Reserved Slots Are Satan
panda_de_malheureux
Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24775Members
Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24775Members
So you are a competent player, you drop a few res nodes, and then save for onos. while you are off doing something the rines take down your 3rd hive, and are on their way to your second. omogmogmogmg onos saves the day! then you get dropped and your team loses. we must kill reserved slot holders!
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But yeah, it's generally a good idea to have a "home" server that you're involved in. You'll get a slot and know you'll be playing with fun people.
you mean like today when an admin said 'shotty rush, how origional' and then i said 'skulk rush, how origional' and got banned? yeah admins rock!
I don't mind reserved slots that don't allow people in, but ones that kick people to "make room" do annoy me. I've been kicked numerous times as commander while setting up siege in a final hurrah in a close game...
and NS doesn't handle the kicks well, usually crashed and then wouldn't start up right.
EDIT: a lot of those kick the player with the highest ping, and that's usually the commander due to the commander view. it's pretty faulty and makes me a sad person.
Unless you are actually PAYING for the server you are playing on you have to obey the rules of those who do -> the server admin(s). If you don't like the way an admin handles things on his server then go play on another one! Whinning, complaining of ranting about server will not help you in any way. Have 2 or 3 servers in your list where you regulary play on and things will be just fine. Also quite a lot of admins offer reserved slots for people who play on the server regulary and show their support by idling in the clan's channel, getting other people to play on that server, showing good attidute and so on.
So again: do not whine about the ways admins are handling the server they are paying for! If you have a special problem with one server/admin, contact him directly!
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Other way around?
People don't get handed out reserved slots everyday and that's why it's hard for many newbies to find a home server, most are full and are not willing to give out some of those precious slots. There are a few, like Redphive, that just require you to sign up on their site then give your Steam ID, or WON ID then you're in. The bad thing is, so many people have reserved slots in Redphive so most of the time the servers are full with people that have those slots.
Hopefully you can find some servers that aren't completely empty or full (which s a hard task, especially with NS servers) to connect to. If you can't, well, then you're pretty much screwed. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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ah right, mixed it up ^_^
now it's the right way... but you got the point <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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And starting tommorow on nsarmslab.com (When new site is announced) a donators login where people get exclusive custom models early and so on.
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Also, admin's overabuse their powers WAY to much. If you even argue with them, most will kick/ban you. It's retarded, HL is really bad about that for some reason. I even got banned once for killing the admin, gimme a break.
NEVER! i actually coast thru lots of pub servers always under different names so no one can get to know me... i like it that way
As a reserved slot holder I therefore get to whine at you about your crappy ping. Get lost 56k.
It's the whole problem that a server can put, like, 10 reserve slots onto a server that really makes me angry.
one reserve slot is necessary for a admin to join w/o a problem and then ban whoever is causing enough trouble for the admin to logon in the first place... two are semi-necessary so that then you can have two admins, one on each team. anything above that is absolutely a waste... those people whom have reserve slots are like getting one OR MORE reservations at the BEST hotel or the BEST [instert important place's name here] and then not showing up on the date of the reservation.
it just pis*es on everyone's day; but most importantly it pis*es on the day of those that didn't have a reservation and just walking in the door and said "do you have a open table?" only to get turned away and go hungry <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
if you can't see the similarities you're a dam*ed idiot. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
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wow... you guys are just making a business out of this CONTRIBUTING to the community thing, aren't you?
reserve slots are ok, until you charge people 7 bucks for one.
agreed, especially on Linuxmonster, its the only NS server i play atm, and 35-45% of the time when i wanna play i see 16/17, i join and i et kicked cause of slot reservation, so i spend 5-10 minutes refreshing till i see 15/17
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This makes... what sense?
Someone stated earlier that playing on someone's server is a <b>privilege</b> and not a <b>right</b>. Perhaps so, there is nothing to refute there. But Admins who abuse their powers disgust everyone one of us, you as well I'm sure, if you have ever been abused even the least bit. The worst ones can take away peoples dignity, and no one deserves that. I had one run massive amounts of admin_execclients on me when I was just a newbie in Svencoop. Needless to say it was somewhat humiliating, though I wasn't the only one. Since that day, abuse of power has always horrified me.
So yeah it is our privilege to play on those servers, but all we ask for are good servers to play on. No one wants to abuse server rules or hack or cheat or anything else illicit, Slot Reservations are just annoying, all we can hope for is a stable LPLP server without them.
couldnt have said it better myself.
if anything add the slots to the player limit so that it goes eg 19/18 and such and so that ppl arent confusored when they cant get in, whats worse some servers dont tell you and you just sit there like a dumb ****.
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Making money off of FREE COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS?
You're as bad as fileplanet.
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Most reserved slots (not all, but ours does) kicks based on who has the highest ping. If the slot is kicking it's 100% your fault for getting kicked <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
the thing is, w/ res. slots, server quality improves. Less newbs -- better players -- better server.
We are giving back with the stuff we are giving!
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WTH its a choice. Not You have too
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