Server Maps

[orajn 0]

I had a thread in the stock server forum but it didn't get any replies. I'm wondering what "stock maps" means exactly because at first I thought it meant Valve-only or approved maps but then when new maps were being released in patches the Lotus Stock Maps servers never seemed to play them and its either Goldrush or Dustbowl and maybe Granary and Gravelpit. It would be great to see more variety in the rotation such as Turbine, CTF Well, and Badlands being played more often. Even the maps to vote for usually go like; "2Fort, Dustbowl (and we're on the map, Goldrush (or we're on this map), Granary, or Gravelpit". Occasionally Hydro gets on there but rarely wins.

As much as I love Dustbowl and Goldrush I would still like to see more rotation. Maybe shorter map times too to bring a faster rotation cause playing Granary for 10 hours wears out after 2 minutes.

[Mana 3,867]

The rotation is very much influenced by map voting. I will be adding the rest of the maps to the votelist but not the map cycle (with the exception of ctf_turbine which might make the mapcycle). Maps such as ctf_well, cp_badlands, cp_fastlane can empty a server real quick and as such will only be part of the votemaps (if people vote to it). Otherwise Badlands is on the 4 maps server.

http://www.gametracker.com/server_info/72.233.30.4:27015/

<img src=" alt="Stock Maps Rotation" title="Stock Maps Rotation" />

Where did you get 10 hours of Granary? :S

[orajn 0]

Where did you get 10 hours of Granary? :S

Exaggeration but could Granary be that 21% or maybe 20% of it? I don't see a lot of other maps being played. But Goldrush looks like the most played. It's a great map but there's something wrong here if I, along with others, keep asking "this again?"

How long is the time for one map and how long is the time added for a map to be extended? I think I've seen something about 20 minutes more or a "100", which would explain that long map times.

http://www.gametracker.com/server_info/74.55.237.132:27015/

Edit: Couldn't get the image of the most played maps pie graph posted on here but it shows Dustbowl, Goldrush, Gravelpit, and Granary getting the most played. BTW... I'm ranked 7th!

Stock Maps #1, looks like I play there the most (ranked 7th...feel nerdy)

But it does show the Gravelpit and Granary examples I was making but the point being those four maps (Dustbowl, Goldrush, gravelpit, and Granary) are most played. But if there are players asking stuff like "this again?" or "how much longer?" then shouldn't there be more of a faster rotation? What about 35 or 40 minutes per map and voting to extend is 15 min?

but, i'm really curious about the money. if I counted right (which doesn't always happen) there are 11 Lotus Clan servers? How much is that? Trying to correlate that with adding a faster rotation of maps. Maybe maps like Badlands and CTF Well are server killers but if they were in the cycle with a shorter timespan would that help?

[Melissia 7]

Dunno why well would empty a server, it is, after all, the best map that TF2 has to offer. Much more fun to play than maps like 2fort/dustbowl/goldrush, the unholy trinity of overplayed maps. Both CP and CTF.

[Camail 1]

If people get into a voting spree maps can last a very long time, the silent majority is always looked over =/. I've had a 6 hour DB run where it never once changed map. We extended it many many times. Though you could initiate a map vote, assuming someone donated or there is a way to change map without having to donate.

[Mana 3,867]

Exaggeration but could Granary be that 21% or maybe 20% of it? I don't see a lot of other maps being played. But Goldrush looks like the most played. It's a great map but there's something wrong here if I, along with others, keep asking "this again?"

Stop voting for it then, if everyone didn't vote for it it wouldn't be the most played map.

Map extensions are 20 minutes, there is a limit of either 3 or 5 extensions (don't remember right now).

I've already tried running servers with all the maps and that didn't work out nearly as well as I wanted it to. So the maps will be added to the votemaplist but not the generic cycle.