28 Jul 15, 07:23AM
Halte, how many threads are you going to make about this subject. There are 4 threads about this type of thing, and half of them have been created by you... Just type your message in the old one lol.
As for the ideas, I like the idea of using the protox reskins, unless you are using an absolute toaster there shouldn't be issues. I'd personally prefer to have better models, instead of just reskins, but it's unlikely that will ever happen.
The competitive mode I'm... hesistant about. The best competitive mode would be something that just put all settings on low, to get as many frames as possible. The problem here is that if a new player accidently manages to turn this on, they may be repulsed by how ugly the game looks that they'll be turned off the game, especially if they don't know what they've done (they were changing multiple things in menus, etc).
As for the blacklist, I absolutely disagree with you here. Unless I've misunderstood you, you're saying that server owners can't blacklist IP's, and that the masterserver is enough. There are quite a few servers that are commonly used, but that aren't on the masterserver. The server is the property of the owner, and they are allowed to not let people connect. Picture this as a bar. The owner isn't allowed to permanently forbid entry to the bar because all of the criminals will be in jail. That absolutely stupid situation is basically what you're saying. If an owner wants to be an idiot with his/her server, you can't forbid him/her from doing so. It can be banned from the masterserver, but that's it. You have to allow the people running the servers to run them as they want.
As for the ideas, I like the idea of using the protox reskins, unless you are using an absolute toaster there shouldn't be issues. I'd personally prefer to have better models, instead of just reskins, but it's unlikely that will ever happen.
The competitive mode I'm... hesistant about. The best competitive mode would be something that just put all settings on low, to get as many frames as possible. The problem here is that if a new player accidently manages to turn this on, they may be repulsed by how ugly the game looks that they'll be turned off the game, especially if they don't know what they've done (they were changing multiple things in menus, etc).
As for the blacklist, I absolutely disagree with you here. Unless I've misunderstood you, you're saying that server owners can't blacklist IP's, and that the masterserver is enough. There are quite a few servers that are commonly used, but that aren't on the masterserver. The server is the property of the owner, and they are allowed to not let people connect. Picture this as a bar. The owner isn't allowed to permanently forbid entry to the bar because all of the criminals will be in jail. That absolutely stupid situation is basically what you're saying. If an owner wants to be an idiot with his/her server, you can't forbid him/her from doing so. It can be banned from the masterserver, but that's it. You have to allow the people running the servers to run them as they want.