Icepac, if nothing else, you generated a great discussion
I'm going to elaborate a bit on what he and I discussed via pm just for the sake of education.
Much of what Icepac has suggested, the AvA has done. Jimson and others have been very clear that while going out of their way to jump at suggestions, those who suggested it did not bother to participate once the effort was made. That kills the enthusiasm for those who put their time in.
The "easy" part is what I had the most difficult time swallowing. That is where the comment was just wrong. It is not easy. Yes, the guys can set up the arena for a rolling planeset, but it is not something that can be done both automated and "easy". The maps are based on a 3 sided war, the maps are written with a default setup. Comparing what some other sim might have done based on how their arena is configured makes about as much sense as arguing what to expect from an orange based on how the apple is grown.
Now, I suggested that icepac has the ability to do anything he wants in the custom arena. Go build a map with the original war planeset. Go build more maps because each map with the period has to be built with the default settings that when loaded, has the planeset he wants. Then tell us how easy it is. Then, when it is all said and done, have the AvA go through the same effort of building an entirely new terrain set for a rotating default map system, isolated from the rest of the servers so that only the AvA terrains are used in the auto rotation system.
Think that's going to happen without some major commitment for attendance? No, it isn't, considering now you have HTC that has to reconstruct that one single server to function differently than every other server that is built. So now you are back to the manual effort which is where there is an AvA staff in the first place.
Now tell THEM, who volunteer their time, and have jumped at other ideas, set them up, had no support, tell them just how easy it is and what they should do differently.
But don't you tell them that until you have built your own custom arena, with your own terrains, and made it work to the point that is is overflowing and you need more room. Then, tell them how easy it is.
That was my only point this whole time. Know what you are talking about before you start spending other peoples time. Ideas are one thing, but to sit back without knowing how things really work and tell others how easy it is, well, go show us how easy it is
There is a terrain forum that can teach you how to build terrains and how they work. There is a custom server forum that teaches you how to build the arenas. Every player in here has the tools to do exactly what they want if us slower kids don't take your idea and run with it.
I welcome ideas regarding scenarios and events, love to hear the players insight, we are after all building these events for you, but please, don't talk about things you don't know and spend our time so freely.
