solutions to a lack of populated servers

(Kl3ppy) #41

But player with most mine kills will get temp-banned too, using nubtool :wink:

(Violator) #42

[QUOTE=Mustang;491123]
No way, they’re all just waiting for a reason to comeback, i.e. the game is too beta from them and they don’t get everything they ask for straight away (not a criticism BTW, I totally get it that if you become bored/frustrated with something you’re likely to pass on it for a good while).[/QUOTE]

I hope this is the case - only time will tell (in W:ET narrator voice). I think the recent map changes are moving in the right direction, for WC end in particular - that obj does feel more ET-ish now :).

(RasteRayzeR) #43

Still waiting for the nube tube to make its appearence in the game :oppressor:

(Kl3ppy) #44

Hahaha, I bet you would pick the nub tube + mines (shaftzor will hate you :tongue: )

(RasteRayzeR) #45

I plan on using the noob tube to trigger the two mines that are well hidden in a narrow corridor, he will love it for sure !

(spookify) #46

New games coming out that are a ton more fun and responsive so I am pretty much done playing until there are 3 things:

#1) External Server Browser so I dont have to open the game. (Diablo 3 Even has this now!)
#2) Fixed Gun Play, abilities, Maps and Networking/FPS Tweaks
#3) PEOPLE and Different and or ranked Servers

As for the mean time a lot of cool games are coming out this month so I dont think I will be around until significant changes are made.

(Mustang) #47

The problem is everyone has their own 3 things that’ll get them to play more and what we as players see as priorities aren’t always the real priorities (aka what the devs see as priorities).

(BomBaKlaK) #48

Friends list needed to.

(BMXer) #49

Uhh, what?
Seems logical to encourage teams to form and play together to test a team based game… no?
And if SD announced a beta tourney w/ prizes, what do you think would happen? I would be willing to bet servers would be populated much more than they are now. Yea, not a long term fix but it sure worked for past games that were doomed to failure. ETQW, FFOW, Wolf, Brink, etc all saw a decent boost in player count when and ONLY when teams were practicing for the money tourneys. Am i wrong?
You can test my theory if you would like… Tell Hollywood there is gonna be a $5k xT beta tourney, wait 5 minutes for him to request 5 keys from Badman.
And just to be clear, I realize there is 0 chance of this happening.

(INF3RN0) #50

[QUOTE=BMXer;491152]Uhh, what?
Seems logical to encourage teams to form and play together to test a team based game… no?
And if SD announced a beta tourney w/ prizes, what do you think would happen? I would be willing to bet servers would be populated much more than they are now. Yea, not a long term fix but it sure worked for past games that were doomed to failure. ETQW, FFOW, Wolf, Brink, etc all saw a decent boost in player count when and ONLY when teams were practicing for the money tourneys. Am i wrong?
You can test my theory if you would like… Tell Hollywood there is gonna be a $5k xT beta tourney, wait 5 minutes for him to request 5 keys from Badman.
And just to be clear, I realize there is 0 chance of this happening.[/QUOTE]

Sorry but that only caters to the least dependable kind of competitive players and doesn’t do anything for the general population. This isn’t about bringing in a small select group of people who don’t care about anything but getting some cash and taking off, and will likely just spend their entire stay fighting over who gets to scrim on the servers or stacking pubs. Also that guy has been retired from pc gaming for a while now lol.

(spookify) #51

I thought I just saw Holleywood somewhere!

I know I saw Grandfather on this game and he would bring people too!

Those arent the same person right?? HAHA!

(biz) #52

we would need a way to say “I’m interested in playing right now, but I don’t want to idle in an empty server”

is there some website that can be used for pick-up-games ?
I could see players joining a web-based lobby and then only launching the game once it notifies me that there are enough players for a match

basically something to run in the background like Quake’s IRC pickup channels or Natural Selection’s gathers…

(Zarlor) #53

I guess you’re right that Hollywood hasn’t been active lately. I played a little BF3 with him and here’s his YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/hlygamer1

(BMXer) #54

Yea, clearly this is correct… but the title of the thread is “solutions to a lack of populated servers”… not “solutions to fix an unfun game”.
Like it or not, I did in fact provide a “solution to a lack of populated servers”. Just adding to the discussion. Please excuse those that do not like games the same way as others and for god’s sake, lets please let competitive/tournament games die forever. Pubs are the sh17 yo.

(Mustang) #55

[QUOTE=biz;491158]we would need a way to say “I’m interested in playing right now, but I don’t want to idle in an empty server”

is there some website that can be used for pick-up-games ?
I could see players joining a web-based lobby and then only launching the game once it notifies me that there are enough players for a match

basically something to run in the background like Quake’s IRC pickup channels or Natural Selection’s gathers…[/QUOTE]
http://forums.nexon.net/showthread.php?1049349-Extraction-IRC-Closed-Beta-Official-Channel

(Hundopercent) #56

“If they fix it…They will come”

Truth is, they need to fix the game. No one is playing because the game is far below average. Alpha or not that’s just an excuse. Rust is an alpha and it’s insanely fun. This game has nothing. It is empty and will forever be empty because they are building to a finish line they don’t even see. What is XT supposed to be? No one knows, not even SD. All they want to do is make money and they will follow whatever gimmick that sounds right to get them their hence the League/RtCW/CoD elements. We’ve been complaining about the same things for over a year soon, two years, then Open beta, etc etc

(shaftz0r) #57

[QUOTE=spookify;491156]I thought I just saw Holleywood somewhere!

I know I saw Grandfather on this game and he would bring people too!

Those arent the same person right?? HAHA![/QUOTE]

are we making hollywood jokes now? it took way too long. i already locked down all of michael3ds aliases down with random emails. hes ****ed for aliases

thid kid camping corners with his shotgun after dropping a few random mines? quickest way into my pants

(Kl3ppy) #58

[QUOTE=shaftz0r;491188]
thid kid camping corners with his shotgun after dropping a few random mines? quickest way into my pants[/QUOTE]

uh, we will have the first xt love story :slight_smile:

(RasteRayzeR) #59

I will feel only the recoil :oppressor:.

(shaftz0r) #60

[QUOTE=BMXer;491177]Yea, clearly this is correct… but the title of the thread is “solutions to a lack of populated servers”… not “solutions to fix an unfun game”.
Like it or not, I did in fact provide a “solution to a lack of populated servers”. Just adding to the discussion. Please excuse those that do not like games the same way as others and for god’s sake, lets please let competitive/tournament games die forever. Pubs are the sh17 yo.[/QUOTE]

yeah man, lets have a money tourney in a game with horrendous maps, so i can stroke my epeen to nobody when its over. until its in any kind of steady form, i dont even bother scrimming, never mind taking it any kind of serious way.

the funny thing is that im throwing a gaming convention/event between sep-nov, and we already have a $10k cs:go sponsor and a $5k LoL prize purse. If extraction is even remotely close to being finished by that time, im tempted to put something together, but we’ll see