Killing Floor Server Update

[markg]

with the new Killing Floor Christmas update (not xmas, Christmas) i decided to make a few changes. And then the players requested we make a few more.

Summary of what we did:

• Eliminated the Beginner server entirely, changing it to the newly created difficulty Hell on Earth.
  
• Eliminated the Normal server from normal rotation. This was the most popular server with the players, but not our clan. It also chewed up the most bandwidth, being full 24/7. It may or may not be running depending on several factors, including bandwidth used that month.
  
• Changed the map voting mid game from 50% to 51%. This stops people from voting the restart the game if one player is still working on killing the zeds. Apparently, kids get bored real quick and restart the maps just because they died, so this was a necessary change.
  
• Removed the ability to spectate (other than for clan members). There is a bug (might be fixed at any time) that allows you to get achievements while spectating! i wondered why spectating grew so popular on our servers, as we were one of the few that allowed it, but no more.
  
• Changed the clan member joining option from 'force kick a current player' to 'join spectator' mode. i have been getting a lot of complaints on this from players, and it was generating a lot of venom against our clan which we dont need, so for now clan members will join spectate, then join the game when appropriate.
  
• Removed the Whitelist maps from all servers until the Christmas event is over. They may or may not be replaced since it is a pain to keep them updated. If there are one or two you want let me know and that can be accomodated, but keeping up 200+ maps is too much work.
  

So for now at least we have three full time KF servers, and one part time one.