SERVERS........

[mad]

OK, so Mad Laps GBR is a hit, the GP's are a hit but the United server is just dead. sorry pep but it is really not a success.

So that means we can run another server I'm thinking of a nations timeattack server but any type of server in either game is acceptable..... or running the challenges like we did before.

give us your shouts and let me know what you might like.

[Steve]

Rounds......rounds is alot better than time attack imo. In tmn

Time atack is ok once in a while, but it gets boring quickly because you can just drive on the limit (i do sometimes on laps, but then i dont finish many) and just restart if you crash. You got to be more controlled on rounds and laps.

Anyway, you should set up a poll, my vote goes to tmn rounds

MAD ROUNDS GBR or MAD TIME ATTACK GBR.....????

[DaCheese]

Humph! I like United but I don't get an apology.

Can we at least give MLU another chance and put some new tracks on there? They don't even have to be "new" ones, tracks from TMN/O/S work just fine in my experience.

Ok, that's unlikely to make any difference as my previous attempts at being inspirational have failed dismally. So what do I think? Short rounds tracks are quite good fun. In time attack I set my fastest times about 3 attempts in and start slowing down after; it's bizarre but life's like that. So yeah, rounds please.
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[Tom]

Adding another nations server will just split the regular players between the 2 servers... which would kinda suck.


It would have to be time attack I think. Rounds is ok but not much different from laps so what's the point?

[ViRuS]

mad laps with more slotS?

[mad]

cheese we did give united a good bash when we first loaded it up... at least three weeks of solid play and guess what... about 2 people joined. There just arn't enough in teh united community and the racing is closer on nations due to the limited pieces and environments.

As for more slots in mad laps, nope. The racing gets bad at over 20 slots as was noticable last night. and as mad laps is HEAVING a the moment I have no difficulty in splitting the regulars. we should even drag in some more folk who prefer a different style of racing. We have a shed load of time attack tracks.... though rounds would work well on some of our tracks.

[bunsenjetson]

I'm with Steve not only on this one, but in all aspects of life in general.

I think rounds is far superior to TA.

You still feel like you are racing against other people and not the clock, which makes it more fun. You can actually see people screwing up or performing brilliantly and it makes for a more communal experience.

The tracks can be a little more tricky than on laps because you'll have a minimum of 4 attempts at it. What tends to happen is that once people have mastered the tracks they start going for records rather than winning the individual games, so newcomers can often benefit from their inevitable overexuberance ...

If you do mess up quite a bit, you can still try and finish and get 1 point which could prove vital when the finishing post approaches, so it's never game over unless you fly off the track.

Grand finales often occur, with three or four players needing a win to break the threshold, and this can make for exciting racing - do you go all out for the win or take it easy?

I do like a game of TA now and again, and the challenge can be fun - plus it's great for honing your skills. I used to spend hours on Smurfs of War and Death from Above, although I do tend to find that TA servers all over the world seem to use the same few tracks. But winning is down to one perfect run out of dozens of attmpts, whereas rounds rewards consistency. Also, if the TA track takes 60 seconds to complete, once there's less than a minute left you just sit around.

TA doesn't really need to be online. You can race the tracks offline on your own and post records on TMX, and the challenge remains almost identical.

But others may disagree .....

[Pepper]

I perfectly understand Mad, the United server was a success at the begning, but it's empty for while. It wouldn't be correct from me to ask you to let it running for "nothing" (not really nothing, we had great moment there).

About running another mad server on Nations, why not, but i also prefer rounds.
Time Attack is already 99,99% of the server on both Nations and United... and i hate this.

[retoon]

i like it with more people on. more to race with

can we not just try and bust the united server. all just poping on it now and then and people will start to notice it more and become regulars

[mad]

pepper we did have some good nights and made 12 or so players, but the racing just isn't anywhere near the competitive edge of nations. It looks great, It races well, but I think that the variation in game play and the low numbers of racers mean it just doesn't give the same buzz.

[Pepper]

I voted "Nations Rounds Server"

[bunsenjetson]

There is/was nothing wrong with the Mad Laps United server. I did go there several times - I just find the environments clunky and awkward, which is not DMM's fault! Let me put it this way: If island, snow or desert etc. was a standalone game it would be laughed out of town, yet as part of a medley, people seem happy to play them - I just preferred the stadium environment so stuck with Nations. I feel a bit guilty that I didn't support United more, but I just never really enjoyed it.

[Pepper]

I must admit that after have played all environment for a while, and even if i said i prefered Coast, equal with Stadium... i prefer, by far, the Stadium.

[Steve]

[DodgyGeezer]

rounds for me too.. though another option could be a extended laps - maybe 6-10 laps on a slightly shorter laptime track, like the BST sprint ones..

[bunsenjetson]

[Moldo]

[DaCheese]

[Spanky_McCoy]

I think you all should listen to Spanky McCoy (i'm aware I'm speaking in the 3rd person and will stop it now)

Personal opinions here, purely personal

United laps was great but like many others said the racing was never as close and never as full a server. The other beef I had with it was I never knew where I was in the order, I won most of my races without realising it until the scoreboard came up. The other problem I had was that to keep people coming onto the server at least 2 or 3 people would have to be on it and some nights I'd be racing by myself waiting for someone to enter (usually Middenrat) it just wasn't as much fun.

Time attack for me just isn't as much fun as laps or rounds, it's frenetic activity on tracks that can be as confusing as hell. My vote went to rounds and as most of you know that has a lot to do with my pure and utter hatred of pig dog late starting swine who's cheating ways should be stopped with a baseball bat to the knackers (oh good here comes my tablets).

Rounds, do it, do it.
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[Pepper]

Like this spoke Spanky McCoy, wise amoung the wises...