Stan's Lounge Private Server Thread

So is there going to be a separate survey for maps we like, or are we just posting our preferences in this thread? Maybe I misunderstood.

Nightmare wrote:

Back on topic, for what it's worth, I kind of like cp_stag.

I'm with you there - Stag is a fun pyro map. I can see why people don't like it though. Lots of narrow pathways.

I'd be up for deleting all of these maps from that list. We usually just screw around on koth maps now when server count is low so there is no reason to keep arena on. All it does is take up a lot of spots on rtvs, same with the Big Koth map pack. Also, even though cp_yukon is an "official" map, it needs to go. It came up once in the rotation a couple weeks ago and people immediately rtv'ed off of it.

Arena Freight
arena_badlands
arena_granary
arena_harvest_v2
arena_lumberyard
arena_mach2
arena_nucleus
arena_offblast_final
arena_ravine
arena_sawmill
arena_watchtower
arena_well
Big King pack
cp_circlejerk
cp_gydan
cp_observatory4
cp_yukon_final
ctf_mach4
ctf_quarry_v2
pl_ashford_a6
pl_waste

FlamingPeasant wrote:

Isn't Ashford that super bland payload map?

What was the hybrid ctf/cp map? You can only cap the CPs while holding the intel. It took a little getting used to, but I really liked it.

*edit* Desparados can suck it.

Pretty sure that's the ktf map. We need to play that more. Also there's another sweet ctf map out there now where the intel moves on a cart towards each base. No camping an intel room on that one. I'll try to find it.

Survey is up. Vote now. Try to keep your favorites to 10.

I left the standard maps on there that are on the current server maplist. This may influence the default order of maps so include standard maps in your list.

Okay, found the ctf intel on carts map: CTF_Atrophy

No love for pl_frontier?

Phishposer wrote:

No love for pl_frontier?

There is a section for adding your own map to the list. I listed maps that were currently in the rotation. Meridian isn't on the list (it should be) but feel free to list it.

Phishposer wrote:

No love for pl_frontier?

I'd vote for that one.

EvilHomer3k wrote:

Survey is up. Vote now. Try to keep your favorites to 10.

I left the standard maps on there that are on the current server maplist. This may influence the default order of maps so include standard maps in your list.

Homer throw this at the top of the thread so that it's easier for people to find.

Question: are we assuming the Valve official maps are staying? Because I don't want to waste my votes on non-custom maps (like Dustbowl) if I don't have to.

NSMike wrote:

Question: are we assuming the Valve official maps are staying? Because I don't want to waste my votes on non-custom maps (like Dustbowl) if I don't have to.

hmm good question. I already voted some official maps as my favorites.

NSMike wrote:

Question: are we assuming the Valve official maps are staying? Because I don't want to waste my votes on non-custom maps (like Dustbowl) if I don't have to.

The stock maps stay but the map cycle will be affected by voting. If a stock map is hated it will likely not be in the map cycle. If a stock map is very popular it will be towards the top of the map cycle. So voting for a stock maps isn't a waste of a vote. Technically, you could vote for more than 10 but I'd rather people narrow things down to as close to 10 as they can.

In the end, though, the cycle list will simply consist of desert fortress, no mercy, and dustbowl.

Norfair wrote:
Phishposer wrote:

No love for pl_frontier?

I'd vote for that one.

I remember it was generally well received but broken, and doesnt look like its been updated in 8 months

ctf_haarp is the hybrid map I was thinking of.

http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread...

NSMike wrote:

I would say "Down with Desert Fortress!" as well, but there are too many people who like it around here. Curses to you all.

I don't care about playing or not playing any other custom maps, but Desert Fortress is the only one that needs to stay. It is one hell of a blood bath and promotes more teamwork to win than a lot of other maps.

And it has really been grandfathered in.

I don't like Desert Fortress at all, but it's like 2fort... It's just always been there.

I think it would be really good for us if we made like a rule of not rtv-ing after 2 minutes in the map. I like to wait until both teams have attacked or defended at least. Or if one team is getting rolled really badly and no scramble.

Sometimes you're just on the losing team and it sucks playing 10 minutes just knowing that your team is not gonna make it, but hey, take your lumps like a man private twinkletoes

Mex wrote:

I don't like Desert Fortress at all, but it's like 2fort... It's just always been there.

I think it would be really good for us if we made like a rule of not rtv-ing after 2 minutes in the map. I like to wait until both teams have attacked or defended at least. Or if one team is getting rolled really badly and no scramble.

Sometimes you're just on the losing team and it sucks playing 10 minutes just knowing that your team is not gonna make it, but hey, take your lumps like a man private twinkletoes

Totally, totally agree with this.

Nightmare wrote:
Mex wrote:

I don't like Desert Fortress at all, but it's like 2fort... It's just always been there.

I think it would be really good for us if we made like a rule of not rtv-ing after 2 minutes in the map. I like to wait until both teams have attacked or defended at least. Or if one team is getting rolled really badly and no scramble.

Sometimes you're just on the losing team and it sucks playing 10 minutes just knowing that your team is not gonna make it, but hey, take your lumps like a man private twinkletoes

Totally, totally agree with this.

Yes, sometimes you need to suck it up and accept the vicious one sided beating. Also in TF2.

What won? Dont hold us in suspense!

There were 36 people who completed the survey. I'll take a look at the survey and try to get a smaller group of maps together. I'll post that later this week. For now here is a google docs spreadsheet with the results. If anyone has trouble let me know and I'll post image results.
Stan's Map Survey Results

Loved Maps

Hated Maps

EvilHomer3k wrote:

There were 36 people who completed the survey. I'll take a look at the survey and try to get a smaller group of maps together. I'll post that later this week. For now here is a google docs spreadsheet with the results. If anyone has trouble let me know and I'll post image results.
Stan's Map Survey Results

I find it moderately confusing red is like and blue is hate. =P

I tried switching them but I'm not sure how in google docs. More of an Excel guy. I'll give it another shot. I think if I reverse the columns.

Reversing them worked. Red is now hate.

Look at that hate for 2Fort! Warms my heart. Also, no one loves hydro.

Circle Jerk didn't fair so well either.

Whoever voted for ashford needs to be shot.

Woot, only one to vote for hate on dustbowl and badwater

ukickmydog wrote:

Whoever voted for ashford needs to be shot.

Woot, only one to vote for hate on dustbowl and badwater :)

What other things do you hate, ukick? Sunny days? Friendship? cake?

I wish whoever made dustbowl released a sequel or something, that map is awesome but after 2 years of playing it gets old.

Okay so I'm cutting down to 13 custom maps. I took the map list and the voting and removed stock maps since everyone has them). Then I took the poll results and removed any maps that had more "hate it" votes than "love it" votes. That took us down to 14. We'll stick to that for now but I'd like to add new ones as well.

And here they are:

Desert Fortress
Desperados
Freight
Glacier
Stag
Aerospace
Chaos
Oil Field
Lighthouse
Inner City
Cashworks
Swiftwater
Frontier

I'll keep the entire Big King Pack since it is simpler to do them all but won't put the ones that did not make it into the regular rotation. If you favorite map did not make it into the rotation you can ask to have it included. Maybe it will be (a bribe of a hat might help).

Thanks Evil, do you mean you removed stock maps from the rotation? I'd be ok with that, the private should be custom maps all the time.

Im not removing them from the map list. I will not have them all on the rotation, though. I'm going to leave the more popular ones and try to adjust the roation so that it goes stock, custom, stock, custom. Assuming we have roughly equal numbers of popular maps (I have not checked that).

EvilHomer3k wrote:

Im not removing them from the map list. I will not have them all on the rotation, though. I'm going to leave the more popular ones and try to adjust the roation so that it goes stock, custom, stock, custom. Assuming we have roughly equal numbers of popular maps (I have not checked that).

Sounds great, let's test it tonite =)