Predator Event

[Warrior]

Yes sidewinder is my 2nd fav map beside blood gulch i would love to do it there.

[§§}Church]

If we do it on sidewinder, I am perfectly happy to run it on my server, considering rcon doesnt work on it, so doing it on one of our normal ACS servers would not be the best idea. I certainly agree that sidewinder is a great map. It is underutilized by mods and such in my mind.

[Warrior]

Church arnt you going to be gone when we do this?

[§§}Qùìçkè®]

Yes, I think he is. I think he means that we can use his server if we need to or if we want to.

[§§}Church]

It all depends on when you do this. Also, I have decided to take my computer with me, so I will be able to play, and have my servers running. I will let you know when they will be down while I am flying.

[§§}Predator]

Well it looks like its gonna be sidewinder, although we have to consider the portals in this. It will be quite easy for the red team to get to the flag through using the portals. We will see how it pans out on the day. Actually decided to make a rule where you cant use the portals. Makes it fairer and i think thats how we had played in the xs] server.

**UPDATE**
Here are some rules, tell me if you disagree with one:

Red team main objective: To touch the Blue Team’s Flag.
Blue team main objective: To hold off the red team by defending their flag for as long as possible.

Red Team rule #:
1) Do not shoot, Melee, nade etc...
2) Cannot use any form of portal, whether it be a standard map portal or a portal created by either the server operator or a mod.
3) At the start of the round all players on the red team must go to their flag and stay there until someone says...1, 2, 3 GO!


Blue Team rule #:
1) Do not leave the hog at all during the duration of the round, if you flip the hog you must immediately return to your original positions within the hog.
2) If it is a SDTM map then you are not to use the rocket hog, only the torrent hog. If it is not a SDTM map then you are free to use the rocket hog.
3) At the start of the round go to a hog and both players stay in the hog do not move until someone says...1, 2, 3 GO!
4) Cannot change gunner and driver during the round, nor can you change the type of hog. (That is if its not a SDTM map)


Red Team strategies:
Well the red team must be stealthy, take cover wherever you can find it, travel slowly then make a dash for the flag when you have it in your sight. You must team talk, if you go into this and have no strategy chances are you will not succeed very quickly if at all. Have a plan and stick to it, this is all about team work. Keep you eyes peeled for hog lights coming around the corner, play fair, work together and you should be fine!

Blue Team Strategies:
Choose your gunner and driver wisely because you cannot change during the round. Keep a sharp eye, search your part of the map quickly and efficiently, but do not travel to far from your flag. Again talk to each other and be stealthy. Lets see how long you can last!

[§§}Church]

Yea, the default tele's will pose a challenge, I suppose we could make them off limits. As far as any extra tele's, the SDTM mod doesnt contain any as far as I can tell. We can make a test run on the map if you like. Just contact me on xfire and I will help you.

[beerbottles]

Just a thought. You could remove the default teles with spark-edit and add your own where you want them or have none at all. I have done this before and it works great.

[§§}Qùìçkè®]

I don't think nothing should change. The portals should be cut off because it can affect how the red team gets the flag.

As for Sidewinder having no mods, I would have to say that there is a mod on Sidewinder that I do know of. If red team was able to use the Hog, red team will be able to get on the mountain cliff. I have done it many times on that sidewinder map a while ago. Besides that, There are no other mods there.

[§§}Animal]

I think I know what you mean Quicker, but I'm not sure you can do it with the current mod (atleast the way I know of). With the original/older version of the mod you could toss a couple 'nades and shoot at the front of the hog and you'd get launched up, however now I think it's a suicide move. Not using portals (regular map portals) seems like a good idea to me, however I think so long as someone doesn't have the flag it would just be a convenience for getting around quicker (speed-wise, not Qùìçkè® ;D ). And my last note, perhaps gunner and driver can switch once in awhile, if it proves to be a long game the driver/gunner may get bored of their job.

[§§}Associus]

Any mod that relies on shields to keep someone alive while blasting themselves or others through map boundaries, etc. can easily be defeated by the server operator by setting the game variant up such that the shield strength is too low to survive the blast.

[§§}Church]

Now that I think about it, what do we need the SDTM mod for for this? We can do this on regular sidewinder, because we dont need modded weapons and vehicles, and then we dont have to worry about rcon issues with the server. correct me if I am wrong on this.

[[CC]#shiNe! aka LeCrae]

can recruits join aswell?

[Warrior]

Yes Recruits can join.

[§§}Predator]

Yes we do not need the SDTM at all, this way we can use both types of hogs.

Jun 12, 2009 7:29:05 GMT -8 §§}Animal said:

Not using portals (regular map portals) seems like a good idea to me, however I think so long as someone doesn't have the flag it would just be a convenience for getting around quicker (speed-wise, not Qùìçkè® ;D ). And my last note, perhaps gunner and driver can switch once in awhile, if it proves to be a long game the driver/gunner may get bored of their job.

Well i do think that using the portals would make it considerably easier for the red team. I dont think we should use them. Lastly, we could change the driver and gunner around if the round has gone on for a while.

[§§}Death]

still...when is the event! lol

[§§}Qùìçkè®]

We are not sure when this event will happen. There is a poll about when you will be able to do the event. You can choose and wait when the decisions are made.

Jun 12, 2009 7:29:05 GMT -8 §§}Animal said:

however I think so long as someone doesn't have the flag it would just be a convenience for getting around quicker (speed-wise, not Qùìçkè® ;D ).

Well, I am Quick also. So even with out the portals, I'll get the flag fast. ;D

[§§}Church]

If we are gonna use my server for this, remind me beforehand to remove the SDTM version of sidewinder and replace it with the original map, unless someone wants to create a version where the normal tele's are disabled and send it to me.
I am still totally looking forward to this.

[beerbottles]

I can create a normal version of sidewinder and disable the teleports for us and send you the map. It would only take a second and i would have had a part then in helping out.

[§§}Qùìçkè®]

Great Idea. Unless Church or an Admin have it already, You can help out.