AA Servers and Plans - 2014

[AA™| Vim Fuego]

This is the thread-starter that MeddC posted in the old forum:

1) SERVERS

Our demo servers are struggling for numbers at present (along with the rest of LFS it seems). I'm loathe to throw a tried and tested format away, but I'm wondering if there are some better ways we can utilise our 6 servers. Thoughts to date include some sort of new Airio instance with fresh stats. At this stage, I'm open to all ideas, including keeping things as they are. However, thought I'd add a suggestion of my own to get the ball rolling...

[AA] Blackwood GTI - retain but alternate between 3 and 4 lap races on alternate days
[AA] Blackwood FBM - retain but alternate between 3 and 4 lap races on alternate days
[AA] Rallycross GTI - retain as-is
[AA] Demo Racing - configured for slightly longer races (with pitstops) alternating between FBM, XRG and XFG on different days of the week. Race points would count towards a 2014 championship (possible prize - to be discussed).

I would propose to switch [AA] Demo FBM and [AA] Demo GTI off altogether - retaining one as a private practice server and another as a public event server (preferably S2 if it can be upgraded) for any leagues we decide to run (and if nobody else does, then I might organise one soon). All thoughts welcome.

2) EVENTS/SERIES

In 2013 we ran a licence competition for points accumulated on the demo servers, a demo championship for AA members only (plus a few select others), and a public S2 beginner cup. What events do you want to see in 2014 and do we have any volunteers to organise/run?

Feel free to continue the discussion here.