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Why so angry, bro?

I'll just mention that new players avoiding the server is a good thing if your goal is to play with good players. I defy anyone to find a 32 player goldrush server with higher quality play than this one. It is literally the best 32 player goldrush server in the world. Why implement a rule that will just drive all its best players to EVGA? Surely quality of regular play is the highest honor for a server, rather than the distribution of reb/blu wins. 32 player goldrush is a distinct format, different from all other tf2 formats in significant ways. Mastering 32 goldrush is nothing like mastering 12 player 2fort.

If you're unhappy losing on our server, practice 32 goldrush instead of bitching on the forums. If you wanna go somewhere newb-friendly, lotus or drunken brawl usually have a slot open.

I should point out that I'm not the one bitching about team stacking. I do just fine when I join. It's just no fun for new players who don't know about the necessary class balance when all the pubstars are on the other team. If teams were evened out, noobs could get BETTER (by learning from good players on their team), pubstars could get BETTER (by playing against players their skill instead of raping young children), and matches would be more EXCITING, because it's more of a struggle and less of a roll.

Also, level of play on goldrush server may be good compared to other goldrush servers, but it's terrible compared to other sourceop servers (eg valve maps 1). I've played on both and have found much more skilled players on valve 1. Mastering all maps is a lot more challenging that spamming stickies on a chokepoint infested map like goldrush. Basically what snarf said.