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Timer on Bio Maps

Post by Big Will E Style » Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:10 pm

Is there a reason the timers were increased to 35 seconds in 2 of the bio rooms? I think 30 seconds is plenty and speed should still be a skill that is promoted. Especially if 33% of the map is missing. Just curious.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by PJB » Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:08 pm

I also think 30 is more than enough.
I know that only contoleola and george874 are always asking to put it up to 35 or even higher.
Maybe one of the mods put it up on their request.

I tried to bring it back to 30 sec but george874 went crazy.

I would say if a majority want 30 sec, lets do 30 sec?
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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by George874 » Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:28 pm

i like 35 seconds. I'm a little older and slower. there are 2 other rooms set to 30 seconds. PJB should not come into a working room and change the time setting at his own pleasure when people in the room never asked him to. Both my self and Landlord requested 35.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by PJB » Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:33 pm

Thats the thing george, it has been requested many times. Bio Deux has never been really hosted on 35 seconds.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by George874 » Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:46 pm

NOT while i was in there. And everyone knows, I play quite a bit. Again, two other rooms are at 30 seconds; if they want to play in them. There also should be one room set to 35, for some of the older and slower players. 5 extra seconds helps me,,,,,,,, and I'm sure it does NOT hurt other players. You as a MOD, PJB ; SHOULD try to accomidate all players, not , just what u want.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by PJB » Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:51 pm

George874 wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:46 pm
You as a MOD, PJB ; SHOULD try to accomidate all players, not , just what u want.
And i did. One room is on 35 seconds. At least for now.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by George874 » Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:52 pm

THANK YOU.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by Darth Casey » Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:55 pm

Agree with both of Big Will's points. 35 seconds is an absolute ETERNITY and makes bio a lot less fun imo. Right now the only 30% continent room is at 35s which is not the norm. Hope to see it get changed back to 30 soon.

And what is the point of a certain someone who seems to live to troll people and post on every subject under the sun in these forums??

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by GFips » Wed Dec 06, 2017 12:18 pm

I see no problem in having different settings on different rooms to fullfill everybody's wishes. Twitch can be challanging fun, but longer timers for us old players and also for new players is also a valid Point (rather a longer timer than faults by Panic moves resulting in halfkills).

IMHO is also valid to discuss about settings and ask for changes. Here in the forums as well as in the chat when a mod is around.
I don't think it is necessary to get agressive vs each other just because of different oppinions. Will's post is a serious question and worth a discussion. I see both points (people requesting longer timers while others request short timers). We have to find either compromises or set different settings in different rooms. We mods try to listen to the wishes of the majority, but please understand we cannot fulfill each single wish.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by dustin » Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:13 pm

It seems like some players prefer 30s and some prefer 35s.

Makes sense to have some rooms set to each, and let luxers choose where to play.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by George874 » Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:26 pm

dustin wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:13 pm
It seems like some players prefer 30s and some prefer 35s.

Makes sense to have some rooms set to each, and let luxers choose where to play.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THIS THREAD EVEN STARTED. It seems there is/was a faction who wanted the 35 second rooms eliminated. There is both choices and that is all that i requested.

THANK YOU.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by Big Will E Style » Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:48 pm

The issue was that the two popular settings 30%/15^ and 20%/15^ were both set to 35S. It has been addressed and I think we can all agree on options.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by Bean » Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:51 pm

I will change a room to 35 upon request and have done so a number of times. It's pretty easy to do it comfortably when there are several rooms with the same map, like with deux. I would hesitate to mess with settings too much in a solitary room unless I had particular expertise and experience. I actually find it hard to care about whether 30 or 35 is better. start getting up to 40+ and then ew.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by PJB » Wed Dec 06, 2017 3:56 pm

George874 wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:26 pm
dustin wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:13 pm
It seems like some players prefer 30s and some prefer 35s.

Makes sense to have some rooms set to each, and let luxers choose where to play.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THIS THREAD EVEN STARTED. It seems there is/was a faction who wanted the 35 second rooms eliminated. There is both choices and that is all that i requested.

THANK YOU.
When i had a look on the tracker all the 3 bio's had 35 seconds.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by dustin » Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:10 pm

I just deleted some off-topic and inflammatory posts from this thread. Please keep your personal disputes out of public discussion threads.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by The Silken Knot » Thu Dec 21, 2017 4:28 pm

George874 wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:28 pm
i like 35 seconds. I'm a little older and slower. there are 2 other rooms set to 30 seconds. PJB should not come into a working room and change the time setting at his own pleasure when people in the room never asked him to. Both my self and Landlord requested 35.
Agreed! It's not like there's such a demand for the rooms that one can't be set at 35 seconds. I really wish PJB were capable of considering players other than himself in using the "modly" powers dustin saw fit to grant him.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by Big Will E Style » Sat Jan 06, 2018 6:52 pm

Can we get a 20% 15^ 30S map for Bio? These are decent settings to avoid marathons.

Thanks!

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by GFips » Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:08 am

Maybe someone else was just faster, but actually there is a BioDeux extreme room with exactly these settings actually (Europe host).

I will open a new separate thread for map/setting requests in future, where everybody can ask for special settings/maps.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by Big Will E Style » Sun Jan 07, 2018 2:38 pm

Closest I saw was 20% 10^. Thanks guys

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by Dangerous Beans » Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:56 pm

I prefer 27s for bio timer.

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by PJB » Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:16 pm

Dangerous Beans wrote:
Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:56 pm
I prefer 27s for bio timer.
done!

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Re: Timer on Bio Maps

Post by GFips » Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:43 am

Dangerous Beans wrote:
Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:56 pm
I prefer 27s for bio timer.
Dangerous Beans wrote:
Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:02 pm
I would like 55s bio room please, 35s is too short.
come back an play ... don't fool the mods with different requests in the forums, hehe ! :panic:
When you are back and feel certain about the settings, I will be happy to set them for you and challenge you on the board based on your preferred settings.

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