Due to busy schedules, I'll be postponing the Shackbattle to a time later on this week. You'll all be updated of course, so keep your eyes peeled for the date.

After a bit of negotiation, I was able to regain control of a single 12-slot dedicated server for BGT! Here is the IP in case you don't find it in the server browser (Under Kyodan's Killingrounds):

72.249.124.131:27015

As mentioned previously, I am planning to run a Shackbattle on 12/18, at 6pm PST. Mark your calendars!

Unfortunately, my servers have been pulled offline indefinitely. That doesn't mean we won't play, however, there are loads of official servers still up and running! We'll coordinate our Shackbattle onto one of these servers - in the meantime, I'm planning to run a Shackbattle on 12/18, at 6pm PST. Let me know if this will work out fine for you all. Thanks!

Kyodan's Killingrounds 1
IP: 72.249.124.130
Port: 27015
Slots: 12

Kyodan's Killingrounds 2
IP: 72.249.124.130
Port: 27016
Slots: 8

Stay tuned for a Shackbattle announcement!

For those interested in improving their BGT gameplay experience, and/or those still fighting with the default control scheme, here is a suggested control scheme posted by 'DuckStab' on the BGT Steam forums:

1. Unbind "Switch Hot Slot" and "Equip/Unequip" keys.
These keys do absolutely nothing but slow the game down and waste keys and mouse buttons that could be used in a much more useful way.

2. Bind "Equip Weapon" to 1, and "Equip Murder Aid" to 2.
No longer do you have to use the awkward "Switch Hot Slot, then Equip/Unequip" control scheme. This setup speeds things up to a single key press, switching to either your weapon or murder aid immediately. To unequip, simply press the key again.

3. Bind "Weapon Inventory" to Mouse 2, and "Murder Aid Inventory" to Mouse 3.
With this new setup, all item selection is done with the mouse, which gives you 100% full control over your movement while selecting a weapon or murder aid. It also feels much more natural - holding down a mouse button and then moving the mouse to select a weapon/item is far more intuitive than holding down a keyboard key and moving the mouse to select a weapon/item.

I use a slightly modified version of these keys, and I have to say that the game has become more comfortable to play with them. Highly recommended.