It is a game play mechanic decision that unfortunately results in a large amount of rancor and recrimination among the players (as a player I've avoided koth_lakeside_event for this reason.) TF2 otherwise is brilliant in sidestepping these kinds of friction-causing griefing opportunities. Hoping the SourceMod plugin suffices for now, and probably represents the best path for any immediate near-term resolution.
[DS] On 11/01/2012 03:07 PM, ics wrote: > My concern goes to the regulars who play on a server and try to get it > while the random joiners go on and kill everyone despite everybody > saying don't do it, just for this one round. If not nearly everyone > isn't participating, killing it without a lot of huntsman snipers is > too hard to achieve. > > I have 1200+ new players each day on stats during halloween now and a > lot of them i never see (which is perfectly fine) but i just wanted > some method to keep the most of the server inline so that no admin is > needed to keep the players on tight rope and they can get the > achievement and that hat. > > Valve already made it so easy to get that gift so i don't understand > why the boss killing couldn't be made easier too. > > -ics > > 1.11.2012 21:58, doc kirjoitti: >> This doesn't seem important enough to warrant adding a cvar and >> disabling >> killing and such. This is all anecdotal but on my server there >> doesn't seem >> to be a huge issue about killing the boss and getting into the book. >> There >> will always be cases of people greifing and such but if it's that >> problematic then they will find another server to get their hat. >> >> If a user is only on your server because you happen to be on that >> map, and >> they -only- want the hat, and decide to leave because they cannot get a >> hat... I'm going to be a negative nancy and just say you probably aren't >> going to make a regular repeat customer out of them anyways. And if you >> uber everyone on the island then what is to stop pyros from airblasting >> people off? Or what is to stop people from body blocking and physically >> preventing you from moving past? You start going down a slope that isn't >> worth traversing during such a short holiday event. >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:48 PM, pilger <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Someone on my server suggested we do something similar but we >>> didn't. We >>> figured this would be considered abuse of the halloween system. >>> >>> What's Valve position on this matter? >>> >>> On 1 November 2012 17:37, Chris Oryschak <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> For the time being there is this sourcemod plugin: >>>> >>>> https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=199390 >>>> >>>> I haven't had the chance to try it so can't comment on how good it is. >>>> >>>> >>>> -Chris >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:33 PM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Can we please get a cvar to disable killing during Merasmus on >>> halloween >>>>> event map, but allow all other times? I'm getting tired of people >>> killing >>>>> everyone who try to kill Merasmus and then laugh about it while the >>> rest >>>>> get off the server without the hat that they so badly wanted. There's >>>> still >>>>> a lot of people who haven't managed to kill him not even once as >>>>> every >>>> time >>>>> someone kills them either before they enter the book or at the >>>>> island. >>>>> >>>>> Yes, it's supposed to be fun but it isn't for these guys. I can't be >>>>> around watching and helping others all the time, nor can any of >>>>> the 40+ >>>>> admins. So can you please add a cvar like >>> sv_halloween_boss_kill_disable >>>> 1 >>>>> that would make people not being able to kill anyone except Merasmus >>>> while >>>>> he's active on the map and once on the island, making people ubered >>> like >>>>> after exiting it (so no one kills anyone). Make it just an option >>>>> that >>>>> server owners can toggle on or off. Wouldn't hurt anyone and would >>>>> help >>>>> some people. There is still time before the event ends. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> -ics >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>> archives, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> https://list.valvesoftware. >>> **com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux< >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > . > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
