GG Server Side Rate Fix?

[rjk83]

I know that this has been brought up before so sorry to bring it back up, but I was curious about making it a server side setting that people rates are set automatically to the recommended rates (100/66/66). I'm speaking only about the GG server as I don't spend much time on the other servers and can't speak to anything about them.

Here is my rational behind this. (and hopefully some of the other admins or regs on the server can chime in to disagree or agree). The admins spend a tremendous amount of time trying to get people to fix their rates and I think that it makes it fairly difficult. At any given time there are multiple people in the server w/ jacked up rates that the admins have to work on to get the rates fixed. Many times it turns into a 5 round conversation or the people end up getting kicked for not fixing them. Other times the people get frustrated that they are constantly being told to fix their rates and they just get fed up and leave.

The regs are extremely paticular & helpfull about getting the rates changed and they probably look up the rates as much as the admins.

I just feel like at the end of the day, it would make the server more fun since the admins wouldn't be "ragging" on people to get their rates fixes, the regs wouldn't have to sit there and feel like they are getting screwed by people having bad rates (so they wouldn't have to be checking peoples rates all the time) and more. I think there are a lot of benefits.

I know that the previous reason that we didn't want to add them was because some people can't play with the rates set the way they are suppossed to be, but I just wanted to bring it back up for discussion and consideration.

Thanks!
drink_it_in
GG Admin

[kamikaze_bad_ass]

i personally don't play gg very often but i have a idea for a solution to this proble cause forcing rates on everyone's system when not everyone has a top of the line comp ( i know i don't )
i was thinking of a script or command be added to rcon for ppl with really bad rates setting that it do a auto kicker after a certain allotted time ( say 5 mins ) and when kicked gives a msg of " Please Fix Your Rates " and maybe a note of how tho fix em that way it would kill 2 birds with one stone the ppl that don't know better or anything bout it it would give em a wake up call and the assholes of the group it would just kick em till the get the msg and change em or they get tired and leave either way PROBLEM SOLVED

and i know it would work cause i have played on servers in the past that did something very similar to this althou if anyone else has anymore suggestions please post

[NoSympathy]

i used to care about peoples rates, but after awhile i just said fuck it. it's not worth the time to worry about it because it really doesn't make that much of a difference in a 30 man game

[rjk83]

Yeah NoSympathy, and thats kinda the point... when I started as an admin like 6 months ago, I cared a lot, and now I'm not caring as much... but the regs care a lot so I kinda feel I need to get on it, but it just really seems like something that we could automate so that the admins aren't always trying to fix the same thing.. and so that the new players that join and are scoping out the server, arent getting "ragged" by the regs/admins.

[NoSympathy]

yeah I know where you are coming from, it used to be like that in reg office too. theres still a few guys who will get on people about rates. if there is anything that can be done I'm sure someone will gladly take care of it.

[siosios]

the rates as of about a year ago are dictated by what i put into the servers configs.... all clients have no choice as the server tells thier machine "change em". the clients interneat connection determisewhat happens after that.

[rjk83]

Awesome Sio, Thanks for the post.

I guess my follow up question would be that, when we use the admin rate list and/or the !rate command in the servers and it shows them as being messed up (i.e. 10K, 20, 30) that the rates are just forced to be correct and that this doesn't really matter anymore? And any lag issues are probably just connection based?

Thanks for letting me know!

Oh, also, I thought that a while back that I read a post (I think from you on the old boards) saying that there is no rule that players cannot be named unnamed. Is this the case? Is it ok for players to be unnamed or should the admins be forcing people to change their name still?

[siosios]

the rates plugin on most of our servers is kinda null and void... as for the unnammed let them be, sooner or later they will get around to making a name

[kamikaze_bad_ass]

ya i agree they are more than likelly new people to the game and don't know how to change there names yet and his is noob unlimited so give em a good welcoming and help em out if they ask

[Natalya]

If u feel like helping them try:

sm_name unnamed "ESC --> Options --> Player Name"

[rjk83]

Thanks Nat/Sio for clearing it up for me. It will help to not have to rag on people to get their rates fixed all the time, and thanks Nat for the name thing, should help out a lot.

[killer223]

I;m so glad to be a part of this group. :-)
i'll leave people alone now about the rates.
one thing.. Sio said


the rates plugin on most of our servers is kinda null and void...

so if i read that right then they are not working or used anymore?