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Disclaimer: These are the views of various members of the Half-Life2.net community and do not necessarily represent an 'official' HL2.net endorement.
The problem
Lots of Team Fortress 2 servers are giving false player numbers and there are increasingly less servers where a player can find a 'vanilla' game (i.e. the full, default mapcycle with no drastically game-changing rules such as 'instaspawn', and little or no custom sounds and models). Simply put, if you want to play the TF2 that you downloaded with no major alterations, there aren't many servers that do this.
The idea
We are a community; if we put our heads together we can actually create a list of 'good' servers to play on, and we will have more fun playing TF2 and perhaps even bump into some community members on said servers.
Some rules
Yeah, yeah, rules are boring, blah blah. Maybe you're a rebel and you don't play by the rules. Maybe you don't play by the book. Maybe the book's just a collection of legendary fables passed down the generations by oral tradition, acquiring embellishment and discarding non-essential facts over the ages until finally being transcribed into a 'definitive' version. If that's your outlook (you rogue, you) just think of these as the Rule's more mild-mannered younger brother. Think of them as guidelines.
We want to know a bit about this server before we try out your recommendation; we need to know the following:
Server name
Throw us a fricken' bone here!
Website?
Maybe they got one, maybe they don't.
Location
Let me introduce you to two friends of mine. This is Bawb. Bawb is a through-and-through [Ed - 'thru-and-thru' !] Yankee from the southern belt. Bawb likes TF2, but he don' lihk it wen dey speek in dem foren tungs an' he don' git a wird dey be sayin'. Now meet Jens. Jens is a crazy Swede who mostly plays Sniper, Soldier and Scout. His idols are Reptile FrozenShift and he's tweaked just about everything on his PC and most of the game settings to get the best experience he can. He doesn't play on US or Aussie servers because "WTFreg" and "laggySOBs".
IP Address
VERY IMPORTANT! If we don't have this we can't join without digging out the ol' divining sticks or tarot cards.
Maximum player slots
Maybe I like large servers full of mayhem, maybe I prefer playing with less players so individual performances are more important and teamwork is easier, maybe I have a pompous view that the Golden playercount is 24 - no fewer no less, maybe I'm a contradictory sociopath who likes playing multiplayer games on my own... you get the message.
Custom settings?
Any deviations from the norm, we need to know about it. Some players may actually prefer a 'nocrits' or a 'meleeSD' server, or one with good custom maps or a mapvote system; others may swoon while mimicking the sign of a cross whenever their dear TF2 is sullied with the likes of 'instaspawn' or '24/7' mapcycles.
Description Tell us briefly why you like it, whether it's players using their mics and displaying strong teamwork, a good selection of custom maps or perhaps they just have a solid mapvote system.
Over to you
If you have a recommendation, copy+paste the following into the 'Reply box'...
...and take us to your newfound TF2 haven where party hats are taboo, Dustbowl is an unexpected and altogether pleasant surprise and when you kill that annoying Spy that keeps crawling up your ass, they're out for the count, they're not getting resurrected by the divine powers of Christ only to be slapping your cheeks with their butterknife 10 seconds later.
The problem
Lots of Team Fortress 2 servers are giving false player numbers and there are increasingly less servers where a player can find a 'vanilla' game (i.e. the full, default mapcycle with no drastically game-changing rules such as 'instaspawn', and little or no custom sounds and models). Simply put, if you want to play the TF2 that you downloaded with no major alterations, there aren't many servers that do this.
The idea
We are a community; if we put our heads together we can actually create a list of 'good' servers to play on, and we will have more fun playing TF2 and perhaps even bump into some community members on said servers.
Some rules
Yeah, yeah, rules are boring, blah blah. Maybe you're a rebel and you don't play by the rules. Maybe you don't play by the book. Maybe the book's just a collection of legendary fables passed down the generations by oral tradition, acquiring embellishment and discarding non-essential facts over the ages until finally being transcribed into a 'definitive' version. If that's your outlook (you rogue, you) just think of these as the Rule's more mild-mannered younger brother. Think of them as guidelines.
We want to know a bit about this server before we try out your recommendation; we need to know the following:
Server name
Throw us a fricken' bone here!
Website?
Maybe they got one, maybe they don't.
Location
Let me introduce you to two friends of mine. This is Bawb. Bawb is a through-and-through [Ed - 'thru-and-thru' !] Yankee from the southern belt. Bawb likes TF2, but he don' lihk it wen dey speek in dem foren tungs an' he don' git a wird dey be sayin'. Now meet Jens. Jens is a crazy Swede who mostly plays Sniper, Soldier and Scout. His idols are Reptile FrozenShift and he's tweaked just about everything on his PC and most of the game settings to get the best experience he can. He doesn't play on US or Aussie servers because "WTFreg" and "laggySOBs".
IP Address
VERY IMPORTANT! If we don't have this we can't join without digging out the ol' divining sticks or tarot cards.
Maximum player slots
Maybe I like large servers full of mayhem, maybe I prefer playing with less players so individual performances are more important and teamwork is easier, maybe I have a pompous view that the Golden playercount is 24 - no fewer no less, maybe I'm a contradictory sociopath who likes playing multiplayer games on my own... you get the message.
Custom settings?
Any deviations from the norm, we need to know about it. Some players may actually prefer a 'nocrits' or a 'meleeSD' server, or one with good custom maps or a mapvote system; others may swoon while mimicking the sign of a cross whenever their dear TF2 is sullied with the likes of 'instaspawn' or '24/7' mapcycles.
Description Tell us briefly why you like it, whether it's players using their mics and displaying strong teamwork, a good selection of custom maps or perhaps they just have a solid mapvote system.
Over to you
If you have a recommendation, copy+paste the following into the 'Reply box'...
...and take us to your newfound TF2 haven where party hats are taboo, Dustbowl is an unexpected and altogether pleasant surprise and when you kill that annoying Spy that keeps crawling up your ass, they're out for the count, they're not getting resurrected by the divine powers of Christ only to be slapping your cheeks with their butterknife 10 seconds later.
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