posted 05-30-2001 07:07 PM         

you know when one team has a decent cap and the other has a total newbie chosen by the newbie with a big score.

posted 05-31-2001 08:46 AM         

If we'd eliminate caps and go to privs, we wouldn't have this problem. =) Caps ruin a good flagging game. So do thors.

Newbies, however, make a flag game thrive, cause they won't be newbies forever. We need people in this zone, and so what if they suck when they just downloaded the game. So did you. =)

As far as cap skill goes, we all know where the F3 button is on our keyboard. That about sums it up. Rocket, rep, rep, rep, rep... bleh. Time to get rid of caps in favor of training the zone to have some skill.

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BloodDrinker
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posted 05-31-2001 09:17 AM         

Personally I cant stand caps, I belive they wreck the flag game but getting rid of caps is a touchy subject, it is seen as part of the "identity" of the zone and its history.

Kinda off the subject and just to ensure this post does turn into a privs vs pubs devate ; I had an interesting conversation with mom the other day, I was kinda asking for privs and she pointed out an argument that to be honest hasn't really been used to much, usually its, "aww the noobs will leave", "the population will drop" etc etc.

She said the reason we don't have privs is due to the fact the current population isn't of adequate size to support privs except with the exception of peak times.

Question : Is it possible to have a bot which switches the zone between privs & pubs when the population crosses a threshold?

Of course this switch would need to take place after the last flag game and after the population had remained over that threshold for a certain period of time, to avoid the zone flicking annoyingly between the two.

She also mentioned that the people on this forum make up only a very small proportion of the current zone regulars and that in fact some of the people who post/read this forum don't actually play much, maybe a fair point.

To encourage some of the other players to join in perhaps this board should be advertised more, maybe in the zone?

NV

posted 05-31-2001 12:59 PM         

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She also mentioned that the people on this forum make up only a very small proportion of the current zone regulars and that in fact some of the people who post/read this forum don't actually play much, maybe a fair point.

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posted 06-01-2001 09:16 AM         

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Originally posted by FlyingFortress:
bah u n00biez don't appreciate the greatness that are caps

they've been part of swz since forever, i couldnt picture the zone without them (even with privs.....)

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Sorry old timer, but the youth has spoken.

Caps promote cap whoring, cap whoring promotes lameness, lameness...............

posted 06-01-2001 10:40 PM            

2 and a half years ago players could cap 3 games in a row, uncap for the next one, then cap another 3 straight games (and repeat the cycle all day)