Clients blacklisting servers?

[Maff]

I've been playing Tremulous for a few weeks now and it's lots of fun.  I tend to play on the public server with the lowest ping that has a reasonable number of people on.

Unfortunately, this heuristic can be a bit hit and miss.  Some servers seem to have a larger concentation of beginners, some have unreliable pings, some have childish admins.  I'd like to avoid playing on these servers.  Unfortunately, it's not easy to remember which servers these are, so I'd like Tremulous to track this for me.

This function can be achieved by using the "Favourites" function in the server list but, since it's a whitelist, it's not very usable for just saying "I don't want to play on this one server".

My suggestion is to add a "Blacklist" option (similar in appearance to the "Favourites" option) in the server list.

I'm fairly fluent with C so I had a quick look at the code.  Unfortunately, it looks like it would need changes both to Tremulous source and to base Quake3 source.  However, the code changes themselves don't look too tough.  However, before I dive in and code it...

What do people think?  Is this likely to be useful function?

Matt

[werepants]

i think it would be nice.  more flexibility to choose, select and remember is always a good thing.  i personally don't anticipate using it, but it would be nice to have the functionality in the case that I do.

[BabyAlien]

I have only ever seen a handfull of servers available out there.  Am I missing something, is there a source for finding hundreds of servers rather than say 10 - 12 that I usually see?

Is it really worth the effort when you could just type up a list in a text editor?

[Vector_Matt]

There aren't hundreds of servers. This aint Quake3, get used to a reasonably sized community for a change. :roll:

[BabyAlien]

There aren't hundreds of servers. This aint Quake3, get used to a reasonably sized community for a change. :roll:

Exactly.  

So... Just invest in a post-it note and a pen?

[Vector_Matt]

You could put all the servers into your favorites, that would sortof blacklist the others.

[Neo]

yeah, i think there are only about 28 servers with people on them, atleast thats what my list tells me.