Barrysworld have folded!

[=Skunk=]

What the subject says really

goto http://www.barrysworld.com for details

[MetalReaper]

Bit of a shame this. :(

Its what we dont need happening in the UK. We seems to have only a few big servers, (Netgames, Jolt, Wireplay) and losing one like Barrysworld is not insignificant. Going by my last Gamespy glance, Wireplay is the last to host Ahl. (correct me if Im wrong - I hope I am).

We might also see Wireplay getting busier. Although with the TP spawning bug, that could pose a problem. Maybe we should change one of the TP servers to a second DM server, or can the TP spawn bug be bypassed easily?

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MetalReaper

[Qball]

This is indeed a shame, what I was wondering though is.....Surely Wireplay/Gameplay must realise with the closing down of one of its main "rivals" for players there will inevitably be an increase in traffic on ALL its servers. First impressions are important and if extra servers arnt up and running in time people are likely to lose patience and move onto Netgames or elsewhere. Could this maybe work as an advantage??

I realise we're losing 2 very good ahl servers on barrysworld and there were possibly more to come with the release of beta 4 but are Wierplay gonna take advantage of this and put up more servers themselves?

We could really use a European LMS server, It's an excellent mode and of the 8-10 ahl servers we have (8-10:() 2 of them are US based LMS servers. Just a thought.

As for bypassing the Teamplay spawn bug, 2 things spring to mind: Changing the server rotation to cover only 110thst, Wikkedmans and Clue

Short term, I know. So this is a better solution: Change the number of lives a person gets per round to 2 that way when you type kill in the stuck spawn points you still have another life left, Im not sure how well this would work I've played a few time with accident when he's changed this but it was on hotel2 which has most spawn points working anyway. It's certainly something to look into i think.

Or is beta4 just too close to bother with all this......Skunk? ;)



[Edited by Qball on 23-01-2001 at 12:21 PM]

[=Skunk=]

B4 is very very very close to release so lets just wait :)

[Captain Peac*ck]

The dm server is an embarrassment,
ive played other dm servers and they
dont crash like this,the more players
that pile on the more it crashes :bigcry:
,something is badly wrong with it,will
Beta4 sort it,im not convinced.

[=Skunk=]

I ask Stikky to take a look chaps :)