• Registered: 2007-01-17
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Topic: bummed

Over the past 2 weeks I've been eager to play FS but of the 8-10 servers I see (of which only 2 have a decent ping for me) No one is ever playing. Last time I played was with a whole 7 people!

  • Gwynzer
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Re: bummed

Try populating a server yourself.  Grab XFire and message fellow players for games and stuff. A fair few of us will jump on if we're asked to.  Get your friends into FS, advertise FS as much as you can.  All of these are ways of increasing server population.

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Re: bummed

It's a prisoner's dilemma. If everyone played, the servers would be full, but people show up and don't see others play, so they don't log on either. As Gwyn said, the best thing you can do is just populate servers yourself.

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Re: bummed

Also use a little common sense. If there aren't alot of you on, use a server that has low player numbers, which should in theory mean smaller maps. Not a lot of fun playing 64p maps with four people.

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Re: bummed

There may be a surprise release next week specifically aimed to cure this ailment.  Not R2, but just a little enhancement you've been waiting for smile

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Re: bummed

Don't worry, We'll try to act surprised. tongue

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Re: bummed

Oh goody! Is this the fabled hidden arcade mode I been haring about? Press Alt-Tab while on the server menu and you get a free whack a JaJa hidden game!

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