=SM= 24p or 32p server Options

[Magik5]

Just wondering if anyone would be interested in turning the baron 1P 50 slot into a 24 or 32 slot server limited archer server, 3rd person allowed. Basically a smaller less insane version of the current 50 slot limited archer server.

Personally I think this would be great as there would be less team damage, greater server stability and less lag / lower pings all round.

[MonkeyFiend]

It's a tricky one to vote for as the majority of players who've joined have done so because of the 50 slot servers, so suspect they're likely to be heavily biased in favour of larger servers anyway.

The limits that we have are around 50 slot - we used to have 64 slots, but the server was unstable and very laggy. This isn't even a matter of fixing code or throwing server resources at it as it generally was bound by dodgy game netcode which we couldn't really improve upon. Well, there are a few ways such as faster core clock cycles so even beasts like 5960x's are wasted (unless running multiple servers) the only really viable option would be to pick up something like a devils canyon running 4ghz and OC it to around 4.4 (we'd also need to buy new cooling). At the moment I'm holding off on making any major hardware purchases and Christmas and new year have already cost me several grand - I bought a piano. Not cheap Btw we do often see the 50 carnage server filling, but for some unknown reason it seems a bit more prone to crashing then not filling up again. It's still consistently ranked in the world top 10 so it's not that barren.

24 and 32 slot servers certainly have considerably less lag. The problem with 24 & 32 slot servers is population. Generally most chiv servers are 24 and 32, so there is little to set a new SM 32 slot server away from the crowd. So my gut feeling is we could set a server to 24 or 32 slots but find that it's empty or never gets started half the time.

BUT...

That being said if it's something people want to try I can create a new 24 or 32 server, put whatever maps/modes the majority want on then trial it for 1-3 months. If it becomes popular I'll foot the bill and keep it. If it becomes unpopular then drop it.

If a couple of clan members want such a thing, say so here.

If yay, You can then argue amongst yourselves as to the gamemodes/mods/maps by vote plz