More news brought by Blue. Pretty slow evening, here's a few interesting tidbits on UT though. CliffyB updated his .plan with word that some small maps are being put on a rotation with an inappropriate amount of maxplayers... Maybe the patch could address this by maps being marked with "recommended number of players" and being thrown out of rotations unless overridden or something? Anyway, here's the poop on that:

Something is really distressing me when I browse the server list in Ubrowser in UT. Many server admins think that just because a map shipped with the game that it is ok for dozens of players to play at once. Deathmatch maps like "Fractal," "Oblivion," and "Stalwart" are TINY and are meant for one on one, no more. When you run a server with a 32 player limit and add these maps to your cycle list you're just ruining the play experience for those who are trying to find a good local server. CTF maps like "Niven" are meant for 2 on 2 or 3 on 3 CTF, nothing more. They're not even in the default map list, this is for a REASON!So, please, don't cycle these maps unless you're keeping your max players very low.