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"Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby Paratrooper » Sun May 06, 2012 10:37 pm

To free up server slots for real players who want to enter the game. Players could record a game with a full set of 32 players.
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Re: "Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby ThisFrickinSite » Sun May 06, 2012 10:47 pm

+1 and teams could be balanced of the server was full and there was 1 spectator.
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Postby Danqazmlp » Sun May 06, 2012 11:01 pm

Completely agree. Hopefully it is technically possible to change.
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Re: "Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby Paratrooper » Sun May 06, 2012 11:43 pm

The biggest problem here is that Spectators, if too many, may sap too much of the server's bandwidth.

Maybe an editable limit to the number of spectators.

EDIT: And there's the future 64 player max...
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Postby TRYxHARDERxPANTS » Sun May 06, 2012 11:58 pm

+1 Fully agree with is.
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Re: "Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby Diggy » Mon May 07, 2012 12:09 am

yes, this makes perfect sense. maybe lag problems, but not enough people spectate anyways so it doesn't matter
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Re: "Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby robotnik185 » Tue May 08, 2012 4:34 pm

+1 I would like to join a full server and join a team when someone leaves.
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Re: "Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby eldestructo » Wed May 09, 2012 6:05 pm

This is one of those things that just make me go 'really? it doesn't already work this way?'
Ben put all that effort in to this spectator mode no one can use without being a dick by occupying a server slot that could be used be an actual player...
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Re: "Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby DoomSplitter » Wed May 09, 2012 7:35 pm

Someone qualified may correct me, but isn't it pretty much imposible for spectators to not take up a slot, seeing as the server still has to transfer and receive information from them?
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Re: "Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby ThisFrickinSite » Wed May 09, 2012 11:40 pm

DoomSplitter wrote:Someone qualified may correct me, but isn't it pretty much imposible for spectators to not take up a slot, seeing as the server still has to transfer and receive information from them?

not really, if they enter and join the spectator team, the slot number will go down. Plain and simple (kinda) but what happens when the server is full and poeple tr to leave the spectator team?
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Re: "Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby TheGeekZeke101 » Thu May 10, 2012 2:32 am

I agree with you, but I don't think it's possible. You are basically taking a player slot when joining, and basically then just joining an invincible team. So in retrospect, it's very unlikely.
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Re: "Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby infogulch » Tue May 22, 2012 9:00 pm

DoomSplitter wrote:Someone qualified... the server still has to transfer and receive information from them?


Actually the server doesn't need to receive any information from spectators, just send it.

Might help at least a little bit with bandwidth issues.
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Re: "Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby corn99 » Tue May 22, 2012 10:44 pm

simple solution: tell people that host servers to get more slot and bandwith
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Re: "Spectators" should not occupy a server slot.

Postby lolpwned23 » Wed May 23, 2012 3:22 am

Smart,simple, lets do it
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