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Surf Server Added a new maps to the server. surf_anzchamps (T2 8S B)

As you all have seen over the past few days we have been going back into old threads and updating them and adding some new things into the Surf Change Logs. Wanted to put out a Road Map of the Ideas we hope to implement and will 100% implement/ do on the surf server over the coming months. Doing this as we hope that if at any point a new Surf AO come into play they may have a look and continue off this Road Map or add more to it and continue to make Surf Great Again! Surf Road Map Current Road Map: Go through all current Surf Maps, see what maps are disliked/ under played or perform poorly within the server and adjust it as necessary. Continue to add new popular/ classic maps as they are released or suggested. Working through fixing zoning on any issue map. (Example Whiteout Bonus stage zoning is non-existent) Please let me know if you spot any issue spot with zoning by posting on the Surf sub-forum and the team will look into it as soon as possible. Reviewing our Surf Timer Plugin and others to see what best fits our needs and confirm we are using our current timer to the best of our ability. Continue to Test New Maps to have them added to the main server. Surf Timed Event Rank Color Changes Reviewing the server as a whole to lower size where we can, which in cases may help with any slower download times, etc... Working with the Expansion Committee to bring more regular users and new Users to the Surf Server. Whether this be through affiliations or events. This is currently what I have mapped out on the Road Map for improving overall quality of life on the server. Along with this there are some secret projects in the works. As these progress/ move forward I will periodically release posts to gauge interest and see where we go from there. This is my current thought process for the server and any potential cool new implementations we could be using/ utilizing. As Ideas come I will update this post to reflect any changes to the Road Map. But I wanted to put this out to the community to gauge some opinions and rack your brains to see if there are any additional ideas you all would like to see. This is an open post so feel free to critique and drop some ideas of what you would like to see. As I move forward with any additional events or changes such as adding back Tier 3, expect to see a post on this to gauge more thought on it.

Added a few maps from your suggestion so far: Kelper Tendies Boreas Going through more maps soon!

Surf Server Added 2 new maps to the server. surf_boreas (T1 L ) surf_tendies (T1 L)

Surf Server Added 3 new maps to the server. surf_metis_beginner (T1 16S B ) surf_perennial_v2 (T1 2S 3B ) surf_utopia_night (T1 1L ) Removed surf_the_gloaming_rat_gfl as it was an exact copy of surf_the_gloaming_rat

Easy Surf Server Fixed and readded three maps which were causing disconnection issues for players without the map downloaded prior. These maps have now been added to the map rotation. surf_mesa (T1 L) surf_kelper (T1 L 2B) surf_summer (T2 11S)

Hey Everyone, here is an updated map list of all of our current Surf Maps on Rotation. Tier 1: surf_aircontrol_ksf surf_andromeda surf_artois surf_aser surf_aura surf_aweles surf_beginner surf_beginner_lin surf_benevolent surf_beverages_remix_go surf_beyond surf_borderlands surf_boreas surf_botanica surf_calycate_csgo surf_casbah surf_colum_2 surf_cyberwave surf_derpis_ksf surf_deathstar surf_dinwod surf_easy1 surf_easy2 surf_escape_final surf_forbidden_ways_ksf surf_forgotten surf_fornax surf_funhouse_fix surf_garden_go surf_het surf_hourglass surf_how2surf surf_kepler sur_kitsune_fix surf_kitsune_nb surf_lament_n2p surf_leet_xl_beta7z surf_lovetunnel surf_lullaby_ksf surf_lux surf_metis_beginner surf_mesa surf_minuet_v1p surf_mom surf_nyx surf_oasis surf_pantheon surf_paradise surf_prelude_ksf surf_ravine_go surf_rebel_resistance_njv surf_rebel_scaz_csgo surf_reprise surf_reytx surf_road_to_hell surf_rooftopsv2 surf_rouxmerch surf_santorini surf_school_kzg surf_seasons surf_simpsons_go_rc2 surf_singletons surf_skeelee surf_southpark_refix surf_summit surf_tendies surf_trance_ksf surf_treasurehunt_go surf_n_turf surf_utopia_night surf_utopia_v3 surf_void surf_whiteout Tier 2: surf_4head_csgo surf_ace surf_activation surf_aeron aurf_amantiss_csgo surf_amplitude_encore_nsf_v4 surf_amplitude_light surf_annoyance_njv surf_anzchamps surf_aqua_fix surf_aquaflow surf_atlas_1 surf_beginner2 surf_caged surf_classics2 surf_colours surf_coralis_ksf surf_delusional surf_dragon surf_duggywuggy surf_eclipse_fix surf_flow surf_fortum surf_fruits surf_furios- surf_glass7 surf_glass9 surf_gleam2 surf_globalchaos surf_graphia surf_grassland surf_greensway surf_guitar_hi surf_happyhands_test surf_holiday_fix surf_hotrod_beta surf_hotwheels surf_hurrr surf_inspire surf_island surf_interference surf_ivory surf_juturna surf_kloakk surf_kz_protraining surf_lessons surf_lianfora surf_mate surf_me surf_mesa_mine surf_minecraft_2020_fix surf_nebula surf_network_2008_final surf_not_so_sinister surf_ny_platinum surf_olympus surf_palm surf_palais surf_premium surf_radiation_hazard surf_rookie surf_sanctuary surf_sandtrap surf_spacejam surf_squirrelsonvacation surf_summer surf_sundown_njv surf_sunnyhappylove surf_sup_ surf_syria_ surf_tensile_njv surf_the_gloaming_rat surf_tranquil surf_waterworks surf_wood surf_zoomathon

Howdy Y'all!!!! Welcome, To another exciting episode of... Sloth's Corny Joke of the Week!!!!!!!! Boy we were prepping for this week so much we had to delay its release by A DAY!!!! This week is gonna be a doozy!! So Let's get riggght into it!! What do you call a bear with no teeth? Its magically delicious LMAO!!!!! What do you call a hat for your leg? Oh boy that one really left a FOOTPRINT! Now its time for the worlds most crazy... Most ambitious.. Most terrifyingly funny joke. How do trains listen to music? OMG HAHAHAHAHA That one really put this show back on track! Ha Get it "TRACK"! Well thats all we've got for y'all this week! So Make sure to tune in next week for another exciting episode of... Sloth's Corny Joke of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!

Know this was posted a little while ago, but I'm gonna have a look at the maps at some point this week early next week and come back on the post with any maps added and not added.

This year I'm looking to complete my Cyber Security certification do I can get promoted at work. Hoping/ thinking about maybe returning to Powerlifting and competing again. Haven't competed since like 2018. And looking to save some extra money to maybe buy a new truck or maybe a 2023 Ford Branco.

@Strayyz Me when a Hufflepuff brushes me in the hallway

Anyone else excited or going to play the new Hogwarts Legacy game when it releases on February 10th? If you haven't heard of it and are a Harry potter fan would highly recommend looking into it! Here's a link to the games launch trailer. You can also go to the Wizardingworld.com website now and take a quiz to be sorted to your house and to get your wand picked! Link I got placed into Gryffindor and was given a Laurel Wand with a Dragon Core.

If ya got some cool Tattoos to post and you wanna share them, post them here! Here are my two most recent ones. Started adding some random ones on my left quad recently. I'll post my lower leg when its done

MOM Get the camera! Thanks all

Howdy Y'all! Its that time of the week! Time for another episode for........ Sloth's Corny Joke of the Week! WoooooHoooooooooooo!!!!! After the amazing reception of our guest host last week we have returned to our regular scheduled programming, but keep an eye out as we will be having more in the future! Well Lets Get rigghhhht into the jokes!!! What do you call it when Batman skips church? HAHAHA!!! Oh boy looks like were hitting the ground running this episode!!!! What do you call a group of unorganized cats? WOOOOW that one really had me feeling FERAL!!! Now it time for the most... CRAZY... HILIARIOUS... Joke of this week!!!!!! Why don’t people play poker in the jungle? Haha Oh Boy!! Now those were some awesome jokes!!!!!!!!!! Thank you everyone for tuning in this week! ANNNNND as always... Make sure to tune in next week for another exciting episode of... Sloth's Corny Joke of the Week!!

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Full map name: ttt_stripclub_v2 Type of map: Gmod - TTT Why should we remove this map? Everyone was Vibin then this atrocity was selected. Big map a lot of thin corridors and every corner of the Map launches you to the highest point some areas don't give you the opportunity to even get down without taking 80% of your health. It also got some Mic spamming voice lines all over the map and is to be honest not really fun. Killed the server after 3 rounds.

Congrats Y'all!!!!!

When coming back I went and hopped on some of the servers I frequented prior or saw usually populated like Bhop. When I got on Bhop I was their for some time and not a single additional person had appeared. In contrast to how a server like surf is at the moment if one person hops on usually within 5 10 minutes people begin to role in with out any "call to server" action. Feel like Bhop is a good server to have but at this time it may not be what is needed. This stems from not only the fact that the server is not frequented often, but when you think of it CSGO is not as popular as it once was in a community server game. It still has a massive audience for Competitive play, but the Casual play has dropped a fair amount. This just makes it harder for more niche type servers like Bhop to gain a consistent player base. Especially, since to most and from an outside perceptive Bhop has usually taken a second place to servers/ modes like surf or even KZ. Looking through game tracker it shows. Bhop at this point has become an oversaturated niche server with a limited player base, so I feel it may be best to drop it if we are looking to drop an underused server for something new. In terms of retakes, it looks like it self pops at moments and has some people who may go on at times. But even with retakes it seems to be a more niche clientele that wants to practice specifics within their completive gameplay. Looking through CSGO and other servers, for the most part the mode seems to be very unpopulated all around. If we want to keep a competitive edge server, a server for those who like to practice/ play the game in a comp sense. I could imagine something like an FFA server (a little saturated but because of the high demand it is easy to get stragglers in when they can't join an established server). That itself can usually fill up a server, the only thing we would need to work on is adding somethings to keep people joining. Maybe some form of rank system as a basic first idea. Another server I still enjoy and see some more pop on is 1v1 servers.

Congrats y'all!! Keep up the good work and appreciate all the hard work you all put in.

Congrats Elfbarf!!! Shame you had to lose a t round to eve though.

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Congrats everyone! Wait until they find out I can't even turn on a calculator

Wanted to make this post to air out some of the thoughts/ ideas I’ve had since coming back and seeing where we as a community are heading. Keep in mind that these are rough explanations of my thoughts as I would have to write a novel to fully explain everything. If anyone would like to discuss further or get some more information of what I mean let me know and we can have a conversation about it on discord or ts. Seeing where we are and where we are heading is one of the reasons I came back so I feel since I am back for that reason I should throw some ideas out there to be reviewed or at least discussed. Some of the things may have been in discussion already or brought up so sorry if there's any repetition. Let's get started! The Mega Thread!!!! Regular vs Member Color Change I believe this was previously discussed a long while ago and may even have been implemented at some point. An idea here for the forums to perhaps gain more engagement from non admin/ non position holding members could be implementing a different appearance between Regular vs member on the forums. I feel like this may motivate/ incentivize newer members to voice their opinions and react more actively on the forums which in turn may also raise activity for newer members on other platforms like discord or the servers themselves. Having something to work towards or an award is a nice incentive which motivate people. (time for some psychology behind the idea) Its a minor change but as humans we always strive to move forward and when there’s physical or visible rewards/ changes or status changes it motivates us to pursue a goal as we know the outcome to committing to completing the goal. Something like keeping members as the basic white color and once they have completed the requirements and are moved to a regular change them to something like a silverish gray or something (Colors can be discussed just an example). This would also help differentiate members from regulars in other faucets like discord where currently a member and regular are the same color. Some Surf Ideas Now I only say surf Ideas because its the server I play on the most, but in reality this can work with any of the servers. I believe it would greatly benefit the server to do something like a rotation of maps. The idea is on a bi-monthly basis or monthly basis hold a poll for least liked maps and pick out two and move them out and move two fresh ones in. It keeps the map pool fresh and lets the community get rid of those pesky hated maps. With this idea comes part 2! The reason I first mention a bi-monthly is because of part two and to prevent the idea from becoming very stale very fast. The second step to this would be once new maps are added and old removed for a day or two host a release party for the maps. This would be an event that would be a vibe and for a certain period of time we only switch between the two new maps. During the release part host some prizes for server record time and do a giveaway or two for anyone who is a member and within the server at the time. Doing things like this would seed the server and have more people join and let everyone have some fun Surfing! I can explain more like I mentioned, just ask. Changing Directions Now what I’m proposing here isn’t saying we have to move past what SG was, it’s simply a recommendation of my experience online and what I’ve seen work and what hasn’t worked. All those marketing and business development classes in college are finally paying off! Sociality of the community Internet Communities have changed and developed greatly since SG first appeared on my radar or the majority of people's radar. It used to be that the majority of internet communities were separate per niche like having a gaming community, which more or less was strictly focused on the main subject. Nowadays it’s sort of meshed together and I believe that something we as a community should work on is moving towards being a more social community rather than strictly a gaming community. This doesn’t mean we stop what we are currently doing as at the end of the day we are a community which hosts game servers so we can all play with our friends and meet new people. I’m just suggesting we make a push to branch out to other areas, which may help grow the community as a whole and fill in some of the missing gaps. Things we could do to help improve this part is something like building our discord as I know we are currently trying to do. Discord has become a powerhouse for community hosting and partnering. If we can build Discord more it will certainly grow the community. Which is where moving towards being a more social community comes in rather then 100% on gaming. Not everyone who joins a community does it to play CSGO TTT or Surf. A lot of people now join communities solely to hang out and make friends. Meet new people and just chat on discord while they do homework or are at work. See the next section for some explanation on how we could go about this. How would we do this? Lets start with a simple one that I mentioned in my response to the Discord Growth thread. Pushing things like the Art Contests or Clip contests over on discord along with the forums. While growing the discord we will certainly get newer members who are artists or editors pushing things like these contests on the discord rather than solely on the forums would entice members to join in on the fun and may even encourage them to tell their friends. “Hey this server is doing a contest for this or that, come join and enter”. Simple things like this could help gain a more attentive and active community. Another point following that has to do with Giveaways/ Contest winnings. I believe we should move forward from solely giving away things like CSGO skins. I know we take skins as donations, which could still be done, but I feel if we want to continue to move the social way we have to open our range of prizes. Of Course it doesn’t have to be anything crazy but simply doing something like the winner of the art contest gets a 25 dollar Starbuck or Amazon gift card would first draw more people to the contests but also bring in a new audience of people who may or may have never even touched CSGO. Giveaways are a big part of any community which may be lacking in SG at this time which is understandable from its previous state. But following the same logic we should try to do these a bit more. Even if the giveaway’s are something even more simple like a random person active on the discord at this time gets 2 months free sub or something. Giveaway’s should be spontaneous and effortless for members. Straying away from Giveaways another big thing which may help is partnering, which I know is something we are looking into. But what I’m suggesting is the partnering with a partnered Discord Community or a bigger Discord community. Usually the way this works is the communities both advertise each other and push for member growth on the servers. There are plenty of massive communities which are partnered with Discord out there that solely do partnerships to help grow and uplift smaller communities and I believe this is something we should look further into. Like I mentioned these are some brief thoughts and Ideas I’ve had and am constantly thinking and improving in my head. There’s definitely more ideas I have just can’t remember them all at this time but I can come back and add as it goes. Feel free to add on this MEGA THREAD. Or leave your comments/ thoughts on the ideas brought. And like I mentioned, if anyone wants to pick my brain I work a lot better through speaking then typing haha, so feel free to reach out and I can elaborate or share more.