I was just browsing the serverlist and thought of a good suggestion. Instead of listing servers by uptime, list them by popularity. For example, a server that had hundreds of people flowing in and out would quickly rise to the top, a server someone forgot to port forward and that didn't get any connections would linger at the bottom. There could be ways to prevent cheating, for example, only count once for each IP that visits a server in a day. This would be very convenient, because if I wanted to play on a good server I can trust, I'd choose one at the top. This would encourage people to run servers well to get them to the top, and would cut back on the number of noob-run, griefed servers you encounter before you find a good one.
Make it a choice between Alphabetical (A-Z or Z-A), Uptime, Popularity or Favorites, with the favorites being at the top. Player chooses favorites, of course
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I don't want to join a server that goes down every hour, I want to join a server that is going to be online for as long as possible, if you're sorting by popularity you could well be putting the server that only just went online and is going to go offline soon at the top of the list.
Sorting by uptime isn't perfect, but it's a lot better than popularity. The best option would be to have a combination, a calculated rank base off the amount of players and uptime.
I don't want to join a server that goes down every hour, I want to join a server that is going to be online for as long as possible, if you're sorting by popularity you could well be putting the server that only just went online and is going to go offline soon at the top of the list.
Sorting by uptime isn't perfect, but it's a lot better than popularity. The best option would be to have a combination, a calculated rank base off the amount of players and uptime.
This is true, but any noob can leave a server running for long enough to get the highest uptime listing. I guess it's a preference thing, I prefer quality whereas you prefer quantity (quantity meaning playtime).
there are grease monkey plug ins that will let you sort by player count or alphabetical.
i dont know who wrote it but here is a link i posted http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65633
As far as Alphabetical: it's only useful if you're looking for a specific server (or avoiding "Minecraft Server"). Other than that it's as useless as the current sorting when trying to find a trustworthy server worth playing on. I also had another idea - what about an icon to show if any OPs are on?
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how about map size, trusted op list, kind of server (custom or normal), kind of map (flatgrass, mountains, ect)
Edit: There could be a private server list, where you take the link from to the server and insert it into the list, and only you can see it.
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I don't want to join a server that goes down every hour, I want to join a server that is going to be online for as long as possible, if you're sorting by popularity you could well be putting the server that only just went online and is going to go offline soon at the top of the list.
Sorting by uptime isn't perfect, but it's a lot better than popularity. The best option would be to have a combination, a calculated rank base off the amount of players and uptime.
Maybe a timer for how long the server has been up? Idk. Lots of choices.
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Kaiser_czar: andy, your signature is ****ed up. other than that... its absolutely beautiful
This is true, but any noob can leave a server running for long enough to get the highest uptime listing. I guess it's a preference thing, I prefer quality whereas you prefer quantity (quantity meaning playtime).
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i dont know who wrote it but here is a link i posted
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65633
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