Mahatma typed:
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Instead of having a dedicated transloc server, you could just do what Pimp and Jarg and others have done -- which is to use the translocs exclusively during a redeemer game. You sneak around and pick off people one by one.
LOL, Mah. DM and myself have had some KILLER tranny duals in the past. If the map is big, we go looking for each other. You know what, it never fails. When someone else sees us duking it out with trannys, they find us and join in.
Hermskii typed:
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I actually did that once with HOH and it didn't seem to take to well is what I recall. If enough people say they want it, it wouldn't take anything at all to convert HOH again. Myself, I think it gets old after one round. It is a great way to find new spots though.
IMHO, The reason that it got old fast is because of a few minor things.
1. 30 is WAY too high of a frag limit. It took forever to win a game, and because most of us like our action fast and constant, Reducing the frag limit from 30 to 10 or even better, 7 would help that. This would give the games the urgency that they need. 30 is great for redemers because you can get a monster kill and be up by 5 frags in 5 seconds flat.
2. Map size. I agree that the smaller maps are more suited to the tranny, but a bigger map can be fun to stalk your prey. Perhaps if you start out with the 1 on 1 maps and the Morbias, Fractal, Pyramid type maps, it may catch on.
You know that redeemers do not appeal to the majority of UT players out there. Most noobies come in to the game and say it is "gay" or some such nonsense. Given time, a tranny server may become just as popular as a redeemer server. It may never appeal to the masses, but it may be great fun to a select few. I wished I had the bandwidth to try it. :(
The thing I like most about telefragging is that it can be like a chess match. I know DarkMatter will agree with me here, We try to fool each other into making mistakes so that we can catch the other off guard. This is great fun to me, but gets ruined when a redeemer comes into the picture. Herm, If you are willing to try out another transloc server, I would love to play test it to get the frag limits and maps down to the best that they can be.