To reiterate what others have already suggested. The best rounds of bf2 are those with a full server and good Cos to coordinate. It also helps if everybody is motivated to play their best. And, since we don't have a full server on regular nights anymore, scrims seem to bring everybody out for a night of good bf2. I don't think people necessarily want fresh new things. Most of us, I take it, would just like the feel of server 1 during primetime, six months ago, on a good night. Nobody cared that we had two back to back rounds of Mashtuur (32 then 64!) a few weeks ago, because both were just really fun. We basically had a full 32 man team signed up a few hours after the announcement of the gc vs tg scrim. It looks to me like people really look forward to that sort of thing, even if they're on old vanilla maps.

Scrims also allow people to make plans to set aside a few hours one night and have a good time. I'd take 3 rounds of a good scrim over a week of so-so, half filled, server 1 play any time. I'm not suggesting a scrim every week. That would wear people out and have the unintended consequence of lower than normal population levels on server 1. But, perhaps twice a month would be nice. TG vs TG scrims are nice since it allows for a full server of TG goodness. They don't even have to be 32 on 32.

Password nights might bring out more people to play too, especially if they know there will be quality game time. How about a night where we play all the maps that don't get played often here.

Oops this was more discussion and less brainstorming.