So it's been long since discussed matter that "The Tempest" is the most important server for us to have, rather that be 6 of them or just 1. It's the central hub of the clan and how people meet, if you will, and this has been true for most of the other servers since the HL2 days. I'm already aware of the many issues plaguing it, so let's avoid making this into a "what I hate about Tempest" thread. I would "like" to keep the old server, but at the same time, I would prefer us getting a brand new one that could be monitored a bit better, avoid the lag issues, possibly save us some money, and enable us to do more in the future. I'm going to leave this in the hands of the community to decide, as a whole, so that action can be taken in the appropriate direction.

Where the second choice states "Remove "The Tempest". Rent a new server.", the action taken would literally be that. I can ask Whut to have Sirus disable the server, and we can just operate on our own terms on that front. Of course, the negative of that would mostly be maintaining a brand new server, obviously. For some of you, you want this. For others, you want nothing touched. The truth of the matter is that I'm not Whut. If you want your classic wdfnews.com community and pDs to be as is, then you're asking for Whut to lead this place again (I wish he was, at times). Considering that I'm literally trying to fill in his shoes to maintain a community I've only been apart of 1/10 of it's existence, I really don't have much of a choice now but to restructure what's in place to get some efficiency going around here.

I don't care if you're clan involved or not; everybody can vote on this. If possible, leave a comment stating how you feel, so we can get a good debate going on the matter.

Thanks for your time.

The Tempest would be a lot better if people would actually play on it.

Just sayin'.

I'm going to say remove the tempest, and get a new server. A new name that will place it closer to the top of the server list would boost the people playing exponentially.

The Tempest is always more fun when people play in it. I totally agree Mrs. C. However, the main problem is that we have no access to the guts of the server. To get anything changed on that front is like stumbling through a cooperate maze. Well, not really, but it might as well be that bad.

If the "old" members all came back after we hijacked the clan, we'd have a war on our hands. =l

I just want to revitalize the clan/forum with new and active people. We aren't going to do that with a single server that isn't very good in the first place.

Well spoken.

This server has mad hops. It's furious strength is blinding. If you have bad ping, it's because you're either midwest or east-coast. Those with said complaints are, so there's that squared away.

The server sits empty because members aren't playing on it. They're playing other games. TF2 is losing appeal in the light of other, newer titles. This is out of our control. Sirus has spoken to the affect of "I'll pay for this server until I don't feel like paying for it any more."

Our position in the chart (alphabetically and ping) is actually rather high if you (like most west-coast players) search for west-coast servers. There's a reason the roaring majority of clan members hail from the northwest/west coast.

This server's totally baller as it is. It just needs people (us) to fill it. I know I'll be back in action as I recently acquired a new headset (yes, the fact that I couldn't talk made me stop playing). Will you?

Yup. Precisely.