2009/12/14 - Plans for the future

[FadedOasis]

Very soon (before the Demo/Soldier update), I'm going to rework the admin structure a bit. Basically, I'm going to re-add TheWackyWombat as an admin, and add Brian_Black, The Church, and Small Girl w/ Big Gun as new admins. Brian and Church have been with us for a long time, and are very often on the server. Small Girl has been hosting the maps server for many months, and deserves this boost. Plus, she's one of the players who stays on until the wee hours of the night, when all the other admins have gone to bed. So, here's the updated list of admins:

List of admins as of 2009/12/16:
.: sora
Brian_Black
FadedOasis
Rhench
Small Girl w/ Big Gun
The Church
TheWackyWombat
Whatsit
_{Bold indicates top-level admin. Only top-level admins can edit the server files.}_

Congratulations will be in order.

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Shortly after the update, I'm going to rework how the map rotation works. I'm going to split all the maps into five groups: "New maps", "Always-on-the-server", and three "Sometimes-on-the-server" groups. I don't know an easy way to explain this, so here's a cheap graphic I made in MSPaint.



I know what you're thinking right now, "oh god, a million more polls to see what maps go where". But you're wrong. Here's how I'm doing it:

I'm choosing what goes where, based on what kills the server. I'm not listening to any of your suggestions about maps. I'm not reworking the lists every time someone complains. I don't care about your favorite map, because there is someone else who hates it. I'm not even factoring my own tastes into this. Yes, I will be adding from the list of maps we removed a while back, but I will not be adding all of them.

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Comments about any of this? Post below.

[Jeziah]

I'm all for it. I'm a lot more enthusiastic about a decision when I'm not given the power to criticize all the details and call it "constructive".
I might still whine about some of the map removals/inclusions though. You can make me appreciate something, but you can't make me argue for it :-p

Oh, and will the secondary and tertiary miscellaneous groups still be nominible while it is still the primary group's period?

[FadedOasis]

Nope, they'll be completely out of rotation. To any non-admin, it'll look like they're not even on the server. (Admins can still forceswitch to it, though.)

[brianblack]

Hooray! Now for the obligatory pie eating contest!