclusion from squads or in-game chatter.....

 

I'm not saying you have an obligation to do it every game.... but perhaps if one of us regulars created a 'PR Intro' squad each map then you'd only have to do it maybe one in 10 games.... not much to put back into the community imo

Edited September 2, 200816 yr by Sapper28

maybe we should 'adopt a new player' (note the lack of derogatory terminology - how long does a player need to be around before they are no longer considered a noob?) - invite them into your squads (yes at the expense of a regular player perhaps who should form their own squad) and show them the ropes - they might enjoy it more and hang around longer.......

 

http://www.bigdgaming.net/showthread.php?t=3376

http://www.bigdgaming.net/showthread.php?t=3158

 

Yep. It's very true. I've made a specific effort to make a squad almost every round I play... I've called it newb-friendly names (note newb is not noob... newb is short for newbie which describes them, noob is people who are bad at the game) and so far so good, I've had quite a few new guys and their work is great.

 

On that note, all please look out for a "Bazzle^au" and a "McDethwivFries" and make them feel welcome, they're converts from whirlpool and definitely nice guys. I've played with both and they're sensible and mature, so please don't count them out because you haven't seen them before

"McDethwivFries"

 

That's an awesome name

Well, #1 is a little laggy. Must be saturated.

 

And jeez, couldn't find caches to save our lives. Does the intel disappear after a while?

my squad found 5 caches in one round of albasrah last night and we were pretty much just stumbling on them lol, however i agree in the other maps its a lot more difficult/less enjoyable, but thats probably just cause we dont know the maps very well. i've gotta say ramiel and quinling also make my computer load like crazy, its like i need more than 2gb of ram on an xp system which should never be the case!

oh and the server lags annoying too, is it because the servers have never been this full or is 0.8 just too unstable?

Turn your settings down, I havent experienced any lag yet.

yeh mine are set to the lowest and still the lag , however i've just done a full reinstall and updated pb so hopefully that will put an end to it . only seems to be on the new maps . heres hoping .

Turn your settings down, I havent experienced any lag yet.

but what setting effects how much your ram has to load up? i dont get any fps lag its just on those two maps my ram goes crazy...

textures i think but dont quote me on it .

Yes, textures I believe are affected by the new lightmapping which is pretty intensive on the new maps.

Anyone feeling enlightened and wanna update Chickenhawk's 'Guide to Insurgency'?