TGNS Points
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[edit] Overview
Without memberships, this server will die. Presently, we are blessed with several memberships and the server is online. We encourage anyone who can afford a membership and who plays for hours upon hours on our Natural Selection server each month to purchase a membership.
That having been said, we understand that not everyone is able to have a membership, even if they're very grateful for the server. We also understand that, without the presense of those who can't manage a membership, the server would not be active enough to allow those WITH memberships to play on the server. With that in mind, we've always wanted a way for those regulars without a membership to occasionally enjoy the benefits that come with membership.
So Wyzcrak has designed a points system, with the help of the admins. The idea is that players frequenting the server will slowly earn points over time. These points can be "spent" to briefly enjoy certain abilities typically reserved for supporting members.
[edit] Getting and Using Points
Points are designed to come transparently to people who support the server by playing on it. How and when people earn points is determined by admin design, which is often influenced by community discussion. Ideally, players don't act "to get points." Players simply play, as they always have, and "magically" have points when it's over.
Points are presently awarded in two ways: by merely playing games on the server and by working to keep the teams balanced during those games. At the end of every game, each player receives a small amount of points. Smaller games reward players moreso.
To use points, see the sections below.
[edit] Perks of Having Points
There are certain abilities given only to those who have enough points. These abilities cost no points to use, but they're only available to players properly registered in our forums.
[edit] Non-Supporting Members
- bump an unreserved player from the server when joining
Cost: 5,000 points - issue the gb command to kick unregistered players in violation of the rules
Cost: 10,000 points
[edit] Supporting Members
Supporting members, regardless of points, automatically have full access to all of the above abilities.
[edit] Chat Commands
say /points: displays your present points count and tells of the 'points' console command.
[edit] Semi-Automatic Point Use
rrjump: Pressing your "use" key while jumping in the readyroom will enable rrjump for the map at the cost of 100 points. Press your "crouch" key to descend.
Note: this feature is presently disabled and may or may not return in the future.
[edit] Console Commands
[edit] All maps
points: Displays your present points count and shows the help screen.
points give <player> <amount>: Give <player> <amount> of points from your own bank.
points spend <purchasable>: Tells players how to spend points to "purchase" abilities, including bot management, taglines, and extra upgrades (for all players, not just the purchaser). Connect to the server to learn the cost of each of these options (as well as what others may exist):
- 'tagline' : allows use of p_tagline command for the rest of the map.
[edit] Combat maps only
- 'bots' : allows use of p_wbmgr command (same syntax as wbmgr command) for the rest of the map and increases Combat clock from 15 to 30 minutes.
- careful, as some CO maps don't support bots, and the plugin isn't smart enough to know which do and which don't, and it will take your points either way!
- 'extraupgrades' : enables extra upgrades for the rest of the map and increases Combat clock from 15 to 30 minutes.
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