Respawn V18 Comments & Criticism Thread!, Please give :3 Options

[Tank]

Hey everyone;

Well we had an amazing weekend; but did you?! we want to know!

We want POSITIVE -and- NEGATIVE feedback, we like to hear what we did well, but we also like to hear what we need to do better.


all i need to ask is that to be constructive;

instead of "Respawn sucked." put "I didn't enjoy Respawn because of....."


and ditto for Positive Please :3


thanks!

tank

[TheTacoMan]

There was something i read on the now-dead Xlan forums, which seemed pretty prevalent to here.

Whenever I think back to Xlan, I remember gaming a LOT more. Whenever I think of Respawn, i only remember idling in DC++.

What was different was that Xlan admins actively shut down DC++ servers. While I do have a GREAT love of DC++, and respawn is a fantastic place for me to go to stock up on all the latest Linux Build's and free demos, I think this is what needs to happen for us.

The problem is, people get way too involved in DC. They get a slot from a big seeder and are reluctant to let it go. This leads to people not gaming anywhere near as much, as their machines will lag from the DC (especially those using the newer hashing versions) and they refuse to shut it down.

If the admins are actively shutting down DC hubs, i think everything will be a lot smoother. Sure, there will still be DC THERE. Someone will just restart the hub under a different name, or someone else will host a hub, but people will be less worried about 'LOOSIN MAH SLUTS' as the hub could go down at any minute.

Combine this with the guys that ONLY show up for the CSS, tournament, ONLY play CSS and leave immediately after, and the amount of guys just playing random games for fun is dramatically shortened. The last time I can remember having a large, sustained gaming session at respawn was when a whole bunch of us filled up a 24 player 'the ship' server and played for at least four hours. This was about... five respawns ago.

The big support that fun-comps have been getting has been great, but they are just short bursts - people play them, then go back to leeching. We really need to kill DC if we want this lan to be about gaming instead of leeching.