I was wondering if there is any place on TG where it is appropriate to inform people of other servers that promote a TG style of gameplay.

I was reading through the posts from over the weekend and noticed that Bonehead posted a poll guaging interest in playing on a "TG style" ranked server. While I understand the reasons behind Tempus closing that post (i.e. ranked servers are not within the spirit of TG), I do wonder if there might be an advantage in allowing some posts concerning the playstyle of other servers.

From what I have seen, the TG servers are primarily populated during the evening hours of EST (at least during the week). During the daytime hours, they seem to be empty on a fairly regular basis. While this works for me as I play primarily at night, there are times when I am home from work and have the opportunity to play (sans kids and wife) during the day. Unfortunately, the only way for me to do this is to jump on a low ping server and see how things go. As you can imagine, after playing on TG, I am usually disappointed. In fact, I typically end up quitting within the first 15 minutes and move on to different, non-BF2 things. I'm sure that many others have faced this situation as well.

I was thinking that it might be nice to have some input from other TGers who have played on other servers where the gameplay is similar to here (note, similar, not identical, since I don't think any server can match what we have here).

Perhaps we could limit it to non-ranked servers in order to alleviate concerns such as those raised by Tempus. There were also concerns raised that identifying other servers might split the population. I, for one, don't think that would come to fruition. I think that most people would see other servers as a place to play during TG's "off hours" and I doubt very many people would find the gameplay at other servers so superior to TG that they would leave here for there. Also, if people do leave, that would give our community a chance to see why they were leaving and if the features they were leaving for are something that TG was interested in adopting.

I understand that there are other forums where you can go and ask about servers, but everytime you hear about a teamplay server, it's TG. Maybe that means that we are the one and only, but it would be nice to hear from other TGer if there are "off hour" options.

With that said, I am sensitive to the concerns of the TG operators and admins. It is your server and you work hard and spend a lot to maintain it and the gameplay we have all come to enjoy. If you continue to feel that it is inappropriate to discuss other servers on TG, then that is your right and I accept your decision without reservation. After all, if not for TG, I wouldn't even be playing this game any more. For that, I thank you.

KZ17