distemper said:
Proposition: Grant Admins the ability to change maps in CS:S
I’ve been talking a few admins recently about this dilemma, and in short, its the lack of ability for admins to change maps that is somewhat troubling to me.
Unfortunately, as many of you know, WCU’s CS:S server is often empty.
The main reason for this, I believe, is because the map rotation does contain some maps that are less popular with most people, and the RTV function is often unavailable to the players unless a certain player count is met. To populate the server, however, we often need to shift the maps from one like, sk_3 to de_dust2 or cs_office. But since we can’t meet the numbers to actually initiate a map change to begin with, we can’t go about increasing the numbers of the server.
Now, I’m sure that some are now considering lowering the required playercount for RTV to function. This may be a good idea, but it also means that the players who do RTV are limited to a random selection of maps that the server generates. Often, none of these maps may be ones that they would like to play, or ones that would help draw more people to the server.
So, I present this proposition in hopes that the Executives of this server will consider allowing administrators to change maps as well.
I’ll provide only one additional argument for the proposal: trust.
If we trust our administrators to make not abuse their slaying, slapping, and banning powers, why not give them the ability to change maps?
Of course, I doubt that this is the reason why WCU’s admins cannot change maps. That does not, however, mean that we should stagnate. I am generalizing, but I do believe that we are one of the few servers out there that does not possess administrators who can perform said action.
Old ideas are old.