Spring RTS Engine

I realised another thing. An autohost with a competitive mode versus an autohost for funmode would split up some of the different types of players as well and better delineate game types.

Forcing or coercing players to do things is some of the problem. Many of these solutions can make the problem worse although their is a consensus on better induction for newbies. I also agree that TS is a major part of the problem but that's really a serious symptom of a more significant problem. Yo...

I'm interested in setting up some autohosting. This is a check list if anyone wants to give advice. Some of it might be something I could have Googled for but for now with the time I have it's a start. Short run: 1. I'll start off with a very cheap temporary server to get an idea of load concerns. 2...

Dan I have a proposal if you check above. I'm happy to setup an autohost or help someone else do it if the dev/admins work out a way to bump it. It would be a bit of gerrymandering or mild segregation but it would be far better than something like stealing away control from the existing community. I...

I might consider setting up an autohost or some. Defining feature will be fair administration. If someone starts something they will be penalised. If ten people attack one person ten people will be penalised and not one person. The problem is if someone sets up an autohost how to get players to it? ...

Airwing isn't really my thing but I remember some bits. Traditionally the main benefit of the fighter screen was the ease at which it defends the whole front and you don't have to think about it too much. Throw in a spy plane and couple of gunships as well to help plug holes against light units or s...

Things are a lot worse now. The communication with the newbie here was poor and lacked commonsense. Here is a quick guide... 1. Don't say mex. How will he know what that is? Say build a metal extractor on the metal spot (F4). You can even draw to circle the spots and draw a crude mex and arrow. Univ...

I'm not a fan of draconian enforcement. This game has always been quite liberal on people being able to express themselves. Screwups would happen but usually the system would be self correcting. I think it should really only be enforced when it becomes a problem. Saying that it has gotten quite extr...

I agree with your recognition of the problem but a lot of your suggestions potentially offer merely more means of abuse. Even the majority ruling is a source of abuse. People come to play and not to be played for. There is a lack of appreciation for that. I always remember there were things people d...

I've changed my position on this. Once or twice its alright. After a while you just don't want to bother playing any more and would rather play another game where you can join large battles without the harassment. Sometimes the authhost admins make bad choices but from what I've seen the problem is ...

There is a serious problem with bullying. A lot of us play spring to kick back and have fun. Outrageous levels of silliness is normal but in this case it descends into pure malice. The auto hosts are heavily abused by a clique of experienced players to bully people that are new or haven't been playi...

I got kicked and it's just one of those stupid things that isn't really the end of the world, just a spat. Admin was dumb banning me instead of the person starting it. Someone drew a giant knob over my base and it escalated from there. A lot of us come here to kick back, have fun and be silly. The r...