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It's as dead now as it was before the change, so might as well change it back again : )

Give me some time time and it'll get done 👍

Moved thread to correct location.
Link to ban: https://sourcebans.gflclan.com/index.php?p=banlist&searchText=manc119&Submit=Search

Share your thoughts on the server. Look at the changelog for information.

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EXPERIMENT: SURF RPG to COMBAT SURF

The server has been pretty much dead for a year++ now, and the reason why can be debated - game is dying, maps are outdated, no active admins or server managers , all of the above etc.
For a few years I havent, and I still dont have the option to be on the server and play either, for various reasons.
I'll probably get some pushback from old regulars, but the server is dead, and they are not even playing anymore so.... ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Might as well try something new?

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Why i'm changing it

• RPG COMBAT SURF is a niche gamemode on an already niche gamemode COMBAT SURF, so there might be a bigger potential for a playerbase if its non rpg and combat only
• RPG MOD doesnt really work with a small playerbase imo (biggest reason)
  • The few amount of players that play get overpowered and kill all the new players. This has always been the case, but gets more exaggerated the less players the server has
  • Everytime I see the server is being really active most are relatively low level, and most of the new players doesnt know they are playing on an rpg server
    • The higher level the other players get, the faster the new players realize its  not a normal server and leave
    • The high level players crush the new players -> then the new players leave, which...leads to the regular players leaving.
• Many don't have time to grind rpg lvls to compete against the very few who does
• It's been a never ending struggle for managers to balance this server. It works with a high playerbase, but not with a low one.

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The changes

• Make all players even in terms of stats. Default 100 HP.
•  Turn OFF the RPG mod.
• Add a health regeneration plugin that will regen like 5 hp/s. To increase survivability in a way thats fair for all players.
• Fewer maps (subjective choices)
  • Removal of maps ive seen perform badly in the past
  • Removal of fun (but huge) maps that doesnt work with a small playerbase (surf_bathroom for instance)
• Use Stripper:Source to OPEN ALL JAILS ON ALL MAPS IN THE ROTATION PERMANENTLY, so players will never be stuck.
  •  Most maps arent originally made for DM, so this is a way to slightly remedy that.
• Turn weapon damage back to their default values (apart from glock with a 30% dmg increase).
  • (weapons where altered in the past cause RPG mod either made them OP or weak (p90=too OP, scout=too weak)
• Add M249 and p90 back to gunmenu
  • (previously removed because of the rpg mod made them OP because of firerate and clipsize).
• Remove falldamage (since players have low HP, and it lowers skillceiling)
• Decrease throwing knife dmg from 100 to 60 (so player dont get oneshotted)

There is an issue with the machine, we just gotta wait unfortunaly : /
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New temp motd, old one caused fps drop

Looks like you were banned on csgo surf timer, not css surf rpg
Gonna move this post over there.

https://sourcebans.gflclan.com/index.php?p=banlist&advSearch=whiteboysosa&advType=name

Im not sure how much of this is already done in GFL, but is it possible to have a system in place where some1 reviews all the demos that leads to permabans?

First of all every permaban should have a demo attached if the banned player decide to fight it, thats just good practise. In another community ive been unbanned like 4 times because some1 qualified actually reviewes the demo.

If no1 reviews the demo I think it places too much trust in some admins. The quality of admins can vary greatly, and if an ignorant admin permabans a player and he decides not to fight the ban -  that player is gone from the community forever.

If a random player joins a GFL server and gets banned he prob doesnt know there is a way to even appeal it.

Ive been banned from an entire community because of poor admins, and a standard review process should at least decrease the probability of this happening.