New DM server?

[Phenom]

I've been throwing the idea of opening another server similar to Dredd but instead of running CAX I was thinking TDM, I'd like to get some input from the people who would more then likely be playing on this new server

My idea so far...

DeathMatch, weapons don't stay/weapons stay (Its up to you), connect, choose a team color (RvB) and start fragging!

I know this seems simple but its the simplicity of it that I believe would make this fun. none of the pldown, waiting to play nonsense, simply connect, go red or blue and start deathmatching with no lines!

As you all know I am a fairly lenient admin who enjoys helping out the Quake 1 community grow and have fun together! Which is why I'm turning to the Quake 1 community to ask you if you would enjoy/play something like this server I have in my mind?

Feel free to post your comments/suggesitons/negativity here about this new DM server idea.

Of course it will not be governed by Quakeone.com and will not be under the same administrative rules as Rage.

Let the comments begin! I've added a poll also for the lazy people

[Mr.Burns]

A DM server with weaponstay sounds like a good idea to me but, just a personal preference, I would prefer it without teams by default. In an effort to please everyone maybe make teams voteable as they are in some mods.

Kind regards

Mr.B

[Baker]

Teams = terrible idea. At least I think it is. Maybe not. It would all depend. I find team deathmatch very robotic; it feels like work instead of fun by maybe there is a way to tweak this.

For deathmatch, I'd definitely recommend the QuakeOne map pack. Although the maps did not work out well for CA, those maps are hot for DM.

As for the mod, there is only one choice: Run the same mod as running on Shmack 26002. It has almost everything built-in and could be easily molded to any settings.

I'd try it with a lithium hook or maybe not. Either way the Quad respawns should be jacked up otherwise it turns into camp the Quad.

And no invisibility rings. Why give whatever would-be cheaters that.

[Canadian*Sniper]

TDM with friendly fire on
penalize players team killing tons of times
less voting options to make it simple
weapon stay (you can only pick up the weapon once)
automatic team selection done for you
A map list of small to medium sized maps

And the txt file I sent you earlier which would make your server unique

[l33t]

weapons staying is gay, That would be cool for ffa, but not tdm.

[Perochi]

TeamDeathMatch coop with 4 basic runes would be the bestest D:

[l33t]

wouldnt coop delete the whole deathmatch into killing monsters?

[Souless]

SOunds like another map for newbs to congregate at... That's fine.. I just won't play there very much if at all... Esspecially if a hook is involved and also weapon stay. I personaly think of TDM as a challenge.. It's oraganized.. Kinda like pick up basketball... I play quake for competition.. That's how I have fun. I don't get on to play quake just to randomly frag people unless I'm warming up. There needs to be a purpose for me. Like the 2vs2 tourneys each week... I enjoy those... I like TDM matchs more though. It would be nice to have a DM server on rage or dredd though. A DM server like we have at HDZ and CRMOD. Not many people play at HDZ and I have lag issues at CRMOD.

[Baker]

It would be nice to have a DM server on rage or dredd though. A DM server like we have at HDZ and CRMOD. Not many people play at HDZ and I have lag issues at CRMOD.

Rage and dm.clanhdz.com are on the same server, just fyi. Both are run by Vis/Avalanche.

Counting dm.clanhdz.com, quake.crmod.com and the numerous suroot servers, there are already 10+ CRMOD servers that team deathmatch can be played on, just fyi.

But you know, every last one of them is ProQuake cheat-free.

I've wondered if making 1 or 2 of them non-cheatfree might increase the popularity of team deathmatch.

[Souless]

MMM yes... the AZ suroot server is very nice for me. What's wrong with the cheat free servers? I play fine on them... I think the Team DM is Popular enough. There are 3 or 4 CAers converting over to DM at the moment and they're getting better every day. I think that if more people actually had the oppurtunity to play we'd get more players there.. It's just that all the good players pick to win every time and the players who are new and not as good dont get picked. I'm in the middle of the stack so i get picked about half the time.

[PapaSmurf]

I think a simple DM ffa server on the DREDD box would be great. I think it should be weaponstay, the quad timer could be upped to 2 minutes, and no hook.

The problem with having a open TDM server is that unlike CTF, where this works (people just connect and get on a team and go), TDM is more about controlling the map. So during times when teams are uneven, it's a lot easier to control the map.

[Souless]

Weapon stay is a bad idea! I want to get rl and dominate for a time! And when i don't have RL i want the challenge to get it back! Thats whats fun.

[Monster]

I'd say a completely normal DM server (w/all the stock ID things (60 sec quad repsawn, etc) and ability to VOTE for Teams or weapons-stay, or even no quad/powerups. The 60-sec quad can be annoying, but good players learn to control it. It should be FFA and weapon respawn by default. and no runes. at all.

it should cycle through ALL the default ID maps, some of them turn out to be quite fun in a DM (chambers of torment - fought there with scar3crow a couple of times, fun stuff). And maybe some of the popular custom maps like aerowalk.

[Souless]

I like Monsters Idea.. I would actually play on a server like this i think.

[Baker]

MMM yes... the AZ suroot server is very nice for me. What's wrong with the cheat free servers? I play fine on them...

Probably about 1/3 of players aren't using ProQuake.

When someone connects to Dredd or Rage, and it says "Player connected with ProQuake 3.50" that could be Qrack as well.

There isn't anything wrong with cheat-free servers, really, but the percent of ProQuake users is declining.