Race Servers

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Well, first of all I'm happy that the ddnet-race server is finally announced and most of you are as excited as I am ^_^
But I think some things still need a clarification.

So, over the last couple of months me, Welf, Sorah, aaa and others collected all good looking race maps. Then I sorted all these different maps and made a huge list.
So, we now have exactly 108 potential maps :3
Some of them still need a major clean-up, while others will be ok with minor fixes.

About a few things mentioned in the thread:
I always liked the race modification and also played quite often on the WAR race server. It's not like I've never known the game type and now want to create a server for that :p Oh, and I'm the unexperienced one of all the helpers with this server. So, we all know race :o
We dont want destroy the existing race servers. We are thankful, because without them the game type would be totally forgotten and we would have lost many awesome maps.. It's just that there are not that many servers left and those are all kinda messed up (with many bugged and rather dumb maps). Furthermore they are almost all hosted in Germany, so they cannot provide a playable ping for all players.
Additionally, race is in fact similar to ddrace. It's just solo and without freeze :o You can perfectly train for many solo parts.

And the most important thing.
There will be no short race maps at all ! :D
The shortest maps are finishable in about 30-40 secs and they are not just simple 'rocket-speed' maps. You'll always need at least some skills (or many tries) to finish it :D There will be some race maps with spikes but only in the first few parts. Usually the maps are with teleporters and part-by-part, so you can try many times.

I agree with imp, the points should increase with the map lenght. But, I'm rather unsure about that.

Anyways, thanks for all the responses.
I'm looking forward to the final release <3

[Ryozuki]

Well, first of all I'm happy that the ddnet-race server is finally announced and most of you are as excited as I am ^_^
But I think some things still need a clarification.

So, over the last couple of months me, Welf, Sorah, aaa and others collected all good looking race maps. Then I sorted all these different maps and made a huge list.
So, we now have exactly 108 potential maps :3
Some of them still need a major clean-up, while others will be ok with minor fixes.

About a few things mentioned in the thread:
I always liked the race modification and also played quite often on the WAR race server. It's not like I've never known the game type and now want to create a server for that :p Oh, and I'm the unexperienced one of all the helpers with this server. So, we all know race
We dont want destroy the existing race servers. We are thankful, because without them the game type would be totally forgotten and we would have lost many awesome maps.. It's just that there are not that many servers left and those are all kinda messed up (with many bugged and rather dumb maps). Furthermore they are almost all hosted in Germany, so they cannot provide a playable ping for all players.
Additionally, race is in fact similar to ddrace. It's just solo and without freeze You can perfectly train for many solo parts.

And the most important thing.
There will be no short race maps at all !
The shortest maps are finishable in about 30-40 secs and they are not just simple 'rocket-speed' maps. You'll always need at least some skills (or many tries) to finish it There will be some race maps with spikes but only in the first few parts. Usually the maps are with teleporters and part-by-part, so you can try many times.

I agree with imp, the points should increase with the map lenght. But, I'm rather unsure about that.

Anyways, thanks for all the responses.
I'm looking forward to the final release <3

Whaaaaat? Why.... why no short grenade maps? THAT'S WHAT I LIKE OF RACE omfg....


Btw it's easy to finish rocket short maps, but not to get good ranks imo we should add the short race maps, for my thats the point of a race server, the speedrunning


Imo what you want to add is like short ddrace-solo

[maggi323]

Yes i kinda hoped that there wouldn't be short race maps at the beginning at least...i like them but for the ddnet race server with point system...idk :/

[Meliodafu]

Add everything the more I can play the happier I am

[Ryozuki]

Yes i kinda hoped that there wouldn't be short race maps at the beginning at least...i like them but for the ddnet race server with point system...idk :/

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I JUST WANT THE MAPS IDC OF POINTS

[Forris]

There is nothing more i hate then shortruns

[imp]

Would be cool if everyday like 3-4 new race maps were released and like 10 at the first day ^^

[Ryozuki]

There is nothing more i hate then shortruns

Then don't play race

[EryX]

if the race serveer doesn't get famous at the start, the maps will be added to the solo server, so it's less pain for ddnet (we don't want to remove maps)

Then don't add maps which take less than 30 sec to finish.
Otherwise people won't play on the Race server.
Trust me.

Ill tell you more when i see you ingame.

[imp]

In the past I actually spent way more time on short maps than long maps and also had more fun. It's always interesting to find out new methods to be 0.01 sec faster