GG Handicap

[jwtemp]

Handicap seems broken. Several times over the weekend I've noticed players join and are immediately elevated to USP/Glock/Knife/nade level. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this should never be the case right?

[XX0wnsXY]

Handicap seems broken. Several times over the weekend I've noticed players join and are immediately elevated to USP/Glock/Knife/nade level. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this should never be the case right?

were the majority of players on knife or nade?

[jwtemp]

were the majority of players on knife or nade?

I'd say no, not the majority, maybe one or two on Glock/knife and the rest smattering throughout the lower ranks. It just seemed like after we changed the handicap a few months ago (to like half of its original 'value') late joiners were in the mid-teens at best, but normally would start closer to FAMAS/Galil. Now they seem to be on 21/22+ as soon as they join, and that makes getting to nade and stealing a game pretty easy, which I think is why we changed it in the first place. This change seems to have happened since Valve's latest major update/Zero getting the servers stable again.

I dunno, might require further testing for a definitive answer. There are a couple of other minor issues as well, such as the reason for a player's disconnect being completely unknown (I brought this to Zero's attention already) and the map votes no longer having number three as the first available option (hadn't mentioned that one yet). Perhaps both of these things are due to Valve's update and unchangeable though.

[ZERO]

The map vote pluin was removed and replaced with a new one b/c the old one crashed and lagged the server and the developer basically ignores bug reports.

The rest is shit that valve has broken that I am working on fixing. I assume the handicap is the latest in valve breaking shit b/c no settings for that have been adjusted.

[jwtemp]

I figured the map vote was intentional and you were aware but thought I'd mention it anyway. I'll try to get you confirmation of the handicap mod's 'tendencies' the next time I'm on.

Good ol' Valve!

(in all seriousness though, Valve is probably better about these kinds of things than say, EA, haha)

[StarsMine]

handicap should be two below the mean, so no one should ever be able to join @ glock.