MOVED from… http://www.wcugaming.org/forums/index.php?…ost&p=18801
Sounds reasonable. Not sure about ‘client specific’ messages though via normal means, though once the balancer is sorted to apply changes the second before respawn it wouldn’t really matter anyway. Sounds like a smart idea overall.
Having the message server wide with the timings the way they are… well, it would create some interesting scenarios… heh.
Along the same lines, how about some sort of warning message 15 seconds prior to map vote? I’ve seen quite a few people recently get aggrivated and leave because they don’t like the map choice and it generally coincides with a number of people not knowing the vote had taken place (potentially accidently voting for something) and those who state they voted while switching weapons mid round.
Other possible solutions include;
Having the map vote start after there is less than 4 minutes of map time left AND when a balance occurs, so that it would be at roughly the second from last rounds beginning?
Or giving the map vote window a primary screen that says something along the lines of, Press 0 to vote for a new map.
Or move the map vote number choices to 7890, as far as I’m aware it was only blu3 who actively used those keys, which is still an improvement over 99% of the server potentially making mistakes in their map choice.