[Rejected] .need

[epathy]

Adding a .need plugin to the pug server could really help. It would display a message within all SG servers that X amount of players are needed to start a pug. Adding this would help get people on the pug server and inform any new players that there is a pug server. Although the only thing that may stop this would be the fact that the pug server needs a password to connect. Other than that, it should be a good idea.

[Dominic]

Guaranteed, a ton of people would come just to troll. Usually there is an admin either spectating or playing so I guess that wouldn't be terrible.

 

Password protected wouldn't be a big problem because it could just display the command you need to put in console.

[Porpoise]

It's a good idea, but people can spam the crap out of it and annoy people in the chat on other servers

[Black Rain]

I'm going to have to say no to this idea. It's not a bad idea but it's basically the same thing as making an announcement in the main group to 16,000+ of people saying we need people. Many people will join the server if it fills up already only to be disappointed that they have to wait 40 minutes or so to get in the next game if anyone even decides to leave. It's best to just stick to having any of the admins in the Scrim group create an announcement to join instead. Most of our dedicated scrim players come from there anyways.

 

I forgot to mention this before but I added a plugin a while back where it edits the server name to indicate if the server needs players or if the game is live. It looks like this:

 

 

Don't have a screenshot for live but instead of [NEED X] it'll say [LIVE 12-7] where it indicates the game is live and the current score in the match.