Hosting!!

[chenlimin]

Due to the lack of forum members (due to lack of players mainly), I had been wondering for a while on what is going wrong. It seems that the lack of host (pub host with "newbie welcome") that caused this problem, so this thread is now open to anyone wanting to talk about hosting.

If you can host, you are free to talk about where/when you host and tips on newbie teaching.
If you can't host, feel free to ask about how to host/port forward.....

P.S Willing to help with questions.

[Racoon]

I can host- US WEST- up for a game on weekends any time. Game name is Flame_of_Arnor . I can also teach newbies how to play.:cool:

[Steelb_l_ade]

What tends to go wrong is new players join a game and then get spammed or junked within seconds with nobody telling them what to do or giving them a chance, this then stops a flow of new players learning the game and thus reducing the games that there are.

To highlight this point let me use part of your guide:

"1. Wait for enemy hero to pass by. Diabolic Displacement him when he is close enough. Than piss him off and make him emoquit, making it 1 less player for the enemy team.
"

^^ That kind of playing dosnt exactly encourage new people to learn the game when they are stuck in a location they cannot escape and then 'pissed off and spammed'

Not the kind of community interaction that needs devloping imo,

Regarding hosting, it makes it difficult for me to update the map with minor changes (like fixing the one above) as everyone must re-download it and its a large map.
Also theres a great little hosting program called "listchecker" that i sometimes use to host games of it,

[chenlimin]

First of all, I don't normal trap first timer, as the need for it rarely rise, however, I might consider doing it in a "PROS" game, if I am losing it badly.
Sadly I have rarely used it due to lack of pro game as most there were little pro players on my server. (the truth was I wasn't master at it, just through that that would be cool to put in a guide.)