Crits server

Why do we have it?
It never has any one on it, on the off chance someone joins it first and it starts to fill up while the no-crits is empty, every one will migrate over to the no-crits server once a critical mass is achieved and then shot with a critical rocket, once that's full they'll move to the arena server or wait in line or in some bizarre instances go play on a GibsRus server

I noticed you changed the rotation in an attempt to make it more popular but it doesn't seem to have worked...

So, why not just have 2 no-crits servers with different rotations? or 3 private servers so we can run 6 teams in the pugs and not 10v10 organized pubs?

or hell run a b_ball server or make it an unpassword protected server that tf2f members have rcon on and permission to mess with and let people set it up how they want at random

seems to me almost anything would be an improvement over the permanently empty that it is now.

Ummm, I was in it today in the afternoon, and it was full? It's really all a matter of when and who's around. And as for the pugs, we already do lock down a public server when we need to, as one of them is usually empty. Considering how many people play TF2 and enjoy crits, I think its a mistake to get rid of the crits server. I can remember not that long ago when people wanted us to ditch the no-crit.
   I'm sure Album's got plenty of ideas for it to make it more popular if it is really that big of an issue, but I really hope taking crits off isn't one of them.

Rest assured this has all been widely debated and discussed, and the admins try hard to have rotations and settings that will satisfy the community. Is this setup set in stone? No. If it needs to be changed because it has become boring, or a special event (update) occurs it can be changed accordingly. But I think it's fine the way it is right now. Some like crits, some don't. That's why there are 2 servers. It just adds variety.

Here's an Idea:
Set up a Vote Server.

Vote for Crits/no Crits,
Maps,
and more Maps.

hm, I've only seen it full once personally. and I actually enjoy crits, but getting most of the tf2f community to play with crits is hard.
Kind of like our arena server is fairly popular, but I hate it because whenever I go on there it's full of fullmouthed 13 year olds instead of tf2f community members (not that they don't play, but my experience indicates they're in the minority and most are pretty vocal in their dislike of arena) but, despite that I play on it anyway because I enjoy arena.
I guess to me it seems the crit server, at best, would end up the same way.  anyway, obviously you've been a part of the community a lot longer than me so i guess the moods and who's active any particular week will change what servers are popular, so maybe in a week it'll be the crit server that's always full with an empty no-crit.
meh, i stand corrected, i suppose.

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brilliant! oh wait, that's what we have. it just defaults to crits and resets every round and getting people to vote on crits is hard since most people don't understand it, and the people who are hardcore about having no-crits on are already on the no-crits server.
I dunno, i guess i'm just frustrated that the no-crits server often has a long wait while the crits server is empty.

lol guys, the reason it was full was because everyone kept voting crits off. ;p

Regardless though, it's good to have.

Well, what I often try to do in that situation, is fill up the crits server. We do have plenty of people who play here who do enjoy crits, often its more a matter of people don't want to get an empty server going.  And No Buick, when I was referring to, crits was on the entire time.

I like joining empty servers, get to rtv to whatever i want

The crit server and arena server is where I play when im waiting to get into server 2

basically that server is set up right now to cater to a lowest common denominator of players, which just so happens that it doesnt include any of ours really.

gonna keep it how it is for a bit, see if it doesnt pick up at all (its been full all day today), then try something else if it doesnt work