Is KOTH fun?

Is KOTH mode fun?

  • Yes

    Votes: 87 77.7%
  • No

    Votes: 12 10.7%
  • No Preference

    Votes: 6 5.4%
  • Haven't Played

    Votes: 7 6.3%

  • Total voters
    112

Radaka

L420: High Member
May 24, 2009
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I've been at Quakecon, and all the people here got screwed BAD. Valve released the update, the convention blocked the update port (steam), so NOBODY could play TF2 at ALL! I understand the bandwith required, but it just really sucks that this brand-spanking-new update came out, and I can't touch it, much less play tf2 until I get back to Houston from Dallas tomorrow :(

Now, to the reason I posted this thread: is KOTH a fun game mode?
 

NovaSilisko

L42: Life, the Universe and Everything
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Feb 3, 2009
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KOTH is what arena should have been.
 

Waif

L7: Fancy Member
Mar 22, 2009
412
125
Yeah its good. Still not up to the awesomeness of payload.
 

Penguin

Clinically Diagnosed with Small Mapper's Syndrome
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May 21, 2009
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1,484
KOTH is particularly awesome in OVERTIME.
 

Icarus

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Sep 10, 2008
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Really fun in maps like Nucleus, where the CP is constantly being flipped.
 

BrokenTripod

L5: Dapper Member
May 11, 2009
248
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Wow 9 Yes votes!

That's pretty impressive. I'm honestly surprised at how well it's done. I personally love Viaduct and Nucleus as KOTH. I never really got to play Nucleus as arena, but the circular layout really intrigued me. It works really well for KOTH.

Overtime has to be one of my favs, but overall, I'm really surprised at how well KOTH works. I've even seen quite a few SGs and Engys that appeared to be having fun, despite the 3 minute timer reallllly limiting the usefulness of it.
 

Penguin

Clinically Diagnosed with Small Mapper's Syndrome
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May 21, 2009
2,039
1,484
3 minutes goes to hell because Overtime lasts an eternity.
 

Grimes

L1: Registered
Jun 4, 2009
45
4
It is a ton of fun, I think by far Nucleus is the best KOTH map that they released. Viaduct is fun but I think it is way to easy to defend the hill once a team takes it.
 

Trotim

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Jul 14, 2009
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It is pretty fun, but the respawn times tend to be too short (I know, I know) in my opinion.
 

The Gentlemanne

L4: Comfortable Member
Jun 18, 2009
170
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I really enjoy it, but I enjoy arena also. I really hope KOTH gains popularity.

already more popular than arena...well at least with those I play with.
 

Psy

The Imp Queen
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Apr 9, 2008
1,706
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I love KOTH. I prefer quick caps though compared to the lengthy ones in Viaduct.
 

Jamini

L4: Comfortable Member
Nov 14, 2008
196
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I've always found KOTH too spammy for my tastes.

Small maps work well in arena because the number of players swiftly drops after the first few minutes. In KOTH the winner is normally the team that can spam the middle point the best.
 

Nineaxis

Quack Doctor
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May 19, 2008
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Koth is fun but i think it's just too spammy

Yeah. KotH has the potential to be fun, but it requires balanced teams, and a map where it's easy to take the point back and forth.

And like supertoaster said, it can be spammy. Viaduct is a spammy map. I'm hoping some of our brilliant mappers can make KotH maps with twice the point-capturing and half the spam.