After reviewing a bunch of evidence of the years I've come to the conclusion that random crits are indeed, kind of a bummer and don't add much to the game.

I have removed random criticals from the TF2 server. If this turns out to be extremely unpopular I will add them back. I will not be removing random bullet spread at this time. I understand the two of them are pretty similar but I do not believe the random bullet spread is as much of a disruption.

I would like to keep the Cafe as vanilla as possible, removing the crits is probably the least-vanilla thing we've added since the server's inception in 2009.

If you've got any other thoughts please let me know.

I'm just now reading this and aw <3 thank you.

We actually just all got together last night for a little reunion, were you there?

no

HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN POSTED

and yeah I love to play Smash (Ryu). Add me, my handle is GordonsBeard

Sven-Coop is a way to play Half-Life 1 maps and mods (including the full game) cooperatively. The enemies are stronger and have more tactics.

In order to play you will need:

• Sven-Coop 4.8 (http://www.svencoop.com/files.php) [FREE]
  
• Half-Life 1 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/70/) [$10]
  
• (Optional) Opposing Force (http://store.steampowered.com/app/50/) [$5]
  
• (Optional) Blue Shift (http://store.steampowered.com/app/130/) [$5]

1. Ensure HL1 (and OpFor/BS) are installed, and you launch them at least once. You don't have to do anything, just launch, then quit.

2. Install Sven-Coop. Follow instructions, make sure the installer is pointing at the correct directory for Half-Life (it really shouldn't mess up).

3. Open Sven-Coop

4. Connect to the Cafe! IP: cafeofbrokendreams.com:28000

If you have any questions on how to get Sven-coop up and running, please contact us in the IRC: irc.gamesurget.net #cafe.

I removed teambets, they mess up the money stuff.

I might end up removing the voice comm stuff though - because it is a comp server. I DON'T KNOW (and it's a pain in the butt to keep the CSGO server running anyway).

Originally posted by Detective Boose ☏:

teambets are silly

i'd vote for just alltalk all the time its way more fun COME AT ME COMPETTIIVE FUCJEKRS

Yeah, I guess I was just looking for someone else to say they were silly, I'll strip teambets out.

The voice comm is something I'm unsure of. On one hand Cafestrike doesn't get more than ~12 people, so we have nearly comp-level teams, so having team voice on is pretty helpful. It's not like TF2 where you can play the alltalk metagame because there are 11 other people on yoru team, in CSGO if I say "2 go 3 go ", they know they can push :csgox" harder.

On the flipside the last few times we've played cafe-strike we've just all been in mumble for the alltalk, because alltalk is pretty fun.

GET IN IRC PEARMELON IM BEGINNING TO THINK YOU DONT HAVE THAT LEVEL OF CAFE COMMITMENT THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

To start the discussion, I was looking at the CSGO server, and I'm never quite happy with how it's configured.

I don't mind the 20 rounds instead of 30, but I am wondering about the talking protocol. Normally in Classic Comp, you can talk with ONLY your own team, but you can talk to them whether dead or alive. In the past the Cafe has always been an all-talk feel, but we don't get the same community we used to in CSGO.

I have played around with a few other ideas for the voice comm, for a short time we had the plugin that would give you two talk buttons, one for team and one for alltalk, but that got confusing to players.

I'm also thinking of nixing the Teambets plugin. It's fun, but completely nullifies the point of playing comp - because you can just bet and buy guys you shouldn't be able to afford after a loss, etc.

The Cafe started out as a pure 100% vanilla server, and through the years we've added a few tasty bits to this brew to help keep it interesting.

With the group nearing it's 5th year old (in April), I wanted to get some feedback on how the servers are running, and what you'd like to see (if anything) change about them.

Cafe of Broken Dreams
IP: cafeofbrokendreams.com:27015

- 25 minute timelimit
- Mapcycle
- nominate and rtv
- Holiday maps during and only during holiday times/events
- Pregame mayhem (FF on during "waiting for players")
- Few custom maps added
- Replay enabled

Cafe of Broken Ro-Bots
IP: cafeofbrokendreams.com:27666

- No timelimit
- Map cycles at round end
- nominate and rtv
- Few custom maps added
- Holiday maps during and only during holiday times/events
- No replay

Cafe of Broken Dreams
IP: cafeofbrokendreams.com:42674

- Classic Competitive (FF on, Teamclip on)
- 20 rounds (default 30)
- Alltalk for the dead (dead cannot talk to anyone alive, but can talk to anyone while dead)
- Teambets enabled (bet ct half, bet t 400, etc)
- Zeus enabled
- Mapcycle

Cafe of Broken Dreams
IP: cafeofbrokendreams.com:28000

- No timelimit
- nominate and rtv
- Lots of custom maps I think.