Bring HR back!?!

[compguygene]

i appreciate ur input mecca. Maybe if i can make a unique adaption of the dd map and server, and get a number of people who want to play there as mods, that would attract people. I really think if I could recruit about 10-15 mods and 5 admins, these people would be motivated enough to play in the server to help build traffic. What do you think?

[Meh=-~]

well if ur going to have that many mod spots it would deff. generate some interest from players and that would make them want to play their more plus with that many their is a good chance an admin/mod would always be around to make sure their are no abusive players and campers. But u should make it hard for them to earn an admin/mod spot you know actually give the powers to players that play their not players who are just good (not saying you would do that but ive seen it multiple times).

[compguygene]

Actually, I know most of the players, better than they know me. It wouldn't be hard for me to decide who can be mods and admins. Also, I have some simple policies for admins and mods.
1. Negotiate with players first.
2. Suspend is usually the better choice than kick.
3. Kick or Suspend should only be done with the full knowledge of the person being Suspended or Kicked.
4. Bans should only be done in extreme circumstances. Anytime someone is banned from the server I want to be contacted, so I can check server logs and be aware of the situation.
5. Most arguments/fights can be avoided by just keeping a cool head.
6. Only excessive cursing, racial/sexual preference/other abuse, and not listening to mods/admins should be reasons to kick people for behavior. It is expected that people will tease each other, and do other silly things. When those behaviors cross the line to abuse is when someone needs to step in.
7. Let self-moderation take care of problems if possible.
8. Use common sense, if show yourself to not have a reasonable amount of what I call common sense then I will remove your privileges just to avoid a bunch of problems. It is your common sense that I try to evaluate to decide to make you a mod or admin.
9. Admins may play with the settings of the server at times. Just 3 simple guidelines. Let the players know about the experimentation. Get the players opinions. Report the results back to me. I may decide to change the settings to improve gameplay, or eventually launch another server with different settings!

[pie goes moo]

Who would be legible to admin/mod?

[compguygene]

Anybody that is a good HR player, and that I deem worthy. I decide worthiness based on prior experience in-game with them. Or by playing in-game with them. I will also observe them in-game anonymously to ensure what they are like. Of course, a solid referral from someone that I trust helps a lot also.

[pie goes moo]

What the f*** does **** ******* *** ***** **** **** mean?

[Mecca]

i appreciate ur input mecca. Maybe if i can make a unique adaption of the dd map and server, and get a number of people who want to play there as mods, that would attract people. I really think if I could recruit about 10-15 mods and 5 admins, these people would be motivated enough to play in the server to help build traffic. What do you think?

Worth a try.

[compguygene]

Last night I took the first step toward bringing back HR. I realized that the VZ clan could probably become like what the XZL clan was. So, I offered to setup a server at no charge to them that will probably replace my TheServerPharm XZL.Server Clone NY. vZ.Budz came up with some nice modifications to the XZL settings that add some acceleration and speed w/o getting too crazy. I will very interested to see how it play tests. Also, 4 clan members are admins at this time and there seems to be enough interest in just the vZ clan to drive lots of traffic to the server!

[Meh=-~]

The server is badass if i do say so myself

[compguygene]

For any of you "old school" HR players that remember the history of the XZL server, this server's settings are very similar to the original XZL settings that emphasized speed over trapping. Arilou and I were talking about it last night. He enjoyed coming into an HR server and being able to own since it was settings like he was used to. For those of you who don't know Arilou, he is the person who hosts the ID servers, and is a member of the ID clan. He used to be the ID leader for a while. He was a member of a team that won the "High Rubber Tilt", the original Armagetron HR tournament http://wiki.armagetronad.net/index.php? ... ubber_Tilt

[Mecca]

He enjoyed coming into an HR server and being able to own since it was settings like he was used to.

... lol?


and which HR servers are speed > trapping or trapping > speed??? You need to have speed and be able to trap to win matches efficiently.

[evaldusia]

I could try hosting HR server, just give me custom settings for it

[compguygene]

Mecca, Ari spent just over 2 years playing HR with settings very similar to the new Volume Zero HR server. He, by his own admission, has trouble with the style of HR play that you are used to playing with stabbing, complex traps, etc. He is used to using quick tight double binds and fast acceleration to be able to get a speed advantage over others and trap and kill them. It is a different style of play.

[gawdzilla]

When I first started playing tron, HR seemed really popular, and sumo was only populated mostly in Bugfarm.. now it seems LR is much more popular. I don't think you can really fix this 'problem' with better servers or recruiting more people or whatevs, I honestly think its just a phase and people will get into HR again sometime in the future.

[compguygene]

Well liz, people are starting to come back to HR. I am seeing the opportunity to influence the resurgence and am trying to nurture it.