Server map has changed (READ!)

[Marde]

For those that have played here for awhile might be wondering why everything looks different. And for those that have played for longer might recognize this map. This is the Box Station map from before we switched to our current one (Maintenance Station). Our version of Box station; with all the good stuff from Maintenance Station will now be our current map for here on out. Below is a tidbit by Foos which explains why we switched to Maintenance Station and why we are switching back.

It is indeed the case. Don't feel too guilty about it, Maintenance Station always had problems - a lot of which were because we built it for the player count we had at the time of switching which was around 40 to 50 players on average. So when people played it again it felt relatively empty with its two-tile wide maintenance shafts and large bar area. We initially made it in order to set ourselves apart from the rest of the other servers but in hindsight after some in-house discussion on how to bring server population back up, we realized we were kind of going about it the wrong way. What we decided in the end was variation is always nice and brings new things to the table but something as massive as a map change was a little much when all was said and done. Instead of something so massive, once we get steam again we're going to try and make cult not a shit-fest and expand on nuke, which was some of our original ideas until we ran out of steam on the player count. Hopefully in the weird in-between time we can seperate ourselves from other servers by trying to provide a decent community where we can all laugh at people who join and demand to be a traitor or beg for xenos.

As previously mentioned; a lot of the things from Maintenance Station will be ported over to Box Station. Below is not a comprehensive list of what can and what will be ported over and it can change at any time.

LAC replacing atmos pipes - DONE!
Correct Accesses on doors - DONE!
Ported Away Missions - 25%
Secrets - 75%

[NotFoos]

How do the lacs work on this station? I just barely learned the old layout and now I gotta relearn the old old one with additions. Im not even sure what im asking, I guess is atmos actually useful? On the old station even with lacs I could never flood the whole station.

[NotFoos]

Also atmos maint access is already broken. Curious, why is this even an issue exactly?

[Nokington]

This was an issue when we first switched to maintenance station. Not sure what causes it.

[DrunkenFlyingDemoman]

The Awakening has Begun.

[NotFoos]

I just gotta say this was a good move, I havent seen us without players since change. As much as I miss the old map. Now we just gotta improve this one. For example, making the lacs actually work.