Ways To Get Your Server Busy?
greydmiyu
Join Date: 2002-11-18 Member: 9234Members
Join Date: 2002-11-18 Member: 9234Members
How does one get a server busy? I know that when people log into a server more people will log in. I saw it last weekend when my server had a good 6 hours of solid usage. At some point critical mass was hit and people just cycled in as fast as they went out. Since then I've made some changes which appear to have helped. However all I have to compare against are short stints of me logging in for a half hour messing around and one minor time with 2:2.
It's the ol' catch-22. When ya got players you get players. When you don't have players you don't get players. How does one get that initial cache of players to keep a server active?
Forgot to mention, non-clan server. Clearly if it is a clan server one could just hop on with clanmates and the server shows up higher in the list when sorted by players. But what of non-clan servers?
It's the ol' catch-22. When ya got players you get players. When you don't have players you don't get players. How does one get that initial cache of players to keep a server active?
Forgot to mention, non-clan server. Clearly if it is a clan server one could just hop on with clanmates and the server shows up higher in the list when sorted by players. But what of non-clan servers?
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I've seen the same people on my server since I started it when NS got release about 2+ weeks ago.
Make friends! If someone joins, get them stay and join again.
And yah, join your own server and get comfortable.
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It takes time. Mine is full from about noon - 3am on average, need to find some Europeans <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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I try to keep my server llama, foul mouthed punks, and biggot free.
People can complain about how not being able to swear and say whatever they want takes away from the game. All I now is that the biggest complaint I get is that my server is always full. If you put up a good server that runs a tight ship and has some good admins.. the regulars will join and wait for others to join if it's emtpy. Which doesn't happen that often on mine.
Ok, another question. What's the lowest you think a server should have. My machine isn't a powerhouse. I have no problems running a smaller server and I see that on Friday/Saturday night lots of servers "my size" and smaller are full or near full.
Right now it is 6 on 6 but the pings as reported by the scorecard hit >300ms when 9 players get in. I've seen games go to the full 12 people for 6:6 and while the machine is pegged there are very few calls of lag though the numbers are hovering around 500ms on the scorecard.
I'm looking at upgrading the CPU and dropping another in but only if I can keep eh 6:6 or maybe veture up to 7:7. Anyway, rambling, what's a good minimum team size?
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I try to keep my server llama, foul mouthed punks, and biggot free.
People can complain about how not being able to swear and say whatever they want takes away from the game. All I now is that the biggest complaint I get is that my server is always full. If you put up a good server that runs a tight ship and has some good admins.. the regulars will join and wait for others to join if it's emtpy. Which doesn't happen that often on mine.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You don't HAVE to run a "clean" server.
I only filter racial slurs on my chat and i kick ppl who work around it. No swearing on the voice com and thats pretty much it. And i have a TON of regulars who only complain about is not getting a reserved slot (LOL). I kicked a regular who worked around my filter by using spaces to tell a racial joke, i kicked his as fast as a cool. he wasn't happy, but i don't care that much.
The solution is runing a strict server, not "clean" because i don't believe in that totally. But if you have rules, not even you can break them. Thats my ammendment to your comment (not a flame)
1) lots of people leaving
2) teams that are 8 v 4 or similiar.
3) some idiot who tries to spoil your fun via cheating/spamming/etc...
(1) you can prevent by keeping popular maps on it and if people leave and it's not because its 4am, then go on it yourself with friends to keep it busy until others join. (2) by making sure that admins are on the server reasonably regularly and that they keep it equal teams ( threaten to kick if necessary as that's often required to make some people swop ), and for (3) fair and clean ( they can't mess around either <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> ).
1) lots of people leaving
2) teams that are 8 v 4 or similiar.
3) some idiot who tries to spoil your fun via cheating/spamming/etc...
(1) you can prevent by keeping popular maps on it and if people leave and it's not because its 4am, then go on it yourself with friends to keep it busy until others join. (2) by making sure that admins are on the server reasonably regularly and that they keep it equal teams ( threaten to kick if necessary as that's often required to make some people swop ), and for (3) fair and clean ( they can't mess around either <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> ).<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
i work up late this morning (about 10am) because i was up all night.....went to my computer and my server was 11/14. not bad.....i didn't even have to do anything.....i was happy about that. tonight, it droped to 4 ppl!! mapchange+dinner+etc. but its full again in about 10 min. Its all about the Name of your server and its fun factor that keep it full. most of the time. and the other things listed above. Like at almost the end of a map i'll do "admin_vsay Marines are F'd?" ....... Option #1 won by 10/13 votes. hehehehe. ppl laugh at that and they enjoy it......but i might be on the marines when i do that....its just fun.....and ppl get a good laugh out of it.....it just reminds ppl that its JUST A GAME and that increases the "fun factor" on my server is by making sure ppl stay happy.
If someone is causing a problem....everyone on the server tries to resolve it and not just the admins.....its really really really important to make each team feel that there is a team effort otherwise nobody is having fun.
HAHA, i had a drunk guy on my server last night. Totally worthless for the marines, but great moral booster....we still lost, but thats not the point.
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Being the lowest ping in-game for almost all players also helps <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yes it does....since mine is jsut a cable server the pings are only "OK" but if i got business class it would drop them fast.
If you're close to Chicago and you have broadband it should. It all depends on routing. There is a little bit of lag during extreme peak hours, but I never notice it. I get 30-60ms on the scoreboard at all times.
my pings are stable too. Only like 10-20 ppl out in this area with cable. out of like 400 nodes. So i'm very stable..
Anti-cable freak. don't knock it before you try it.
I already work for rage3d, however I have a server going for rage3d.com and genmay.net
and its full most of the day. hehe