Event: finish hard maps!

[Meltdown]

ok i know some people are really eager to finish maps like schroom, minas tirith and some other new hard maps. I'm not sure who can increase map time. but i would like to organise a day where we will play a map till we either drop dead of being tired of finish it till the end. I just would love to see some maps finished and i know there more people out there who would gladly accept this challenge.

I'm not sure if it is possible, maybe with some help from a clan we can make this happens. any toughts? let me know.

[phil.™]

I'm down for ze-day. Set like a sunday/funday (once football season if over of course). If ZERO allows us, this could actually be really fun, improve team work, and grow IBIS ZM. But we would have to let regulars/newcomers know what's going on X day.
Set a list of maps we would play, and somehow get time extension until beaten, or until 100% agrees for new map.

yeah, i'm def down for something like this.

[Meltdown]

I'm down for ze-day. Set like a sunday/funday (once football season if over of course). If ZERO allows us, this could actually be really fun, improve team work, and grow IBIS ZM. But we would have to let regulars/newcomers know what's going on X day.
Set a list of maps we would play, and somehow get time extension until beaten, or until 100% agrees for new map.

yeah, i'm def down for something like this.

Yeah I thought about Sunday too, i definitely would love to do this.

[phil.™]

Best way to help this going is to get ZM players on the forums (not just admins, but regulars as well). So get them to register on the forums, and have them going on this topic discussion as well, I.E. what maps they would like, what needs to be done as humans for team work, hold points etc.

That way, if we do get the "thumbs up :wtg:" from ZERO, those who are on the forums know whats going on and can spread the word as well.

[Meltdown]

Best way to help this going is to get ZM players on the forums (not just admins, but regulars as well). So get them to register on the forums, and have them going on this topic discussion as well, I.E. what maps they would like, what needs to be done as humans for team work, hold points etc.

That way, if we do get the "thumbs up :wtg:" from ZERO, those who are on the forums know whats going on and can spread the word as well.

I already spammed abit on the server to get some opinions, well it is bed time for me. so if some people can say it please do so.

[Evil]

I'm down with this. But pray to God we actually win for once.

[anex]

I love this idea. I remember when the GLF server played Minas Tirith for like 7 hours straight. Zero would need to do rcon command for timelimit so we could extend the map. I'm all for this. I want to beat Minas Tirith for once in my life.

[Mad Maxx]

If it's on Sunday, and ppl go to church we'll get them to pray. Sounds like a lot of fun I am definitely down for that. I have a couple of days off, so once we get approval and a date, I can help with promoting and speaking with regular IBIS Players, etc.
I wouldn't mind playing:
1. Shroom
2. Skyscraper
3. portal story
4. predator
5. a biohazzard

[sup]

I'd like to see Shroom (all 6 levels) beaten. Skyrim and Predator too.

[Pierogi]

I was actually thinking of getting a day event with no escape maps :plzdie:

Anyway, for escape I recommend: christmas, random, isengard, helms deep, shroomforest, toaster

a good universal strategy is to slack off when you're a zombie

[RofLoLmao]

I was actually thinking of getting a day event with no escape maps :plzdie:

Anyway, for escape I recommend: christmas, random, isengard, helms deep, shroomforest, toaster

a good universal strategy is to slack off when you're a zombie

I agree with Pierogi. If there is a day devoted to ZE, then it's only right there is a day devoted to ZM as well. For the ZE though, I would like to see toaster,shroomforest, and helms deep.

[Milkster]

This sounds like a great idea, another community I was in for Natural Selection 1 called "NSArmslab" Used todo this quite a lot actually on maps called "Tunnels" Basically one load tunnel, LOTS of res and just mass productivity can never remember the name though properly.

Could we make it Friday / Saturday? Sunday would be bad for me :( England... >.<

[ZERO]

Maybe some sort of vote that can only come up on defined maps that will allow you all to dramatically increase the map time before a vote comes up. Or perhaps an bridged rcon command that will allow admins to keep extending a map.

[phil.™]

Bridged rcon for time extension would be good. We actually brought it up today, lot of people are down for this and keep asking when it will happen.
I'm stoked and ready if we do a ZE night

[anex]

A bridged rcon command would work fantastic. The only problem that I can think of happening is having the server crash for no reason and set us back to level one. We had to do that with Isengard today. The crashing seems to be happening a lot as of late. Also a lot of peoples CSS are crashing mid game too while on our server.

I also nominate we do this on Saturday. Start it at noon eastern time and end it at midnight. So everyone can stay up late and not have to worry about working early on Monday.

But here is of what I think we should, in order:


Paper Escape
Shroom
Toaster
Isengard
Minas Tirith
Skyrim
Crash Bandicoot
Mako Reactor


The thing about doing a hard ZE map run is that we have never fully beaten these maps. With ZE maps, they take a while to beat but with ZM maps, it's simple to survive if you know basic barricading. How would you guys propose we do a ZM day? Just have a pre-set map list and go from map to map?

[Milkster]

I'd like to see biohazard_rpd beaten too.

[Meltdown]

Yes the crashing is a huge prob, i think it got something to do with people constantly spamming those sounds as i always crash when it overloads on sounds.

[phil.™]

Yes the crashing is a huge prob, i think it got something to do with people constantly spamming those sounds as i always crash when it overloads on sounds.

the HLDJ spams may be a factor why the server crashes/other players css crashes, but I do not believe it is the main contributing factor of the crashing.
In my opinion looking at majority crashes/other players css crashing, it is when a mass of people talk in the mic at once (not just hldj spam) and/or when a group of humans are in one hold point and a swarm of zombies come followed by 3+ nades. With the nade blowing up and new explosion effect, I feel this is what is causing a lot of the crashes.




Paper Escape
Shroom
Toaster
Isengard
Minas Tirith
Skyrim
Crash Bandicoot
Mako Reactor



Yes. :wtg:

If we still have ze_prototype_v2, we should add prototype to that map list.

[minjae]

im DOWN! let's get this done and maybe i'll finally play at night :icon_mrgreen:

[Pierogi]

The thing about doing a hard ZE map run is that we have never fully beaten these maps. With ZE maps, they take a while to beat but with ZM maps, it's simple to survive if you know basic barricading. How would you guys propose we do a ZM day? Just have a pre-set map list and go from map to map?

pre-set map list could do it

I'm just tired of playing icecap, rooftop, moria, voodo, sorento every day. If the server is full people constantly chose escape maps and even when we get zm map it is usually one of the overplayed ones like atix, beachstike, lilia_beach or desert_fortess. Apparently the server function which prevents same maps from constantly being nominated isn't working very well. Another annoyance is that when an uncommon cade map gets through, it is quickly RTV'd or changed by the admin. So, a day event when we can barricade all we want would be nice.

[Meltdown]

I think they need to increase the nomination of a map to like 10 new maps or even more before it can be nominated again.

[ZERO]

rcon_extend command is now available to admins. Each time you run this command the map will be extended by 20min.

[jeb the hick]

Will rcon_extend work after a nextmap vote has completed?

[anex]

We pile on the extend or if votes come up cancel them

EDIT: Also milkster, we have beaten biohazard_rpd.


We'll start at 12 PM EST this Saturday and end it at midnight.

HLDJ, HLSS or anything else that can play music or sound bites will be forbidden.

All talk will remain off during the whole session.

[Meltdown]

Great :D

Edit:

I do say we start with minas as that is the map I think everyone would like to finish and is still the hardest one out there. Schroom is hard but it repeats itself after round 3 but only harder so not really new. And predator is one i would like to finish too.

[phil.™]

We'll start at 12 PM EST this Saturday and end it at midnight.


But, but, but, NFL Playoff's. 8:15pm EST Colts vs Pats game =(. And i work from 9am-5pm. Which gives me only a 2 hour window to play.

WE NEED TO CHANGE THE DATE TO NEXT WEEk. WE NEED TO.


IF I AM NOT ABLE TO PLAY... PLEASE READ THIS THREAD PEOPLE!!!! IT WILL HELP YOU. TRUST ME!
http://www.ibisgaming.com/forums/showthread.php/9208-Escape-Map-Info-(Guides-and-Tips)

[supermanez]

the problem all that ze map are not hard but people dont listen or dont read or shoot object that defend human like some retard ex in shroom forest on hell every time ther elike 15 people run to the door and never defend and we wipe

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admin should be more strict about player dont do objectif so that would be more easy to beat ze map

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like example in mine of moria when u go to the stair and the ring have to jump we should do a rule only the ring are alowed to jump somewhat racist yesterday kill the ring 3 time / of 7 round cuz he jump and the guy with the ring fall down cuz it break

[phil.™]

the problem all that ze map are not hard but people dont listen or dont read or shoot object that defend human like some retard ex in shroom forest on hell every time ther elike 15 people run to the door and never defend and we wipe

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admin should be more strict about player dont do objectif so that would be more easy to beat ze map

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like example in mine of moria when u go to the stair and the ring have to jump we should do a rule only the ring are alowed to jump somewhat racist yesterday kill the ring 3 time / of 7 round cuz he jump and the guy with the ring fall down cuz it break

If the humans don't defend, there's nothing admins can do about that. If the humans want to jump in mines of moria, admin's can't do anything about that. They are technically completing the objective (escape the zombies to the end). We cannot force humans to do anything as long as they are not breaking any server rules.

Now in somewhat racist, if he's intentionally jumping with the ring to kill himself, report that. If he legit got the ring, jumped off when he clearly knew he wouldn't make it, or clearly threw the ring away, i'll personally look into it. Just give me a day/time you played. Other than that, we can't really enforce any punishment to those who do not help.

[supermanez]

that lame and this is why sever really blow at ze and always play iceescape the map with 10minrun and 30 sec of shooting

[phil.™]

Stop being such a negative nancy. IBIS ZE has been picking up a lot, and playing more difficult ze maps. And that is why we are having this ZE night. We will play until the map is beat, then we will move to the next difficult map. I can assure you no easy escape maps will be played, as we are dedicating one full day/night to beating hard ZE maps.

You sound stressed and tensed up, you should check out this thread, and follow it when we play. It would really take the edge off.
http://www.ibisgaming.com/forums/showthread.php/11755-Official-IBIS-ZE-Drinking-Game?p=172598#post172598

[jeb the hick]

OMG people need to stfu about the ring jumping on moria. They don't HAVE to jump. In fact, most of the time the ring should stay back and defend instead of just delaying the round when there's too few people. Only constructive reason someone should jump is if a) they're a crack shot with the scout and can support people on the bridge or b) the entire team jumps at the same time (yeah right).

[supermanez]

be sure i will be there to play and help or explain how to beat it

[sup]

If the humans don't defend, there's nothing admins can do about that. If the humans want to jump in mines of moria, admin's can't do anything about that. They are technically completing the objective (escape the zombies to the end). We cannot force humans to do anything as long as they are not breaking any server rules.

Now in somewhat racist, if he's intentionally jumping with the ring to kill himself, report that. If he legit got the ring, jumped off when he clearly knew he wouldn't make it, or clearly threw the ring away, i'll personally look into it. Just give me a day/time you played. Other than that, we can't really enforce any punishment to those who do not help.

I NEVER intentionally throw the ring away or suicide with it. When I suicide on Moria I only do this when I'm 99% sure the situation is completely hopeless, and I'm almost always right too.

[phil.™]

I NEVER intentionally throw the ring away or suicide with it. When I suicide on Moria I only do this when I'm 99% sure the situation is completely hopeless, and I'm almost always right too.

I know buddy, I know you know better now :).

[phil.™]

As much as i'd hate to suggest it, I really think we should hold off on ze night that will be happening tomorrow. Reason being, there are still so many crashes server side and client side. I just saw a mass client side crash, and we were all spread out with no nades, or nobody spamming the mic. (ze_icecap_escape).

We should really get this fixed before doing a ze night. Wouldnt want to crash at the last level of minas.

[anex]

We did a test run with ZE_Shroom and did extremely well after playing if for almost an hour and a half straight. No server crash but players were still experiencing client side crashes. For now we will press for tomorrow as scheduled. If the server starts crashing repeatedly, then we will revert back to a normal zombie mod day until we get it sorted out.



Still on schedule for 12PM EST to 12AM EST


Paper Escape
Toaster
Isengard
Minas Tirith
Skyrim
Shroom
Crash Bandicoot
Mako Reactor

[Milkster]

We did a test run with ZE_Shroom and did extremely well after playing if for almost an hour and a half straight. No server crash but players were still experiencing client side crashes. For now we will press for tomorrow as scheduled. If the server starts crashing repeatedly, then we will revert back to a normal zombie mod day until we get it sorted out.



Still on schedule for 12PM EST to 12AM EST


Paper Escape
Toaster
Isengard
Minas Tirith
Skyrim
Shroom
Crash Bandicoot
Mako Reactor


This Right Here...
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[Meltdown]

Right on

[Evil]

Felt good to finally have beaten shrooms. I'm really looking forward to the other maps.

[Milkster]

Playing Minas at the minute with a few on the server and I think that personally being able to build barricades for certain parts of the map is a fucking bonus.

[phil.™]

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
May the odds be ever in your favor.

[Meltdown]

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
May the odds be ever in my favor.

Fixed.............:icon_mrgreen::icon_mrgreen:

Here is the start

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[brett friggin favre]

just wanted to say, anex did a great job running the show. while there were a bunch of good times with admins and regs, the denizens of zm came through in the end with some really deplorable teamwork and it got a little depressing.

BUT ON THE WHOLE...great shit. good times. just a few notes.

1. fix the crashes
2. mend the crashing situation
3. reduce the number of crashes
4. crash the crashing crash crashes
5. CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH
6. learn the maps, work as a team, don't make people carry you, don't be an edge warrior
7. CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASHCRASHCRASHCRASHCRASHHHHHHHH

[anex]

It sucks that the server kept crashing on maps we really wanted to beat.

Results:

11:56:00 AM - Paper Escape - Got to level 4
01:01:00 PM - Toaster - Not even close
02:06:00 PM - Isengard - Almost beat level 2 (Kept crashing)
03:42:00 PM - Minas Tirith - Got to level 3
04:48:00 PM - Skyrim - Coudn't get past level 1
05:57:00 PM - Shroom - Extreme Level 2
07:37:00 PM - Crash Bandicoot - Level 3 (Crashed)
08:01:00 PM - Predator - Level 3 (Couldn't beat boss. Hyper mode is harder on V3 than V2)
09:19:00 PM - RPD - Got close but with crashes general unwillingness to play we changed the map
09:57:00 PM - Mako Reactor - Broken
10:09:00 PM - Fapescape - Everyone sucks at fucking defending and gave up

We stopped at 10:56:00 PM

I don't think we will do something like this again where its a binge from map to map to map. I think in the future, we'll pick a friday night or saturday night and just pick one map or have an LOTR night or something.

[euronews]

im in on this also! sounds fun and exciting:assault:

[Meltdown]

zYe we had good times, shame i couldnt see it till the end, damm cet time

[CYBER]

Let's be honest here, ya'll only won shrooms because Cyber joined ZM for the first time in 2 years... by accident :P

That is all.

[Meltdown]

Let's be honest here, ya'll only won shrooms because Cyber joined ZM for the first time in 2 years... by accident :P

That is all.

it was Hitsuzen. It was only meant to be.

[phil.™]

I don't think we will do something like this again where its a binge from map to map to map. I think in the future, we'll pick a friday night or saturday night and just pick one map or have an LOTR night or something.

Drinking rules will still apply. And yes, maybe just 1 ZE map played until beaten, or maybe 2 back to back. But doing back to back to back ze maps, that took a lot out of me tbh. But it was fun, good job guys! Minus the crashes, i'd say it was a VERY successful ze day. Server stayed on average 39/43 - 42/43 the whole time.

[jimmay]

Thanks for putting this on. I had a lot of fun playing and seeing the teamwork come together under direction from anex, phil, and others was great.

[Meltdown]

I'm glad, this is positive advertisement. people saw how much fun it was and mouth to mouth advertisement is still the best you can get.

[brett friggin favre]

mouth to mouth advertisement...jeez you europeans think of everything

[Meltdown]

mouth to mouth advertisement...jeez you europeans think of everything

Hehehe, I just want to think positive.

[euronews]

so what happened to this :o are we gonna go through with it

[$Money$]

so what happened to this :o are we gonna go through with it

IDK if their gonna do it again but we already had one in like mid January.

[Meltdown]

Depens on what map we want to finish.

[phil.™]

It probably won't be a ze day, but maybe like a ze map. We just finish a ze map that we just cant finish, even if it takes 5+ hours. But ze day, that took a lot out of everyone. Especially anex hahaah.

[Meltdown]

It probably won't be a ze day, but maybe like a ze map. We just finish a ze map that we just cant finish, even if it takes 5+ hours. But ze day, that took a lot out of everyone. Especially anex hahaah.

Don't forget brett wich his fall damage.

[euronews]

we should beat fapescape.. level 3 seems to be extremely hard