Number of servers and gamers

blinblin Join Date: 2011-07-20 Member: 111290Members
in NS2 General Discussion
When I usually in the game, I only see like two servers with people playing on it. Around 28 gamers at the time.

So if those two servers are full I had to wait. Sometimes a very long time, cause it is not TF2 and ppl dont usually leave the game.

So, how many active players are there? How many active servers around the world?

I usually play in the late evening - 21:30-23:30 Beijing standard time, which is GMT+8.

When do people usually play? What time is the peak of players?
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  • aeroripperaeroripper Join Date: 2005-02-25 Member: 42471NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Peak for NA is usually 9p-12a central.

    Not sure about the other servers, I use this tool to gauge which ones are populated and in which countries (click on the orange text to the right of "developer tracker")

    <a href="http://www.play4dead.com/ns2/" target="_blank">http://www.play4dead.com/ns2/</a>
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  • blinblin Join Date: 2011-07-20 Member: 111290Members
    so over almost 30 thousand copies sold there only 48 ppl online?

    How come? 47 servers and 90% of them are empty...
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  • rushmonkeyrushmonkey Join Date: 2009-04-17 Member: 67215Members
    edited July 2011
    90% of the servers can't run a decent game at anything more than 5v5 (let alone with structures), those that can get played :>
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  • TrCTrC Join Date: 2008-11-30 Member: 65612Members
    Ye, need moar quality servers I would like to test more but I have no patience for waiting for a slot.
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  • oldassgamersoldassgamers Join Date: 2011-02-02 Member: 80033Members, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow
    Thats true about the servers. Although i played on chicago server 16 player server and it WENT SO SMOOOOOTH. First server ever with good tickrate.
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  • QuovatisQuovatis Team Inversion Join Date: 2010-01-26 Member: 70321Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    For US players, I recommend either the Anagram or the Team #156 servers, both of which are i5 powerhouses that can handle anything. Lag is very rare on these servers.
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  • CheburashkaCheburashka Join Date: 2011-07-24 Member: 112044Members
    edited July 2011
    I've noticed this as well, and its quite a shame. Granted, a lot of people who bought this game pre-ordered quite some time ago (myself included). While ostensibly they knew they bought it under the pretense of playing an unfinished project and you'd think people would be able to put up with some stuff given that, I have a feeling people just didn't find the game worth playing because performance was utterly terrible for a long time. Recently (say the last month or two) the game has become actually viable to play "just for the fun of it" but I suspect lots of people just don't have the game on their radar anymore, even if they did already shell out the cash for it. Maybe some kind of blast e-mail like "hey, lots of new awesome stuff!" to people who bought the game would help.
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  • Racer1Racer1 Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9615Members
    For better or worse, the horrible performance of the ns2 beta release put off a lot of players. It took at least 3 months in beta before the game performance got to playable levels; and by that time most gamers had left.

    It will take another public status change, such as going from closed-beta to open-beta for there to be a significant number of players getting back into ns2.
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  • Lemming JesusLemming Jesus Join Date: 2010-04-13 Member: 71385Members
    You can't expect people to spend their personal money to host quality servers for a game that's not finished.
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  • Boxer`DBoxer`D Join Date: 2011-07-27 Member: 112532Members
    Pretty sure tempest owns the anagram Chicago servers, there are 3 of them and they run great. The #156 servers are pretty good too.
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  • QuovatisQuovatis Team Inversion Join Date: 2010-01-26 Member: 70321Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    The anagram servers are actually just one. NS2 only uses one core at a time, so multiple servers can run on the same machine, provided it has enough RAM. It's handled 3 full servers and still no lag. I suggest #156 does something similar.
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  • MaGicBushMaGicBush Join Date: 2002-12-02 Member: 10378Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1863891:date=Jul 27 2011, 10:49 AM:name=Quovatis)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Quovatis @ Jul 27 2011, 10:49 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1863891"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->For US players, I recommend either the Anagram or the Team #156 servers, both of which are i5 powerhouses that can handle anything. Lag is very rare on these servers.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I still see the tickrate drop below 15 regularly on these as well towards end-game, and honestly we can't really say if there's a better server seeing as there is almost 50 and only 3 get played..
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  • ScardyBobScardyBob ScardyBob Join Date: 2009-11-25 Member: 69528Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1863929:date=Jul 27 2011, 10:56 AM:name=MaGicBush)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MaGicBush @ Jul 27 2011, 10:56 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1863929"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I still see the tickrate drop below 15 regularly on these as well towards end-game, and honestly we can't really say if there's a better server seeing as there is almost 50 and only 3 get played..<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Some of the recent bugs/exploits in B181/182 have been causing serious server issues that can drop the tickrate into single digit territory.
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  • MaGicBushMaGicBush Join Date: 2002-12-02 Member: 10378Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1863934:date=Jul 27 2011, 01:04 PM:name=ScardyBob)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ScardyBob @ Jul 27 2011, 01:04 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1863934"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Some of the recent bugs/exploits in B181/182 have been causing serious server issues that can drop the tickrate into single digit territory.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Ah only been around since 180.
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