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thats what I meant, it doesnt have to have the forums actually written on it, just when they go up and use it (or melee it or something in TF2's case) it opens up the forums. you could put a screenshot of the main forums up on it or something (make the model a combine console) and it could launch the forums in an ingame browser
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Ya but any custom models adds downloads.
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okay, so we can use a decal or a tiny model.
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you are downloading about 60 decals every time you connect anyway (one for each player icon and another for their spray) I don't see how a 256x512 decal on the wall would make much of a difference on connect.
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But the player decals are downloaded while you are playing. Anything seperate from that requires that they be downloaded before joining the game.
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could you set up a bot that just spectates, and give it special permisions to talk to all players, then chat through it :?
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Yes but then that reduces the number of players able to play.
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could you add like one hidden player slot?
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32 is the max. If anything is in the 33rd slot, the game crashes.
