I know there are some private slots, are the 18 additional slots going to be enough? Are some of the maps going to be too big for two teams of nine? Just to fill my curiosity, why was the slot number changed? Some of the non {MOB} frequent fliers have been asking why. What kind of information can I bring back to them?

Maybe you missed this:


Modern Weapons Slots Reduction

And it was reduced to 24, not 18. As long as all the MOB people are using their private slots, the server will carry 24 so if you are not......

Old Man Mike

Racerx, as always, just let us know what changes you want to the map line-up, and we'll make 'em happen.

Thanks, I did miss this.





No problem Steel...and thanks, I will put the "feelers" out and try to come up with something.

18 and full today (sat. 11/24) with NO MOB members in game at all.

For some reason I can't link to post re: this change, can you tell me why the change was made?

Would you guys consider cutting down the number of private slots-I play pretty regularly and seldom see more than 2-3 MOB guys in at same time in this server.

Thanks.

Elroy, why should {MOB} pay for you to have a slot?

Why indeed.

Maybe you guys should have all private slots then? I assumed that you liked having servers with a pool of talent from all over the world.

Were my questions out of line? Did I offend some how? Did my post come across as belligerent?

Did my saying 'thanks' at the end not convey the generally affable nature of my question(s)? Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed?

So I guess no repsonse from Steel re: the tone of her reply? I did get a PM from another member explaining the decision in some detail, as well as apologizing for Steel's attitude - thanks for that "MOB member who shall remain nameless".

I am sure others would like to know the rationale behind the decision as well, since this has been a very popular server for some time. But as Steel pointed out, I, as a non MOB member, should have no expectations regarding this issue. At least that much came through loud and clear.


I am disappointed that a simple, honest question re: the decision process was handled this way.

Hi elroy,

I'm probably not the one who should respond to this - since I had nothing to do with the issue. However, perhaps I'll try to clarify here on behalf of MOB, incase other non-members are wondering about the slot change:

Basically, the reason for changing the number of slots is just as you said - not many MOB members are playing the UO servers - and thus, resources are being put elsewhere (ie. COD4).

(The reason you cant view the link above is because it was a topic created in our private forums - for members only.)

Anyway, keep enjoying the UO servers while you can! Seems like COD4 is pretty popular (although I dont have it )

Cheers.

Sorry Elroy, haven't had my computer on the past couple of days, had stuff going on here at home for the holiday.

Mike and I have been working a lot on all of the servers lately, to get the best bang for the buck out of the server box and keep as many clan members happy as possible. Part of this is that we realized that not many clan members are playing the coduo modern weapons servers since COD4 came out.

Especially with Modern Weapons TDM, there have never been many clan members on that server. And when we took a closer look, we realized that there are no clan members who donate money to the clan who play on that server anymore. So, um, the real question to the clan is why keep it at all? But, since I created that server, it's tough for me to think about shutting it down completely. Reducing the slot count was the only real alternative then. And having 6 private slots is a clan-standard, we are a large clan, so each {MOB} server has 6 private slots. Who knows, maybe some players will decided they want to join the clan just to get the private slots.

Anyway, to explain further, the mods on the coduo modern weapons servers eat up a lot of bandwidth on the server box because the mods create a lot more information for the processor to keep up with. We're seeing that COD4 is doing likewise, takes a lot more processor resources to keep multiple fully-populated servers running smoothly.

Sorry for my short snippy answer to your question. Didn't have much time to respond at the time and was also working on another problem. I'm always working on so many problems and issues here in the clan, and sort of catch it from all sides constantly, to where sometimes, I don't have time to write full explanations of stuff. Wish I had more time to actually play in these servers, lol.

Hope this helps explain the reasoning a bit better.

Thank you for taking the time to more fully explain the decision. I have always appreciated MOB's efforts, and especially yours, as I have been playing on the TDM server for a while.

I can certainly appreciate the 'business' decisions necessary in running multiple servers, just see some of your other COD servers much less populated overall.

Regardless, I wish MOB well as they move on to COD 4.