🚀 go-pugleaf

> First one is map cycles. We're halfway through the year and most of the
> major servers are STILL running the same cycles they have been since last
> October. What's the fucking score? Is Paul Marshall the only server admin
> with any imagination in this godforsaken country? BarrysWorld still have
> RUINS2 in their cycle - a map that was fucking rotten on its release
> several BASTARD months ago! Never mind subway. It's not too bad in terms
> of gameplay, if you ignore the shitty lighting and delete the annoying
> "music" wav files, but come ON! It's been around for aeons! What the hell
> is wrong with subway99? Is it too much to expect people to download the
> odd map from time to time? I realise some of the old maps are genuine
> classics, but the majority are complete fucking dross. Christ.

I was getting close to doing another poll to see if people wanted any
new maps up.  I haven't had chance to look over anything new recently,
but I'm getting to know the rotation rather well now, so it's probably
time for a change to spice things up some.  Of course, I could just be
saying that because of this rant, but honestly it's nice to have
variety.

Oh, and thanks TreeFrog. :)

> Secondly - friendly fire. Now, I can see this adding an extra element of
> strategy to clan matches, but it has absolutely no bloody place on pick-
> up servers. Every time someone signs on to your team for the first time,
> a couple of their shots go wild and it's Goodnight Vienna. Well, isn't
> that just an ass-load of fucking fun. Getting creamed because some poor
> bastard didn't know that the server had some pointless switch turned on.
> Alternatively, some lamer takes a dislike to the rest of his team, or
> "forgets" that FF is on, and tries to shoot through you with his rifle.
> Loads of fucking entertainment for the whole bloody family. Get a grip,
> people - it's a nice idea, but in the big bad world it's just a royal
> pain in the backside.

For the moment, the POL AQ2 TP server isn't running AQ:E, as I get to
grips with it on the DM server.  It's an easy upgrade when I do switch,
but it'll be a couple of days yet, I suspect.



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