What server rules would YOU have if you had your own server?

[Skates]

My all-time favourite server was a clan server actually (before they shut it down due to not enough donations to keep it going).

Try to think about it from the server owners point of view as you are coming up with your rules. Yes, too many rules is bad, but no rules is also. Kepping a server up is expensive and you need it to stay full so you can hopefully get some donations from the community.

You have to ask yourself, what would the "majority" of the community like the gameplay to be like. Remember that on most pub servers, even those run by clans, you will not find more than a handful of players on each side working together. Also, remember that this is not just what you want, unless you just want to run around an empty server by yourself.

[Catziggy]

hehe. Another intelligent post from Skates (brown nose me )

Timeless servers get a huge knocking for the ff off settings but at the end of the day it is paid for by the server owners. There is no Timeless clan and no donations. I guess he can really choose whatever settings and rules he likes.

What I really appreicate is that ALL the rules are discussed by the admins before anything is changed or added. There is no dicatorship, no clan revenge on getting owned and a real fever to make the server popular.

[Biotech2142]

Conquest Mode

1. One week ban if you are found disrupting your team gameplay by constantly forcing TK, destroying/damaging team vehicles, emping teammates, crashing vehicles full of teammates, etc.

2. No glitching, hacking or exploiting certain game mechanics or controls in a way not intended by developers with hardware and/or software tools.

3. Commanders can use vehicles as long as they support the team with his "toys", but cannot become a pilot. Will be kicked if found too focused in fighting unnecessarily than commanding/supporting.


That means that you are allowed to:

Use your creativity to kill/rape/slow/confuse/discourage the enemy FTW as long as you don't break any of the 3 rules.


Mandatory Server Settings:

FF ON
PBMBL enabled
Kick/Mutiny vote enabled

[Skates]

Timeless servers get a huge knocking for the ff off settings but at the end of the day it is paid for by the server owners. There is no Timeless clan and no donations. I guess he can really choose whatever settings and rules he likes.

What I really appreicate is that ALL the rules are discussed by the admins before anything is changed or added. There is no dicatorship, no clan revenge on getting owned and a real fever to make the server popular.

We run FF at 80% which cuts back on the accidental TK's from a bad frag throw but at the same time it keeps away most of the RDX bunnyhoppers.

Our rules have changed slightly since we started hosting servers about 8 months ago based off discussion by the admins. I haven't always been in favor of some of the changes, we used to have a "No BunnyHopping" rule, but it was too hard to enforce unless an admin personally saw it, and totally open to interpretation, so we scrapped that one. It all comes down to what will bring in the most players, not necessarily what I personally want.

[CptainCrunch]

If the server was totally mine:

No uncap attack
Commanders command first, fight second.
The obvious hack/cheat/glitch/statpad = kick/ban
Disrespect/acting stupid = kick/ban

Everything else goes

FF = On
PBMBL = On
Score -8 = kick
Voting = on
VoIP = on
Language Filter = on
2 rounds each, switch teams at end of round and randomize teams.

Belgrade, cerbere landing, Camp G., Verdun = 64
Belgrade, Camp G. = 32
Minsk, Suez Canal = Titan

The uncap attack thing is hard, but Ive seen servers literally die after one round of raping. I hear everyone say how you should fight your way out, but Ive not heard anyone say they love it and so many disconnect. I WANT TO PLAY and have people come back. Maybe I would remove the Uncap attack rule if I only put maps on that started with one uncap each and no other map. Cerber, Fall of Berlin, and Camp G are just setup to invite the assault. Suez, because there are two uncaps, not so much.

Crunch

[GoodZa]

Probably servers with no rules would have a hard job to keep it full though.

No base rape which includes secondary span sites such as those in Gibralter map.
No Combat Commanders including use of prominent Titan ground guns.
No spoiling Game play for others (this includes the resepct others you like :) )
No bad language

On Titan maps do not spam Titan AA guns at the other Titan. (i.e. shoot ONLY at specific targets)

Server settings would be the usual but ff would be set to say 60-70 per cent. Contrary to popular beleif I am not a bunny hopping rdx spammer but enjoy the freedom of accidental TK's and all the crap that follows like needless punishes arguments and ill tidings that brings.

If you have good admins they can then choose to use discretionary powers on all aspects of the game such as pod surfing or using certain uses of supprt unlocks at the last few minutes to get gold medals as detailed in the rule about spoiling gameplay for others(hehe)

I have played on anarchaic servers many times and they soon lose appeal.

no commander can use titan guns?????? are you kidding??? no offense but while my tream is below defending and the rest over on their titan attacking or taking silos i like to sit in the titans AA guns to stop any transport ships that would bring in more reinforcments to my enemy, HELPING OUT MY TEAM, and it doesnt take away from my duties as commander.

you know how many times ive waited and ordered my team to attack their titan when we get they're sheild down and they dont do anything or cant get there? im always engi when im commander so sometimes i take a transport over to their titan, land and get out, use my pilum to take out their titans AA guns so more reinforcements can arrive and then hide on the titan until my team destroys it.

I'VE NEVER HAD ANYONE COMPLAIN ABOUT ME PLAYING COMMANDER EVEN IN SERVERS THAT DO NOT ALLOW COMBAT COMMANDERS. its stupid to have a combat commander but if sometimes he's a good player he'll do what needs to be done for his team to win and if that mean taking a flag or silo and killing 1-2 guys while doing it i thinks thats ok.

if you want me to be a commander who is just there for the points and gold i might as well go afk like so many iof our leader board has to gain their points.


CATZIGGY: hey man, i respect you for what you try to do but seriously man you have to take a chill pill. right now it seems that your so intent on catching people who spawn rape or throw a few emps to boost their score instead of hackers or just playing the game to have a good time. stop acting like a baby when you get spawned riaped and take it like a man. KEEP ON COMING BACK AND FIND A WAY TO KILL THEM! i think thats why we have purple hearts lol. im sorry if this sounds rude but just stop trying to police everybody in that way.

I HATE GETTING SPAWNED CAMPED, BUT IT IS PART OF THE GAME!!!

[D3lit3]

Soge how come you hate Doorman so much you talk about him in every post you make :p

[Skates]

The uncap attack thing is hard, but Ive seen servers literally die after one round of raping. I hear everyone say how you should fight your way out, but Ive not heard anyone say they love it and so many disconnect. I WANT TO PLAY and have people come back. Maybe I would remove the Uncap attack rule if I only put maps on that started with one uncap each and no other map. Cerber, Fall of Berlin, and Camp G are just setup to invite the assault. Suez, because there are two uncaps, not so much.
Crunch

This is usually what kills our Camp G server during the night. We have one admin in Australia that watches it late in the night, day for him, but after he leaves you never know what will happen. I look back at BattleRecorder files and the server will get down to about 12-14 players, EU decides they can't wait or don't want to wait in the Harbor area for PAC to assault so they go down into the uncap. A few minutes later there are only about 2 guys left on the PAC side and the next round the server is dead.

[Catziggy]

Hehe a rant aimed at me...

This topic is about server rules. PM me if you want to discuss me rather than flame in a thread.

On topic about what rules i would have. They are the same as the Timeless ones except (as Skates has) I would not allow so much rdx use.

When I became an admin 8 weeks ago (?) our Gibralter server was No 5 in the world. At that time the server owner and senior admin instituted a no tolerance policy on the server and banned over 300 people in just a few days. All these people were banned for either entering the spawn areas without reason (i.e. blowing up asetts etc) or spamming greandes into the spawn areas or sniping into the spawn areas without targetting active players. i.e. they were deliberately targetting recently spawned players.

Most of these players were unbanned a week later and its hoped most learned their lessons.
I am on the server everyday. I think I am the main Gibralter server admin now. I still ban players every game.

Its No 2 in the world at the moment. I would like to think its partly our rules system that keeps it there. I am sure there are other REALLY appreciated factors such as

Its not a clan server.
Its got FF off so it attracts the bunny hoppers sigh
It has little tolerance to those that don't play to the rules.

Thats how I have decided on server rules if i ran one. If it aint broke don't fix it.

[CptainCrunch]

^ Exactly Skates, now the server you spend money on is dead and probably for the rest of the night.

Our server was killed once in the middle of the day and didnt recover until the next day. People want a game NOW and there are very few that are willing to wait about 15 minutes for a game to start. Thats all it takes to get a game going, is everyone wait 15 minutes.

But like I said, its a tough call because some want to just play the game. Still, I want an active server more.

Oh yea, asset destruction would be allowed on my server as well. If everyone went recon to attack the uncap, thats not too bad. No revives or other weapons. Fight your way in, destroy, fight your way out. It seems like it would cause uncap attacks, but it really works well.

Crunch

[Skates]

On topic about what rules i would have. They are the same as the Timeless ones except (as Skates has) I would not allow so much rdx use.

The only limit we put on RDX is no RDX ramming. Personally I think it is a cheap tactic used by teams that just can't seem to get the concept of teamwork down. If you get a 2-3 guys working together, it is fairly easy to take out a walker on a map like Camp G where there are plenty of places to hide. A support freezing it for a recon or Engi to take down is the best method.

[GoodZa]

This is usually what kills our Camp G server during the night. We have one admin in Australia that watches it late in the night, day for him, but after he leaves you never know what will happen. I look back at BattleRecorder files and the server will get down to about 12-14 players, EU decides they can't wait or don't want to wait in the Harbor area for PAC to assault so they go down into the uncap. A few minutes later there are only about 2 guys left on the PAC side and the next round the server is dead.

this is true, i also see it but I LIKE BEING KILLED IN MY UNCAP! its one of the most difficult situations to get your team out of and i find it a lot of fun, i dont get mad they they get a kill just as long as they dont get my tags, i know they didnt get that kill from skill just like i know it doesnt show my skill if i was spawn camping.

that sad fact is that we have to many baby's playing the game, even good players act like babies when this happens, if your so good let me tell you if extremely fun to fight back their team, it doesnt always happen but it the most gratifiying you will ever have in 2142. spawn with shotgun, kill 3-4 people before they get you, before long you might get an openin to run, say if you were plauing camp g, if you have the opening run for central camp or ruins and never stop to look back, start a squad and invite, trust me everyone will join if your getting spawn raped, lay a beacon down, take the flag turn the tide and start making them bleed! lol

am i the only one who finds it really fun fighting myself out of a situation like this????

btw: FF=OFF server? SPAWN SNIPER WITH RDX DEMOPACKS AND BLOW THEM AWAY! THE SECOND YOU SPAWN START RUNNING WHILE TROWING THEM DOWN, DETONATE AND YOU'VE TAKEN OUT THE WHOLE SQUAD THAT WAS SPAWN CAMPING YOUR TEAM!

plus if you get killed right when you spawn and you have another place to spawn SWITCH YOU IDIOT! espcially if you hate being spawn camped, easy solution

[CptainCrunch]

A-12 Sentry drone only!

Good times

Crunch

[Wizrdwarts]

FF = on
3 rounds per map

• Keep the language clean, no racism, etc.
• Accidental TKs should always be forgiven, especially if its your fault.
• Jihad jeeps, spawncamp, baserape, rooftopping allowed.
• No air transport ramming.
• Joining a squad highy reccomended.
• No statspadding or forcing TKs or TKing for vehicles.
• Pod surfing past chokepoints = kick.
• Combat commanders only if game is less than 16 players. (cannot fly, but can use titan guns if he still does a consistent job of commanding.)

[vanilla]

this is true, i also see it but I LIKE BEING KILLED IN MY UNCAP! its one of the most difficult situations to get your team out of and i find it a lot of fun, i dont get mad they they get a kill just as long as they dont get my tags, i know they didnt get that kill from skill just like i know it doesnt show my skill if i was spawn camping.

that sad fact is that we have to many baby's playing the game, even good players act like babies when this happens, if your so good let me tell you if extremely fun to fight back their team, it doesnt always happen but it the most gratifiying you will ever have in 2142. spawn with shotgun, kill 3-4 people before they get you, before long you might get an openin to run, say if you were plauing camp g, if you have the opening run for central camp or ruins and never stop to look back, start a squad and invite, trust me everyone will join if your getting spawn raped, lay a beacon down, take the flag turn the tide and start making them bleed! lol

am i the only one who finds it really fun fighting myself out of a situation like this????

btw: FF=OFF server? SPAWN SNIPER WITH RDX DEMOPACKS AND BLOW THEM AWAY! THE SECOND YOU SPAWN START RUNNING WHILE TROWING THEM DOWN, DETONATE AND YOU'VE TAKEN OUT THE WHOLE SQUAD THAT WAS SPAWN CAMPING YOUR TEAM!

plus if you get killed right when you spawn and you have another place to spawn SWITCH YOU IDIOT! espcially if you hate being spawn camped, easy solution

You probably never witnessed a 64 Player gang bang. There is no time for anyone to select RDX after spawning. Cause there are 5+ people just waiting for you to spawn and shoot you the second you spawned. :laugh: