You are wrong, r5a is much more playable, no such laming like in normal version. I know it is darker, this is bad, but rework is worth the darkness. You can add it to the CO server and look what maps players will vote more frequently.
It's well balanced - stabile -and very fun to play.
_r or _r5a sux compared to the original.
If some people thinks it's too marine sided, well then _r/_r5a is even worse. Much brighter, no vent at rinestart and generally less fun rounds.
the light is not the problem r5a isent soooo dark... r5a also has more detail maping but i played mesa and r5a for the 1st time over 2 years ago and i prefer the normal mesa map for my own.
Could you add ns_blackmesa on this server at least for some test period (like 2 weeks)? And then choose if you want to keep it on this server. At least one download address for ns_blackmesa is http://files.filefront.com/ns_blackm.../fileinfo.html