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Battlefield 3 PC Community Meetup
- Thread starter Anton Sugar
- Start date
Nabs
Member
abuC said:
You can set it however you like (Push, Open, Voice Activity). Push to talk is usually the best option, especially when you have a lot of people in a channel. Most mice have a few extra buttons on the side, so that makes PTT a bit easier.
It also has an optional overlay that shows the names of the people in the channel. It's pretty helpful when you're in a room with a bunch of new people.
Anton Sugar
Member
LordCanti said:
Yeah. I mean, if anything, if we have openings for a month and no gaffers are left to contribute, we could put a notice on our server/banner and let peeps know that slots are up for grabs? Not sure how feasible that is, but it's an idea.
Also, we officially have enough money for the first month! $118.37!
Anton Sugar
Member
Up to $170! Thanks, all!
I think I'm going to be keeping track of our usernames in one location...just haven't decided it's going to be the blog or the OP. I'm also no longer going to be keeping track of pledges to contribute, since we now have a list of actual contributors on the blog.
Canti,
It seemed like we were leaning toward i3d? As the other options were either too expensive or too laggy. I'll try to hop on some i3d servers this weekend.
I think I'm going to be keeping track of our usernames in one location...just haven't decided it's going to be the blog or the OP. I'm also no longer going to be keeping track of pledges to contribute, since we now have a list of actual contributors on the blog.
Canti,
It seemed like we were leaning toward i3d? As the other options were either too expensive or too laggy. I'll try to hop on some i3d servers this weekend.
MrCompletely
Member
I'm getting in on this
MrCompletely | Dronehouse
I'm throwing $5 at the server
Edit: I'm on the East Coast - NYC
MrCompletely | Dronehouse
I'm throwing $5 at the server
Edit: I'm on the East Coast - NYC
Anton Sugar
Member
Damn, up to $197 now! Two months in the bag
Someone donated $25 and didn't leave their GAF name. May have been truly anonymous, but please remember to add your name. If you don't, it creates an awkward position where I have to ask who donated, and I want to make sure the right person is credited (i.e. someone doesn't claim your donation as their own).
Someone donated $25 and didn't leave their GAF name. May have been truly anonymous, but please remember to add your name. If you don't, it creates an awkward position where I have to ask who donated, and I want to make sure the right person is credited (i.e. someone doesn't claim your donation as their own).
Anton Sugar
Member
Stop being practical.
Anton Sugar
Member
Done, thanks
Mr. Snrub said:
i3d or multiplay. They hosted most of the alpha servers, and seem to be in the best position to host the retail servers.
I don't really know if one is better than the other.
I hope this beta is soon, so everyone can get a better idea of the performance of their servers. They are likely to be the biggest hosts during the beta as well.
dangerbyrnes
Member
I'm extremely bummed. i probably won't be able to get a computer to run BF3 until January/February now. so unfortunately I won't be contributing to the server until then. I'm just getting the console version for now :/
if this is still getting good support in January I'll chip in then.
if this is still getting good support in January I'll chip in then.
How long until a Goon gets kicked by Mr. Snrub for "nonono"?
Menelaus said:
Rofl. Getting kicked for being too good is priceless. On Valparaiso, in the first portion (where the attackers come down the hill with a LAV, and a heli) I'm pretty much a chopper destroying God. Do it once or twice and admins are usually cool, but bring that chopper down a third time and they RAGE.
I guess we should start thinking about rules. How does team balancing, no base raping, and no racial slurs sound? (Over text + in-game voice. If people on Mumble want to throw down the N word, that is up to Mumble's admin's to deal with I'd think).
Unless you guys want a good old fashioned Xbox Live style racial epithet-a-thon.
(This is sarcasm. Please don't want this.)
We should have a vote at some point, I'd think. A poll perhaps.
Oh, and as my Ban message, I reserve the right to use "Tried to make me go to rehab".
Or "MAH MAN! WHY U CHEATIN/BASE RAPIN/BEIN RACIST?"
lol, clever!LordCanti said:
I'm for as few rules as possible. The less admining we have to do the better. Couldn't care less about verbal crap honestly, if we're on mumble, that's up to mumble. I'm used to playing on XBL so i'm pretty desensitized.
I just hate playing on servers where you're seeing server messages CONSTANTLY. I just want to play the game and have the server get the hell out of my way.
I'm not even opposed to allowing baserape, but if i had to pick a single enforceable rule, I guess that would be it. Pretty sure you can vote for team balance instead of enforcing it.
Menelaus said:
Baserape is probably the most contentious issue. Most servers in BC2 seem to enforce it, but I remember getting baseraped all the time in BF2. Generally speaking, if you are kicking the other teams ass so bad that they can't get out of their base, it is that teams fault. I'm just kind of worried that we'll have GAF on one team, and the public on the other team, and we'll just be raping them round after round.
If we have a vote and it turns out that no one wants base raping enforced as a rule, I won't cry though.
Team balancing should be built into the game, and not something we have to ever think about. Hopefully, anyway.
There are other things to think about, like how long someone should be allowed to AFK before getting the boot, and stuff like that. No one wants to be down a man because some jerk decided to go take a dump or eat a sandwich (both?) and left his team high and dry.
As for racial slurs, I don't foresee needing to add that as a rule unless it becomes a problem. I've heard enough racial slurs on XBL to not even get phased by it anymore as well. I'm hoping that DICE will have an option for players to mute one another in-game, so that this couldn't ever become an issue. Don't like how someone is talking to you? Mute them. Mute them fast and hard. If that option doesn't exist though, it would be an admin judgement call whether or not that 11 year old yelling racial slurs at the top of his lungs deserves the right to use in-game voice chat anymore.
Since mumble is a separate thing, any administration of that would be up to mumble's admins. I don't foresee any issues there (it never was for BC2, was it?).
punkypine said:
We'll have to let the public in if we want to keep a 64 player server filled consistently. It may be best to have them be aware that if they constantly scream over VOIP, we may mute them, and if they base rape we may ban them (if that rule is voted in) for a couple of days.
Hopefully maturity will win out, but...you never know.
I'd be all for going no rules and seeing how that goes, but anarchy usually doesn't work out. If that is what people vote for, that is what people vote for though.
Maybe this game will have voteban, and people can take care of assholes themselves. One can only hope (I don't think DICE has ever spoken on the topic).
Anton Sugar
Member
Menelaus said:
That's amazing.
As for rules, I'm fine with:
-No spawn camping
-No griefing/TK'ing (if we ever turn FF on)
For racial slurs and stuff like that, we don't have to make it a rule, but I will kick people for that shit. Think GAF in server form.
Mr. Snrub said:
That's amazing.
As for rules, I'm fine with:
-No spawn camping
-No griefing/TK'ing (if we ever turn FF on)
For racial slurs and stuff like that, we don't have to make it a rule, but I will kick people for that shit. Think GAF in server form.
also no vehicle hogging if somebody is waiting for it let them have it. I hate on BF2 when im waiting for a jet and the dude who just died TK's me then takes it.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I'd like FF to be on 24/7 personally.
Not sure how the BF community feels about that, though. It always seems to be off in BC2.
Not sure how the BF community feels about that, though. It always seems to be off in BC2.
gillFTR said:
I'm not sure how we'd enforce a rule like that, especially since people can spawn into vehicles now (or is that just the jet?).
We can't force spawning either, because all configuration is done in game while dead usually (as well as switching loadouts, and stuff like that).
Does anyone really want TK'ing on?
Foliorum Viridum said:
My question was answered as I asked it. I guess there is another thing to add to a poll.
Personally, I think FF does add to realism (people can't fire a tank shell into a crowd consisting of teammates + the enemy, and only kill the enemy for instance) but the potential for griefing is so high...
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
TKing if you're a twat/griefing should lead to a ban, but TKing is a danger of the battlefield and one that a skilled player should be able to avoid most of the time.
I only play CS/COD with FF on most of the time and it requires more skill/attention, so it's just something I like.
I only play CS/COD with FF on most of the time and it requires more skill/attention, so it's just something I like.
We should definitely take a vote via poll for this kind of thing, because I know all of us wouldn't agree.
Without TK on, the only things I could ever see myself banning someone for are douchebag moves like filling a cargo chopper with people and then flying it out of bounds on purpose and wrecking it (leaving everyone to die of "suicide"), and other stupid crap like that. Switch TK on though and things get a lot more complicated. Suddenly you have to figure out if that guy accidentally TK'd someone, or did it on purpose.
I mean, we could go TK limits (3 strikes in a round and you are out, or something) assuming the admin tools have support for that, but....mmm...
Let the voters decide, I say.
Without TK on, the only things I could ever see myself banning someone for are douchebag moves like filling a cargo chopper with people and then flying it out of bounds on purpose and wrecking it (leaving everyone to die of "suicide"), and other stupid crap like that. Switch TK on though and things get a lot more complicated. Suddenly you have to figure out if that guy accidentally TK'd someone, or did it on purpose.
I mean, we could go TK limits (3 strikes in a round and you are out, or something) assuming the admin tools have support for that, but....mmm...
Let the voters decide, I say.
Vehicular warfare becomes downright no fun with TKs on. You can't fire into a group of desperate buddies to help them, you can't safely shell from a distance.
There's a reason DICE relegates it to hardcore by default.
Just one more unnecessary thing an admin has to worry about, IMO.
There's a reason DICE relegates it to hardcore by default.
Just one more unnecessary thing an admin has to worry about, IMO.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I've never played FF on in a BF game, so if it does ruin vehicle gameplay etc that's fine. I just like it on in other games
Also, donated my $10. I used my girlfriend's Paypal account this month, so it will be a different email address with my next and future donations, but I provided my username as I donated so yeah
Also, donated my $10. I used my girlfriend's Paypal account this month, so it will be a different email address with my next and future donations, but I provided my username as I donated so yeah
Menelaus said:
That is one of the reasons I don't want it on. I shouldn't get penalized because some guy didn't look where he was going, and ran right out in front of my jeep/tank/ATV, etc.
I'm having terrible flashbacks of being TK'd on the aircraft carrier in BF2, for trying to take the jet.
TK'ing is for clan matches, IMO, where everyone is on the same page and you're looking for that little extra bit of realism.
Anton Sugar
Member
$207.25!!! Two months of GAF sexy server time!
I'm gonna play with some polls on the blog, just for fun for now. We'll probably get some formal polls going for some server decisions later on.
I'm gonna play with some polls on the blog, just for fun for now. We'll probably get some formal polls going for some server decisions later on.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I'm very pleased with how well this has gone so far
Mr. Snrub said:
Woo, BF3 GAF over Christmas confirmed.
On the subject of the site, are you going to resize/remake the banners, or did you want me to do that? I have no idea what font you've used to match BF3's font though. A poll could pretty easily be put over there on the side below or above the paypal button, using the built in poll gadget.
Legato.Reborn-
Member
Prepare yourself GAF, you won't get past my suppressing fire.
Anton Sugar
Member
LordCanti said:
I'm gonna take care of that tonight, sorry, been a hellish week. I actually used the NFL Chargers font
The actual BF3 font isn't free anywhere online, you have to buy it.
Mr. Snrub said:I'm gonna take care of that tonight, sorry, been a hellish week. I actually used the NFL Chargers font
The actual BF3 font isn't free anywhere online, you have to buy it.
People...pay for fonts? I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Someone had to slave away at making them I suppose.
Manos: The Hans of Fate
Banned
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