Worth getting a server?
ezekel
Join Date: 2012-11-29 Member: 173589Members, NS2 Map Tester
Join Date: 2012-11-29 Member: 173589Members, NS2 Map Tester
So I've always wanted to run my server in a game, and now that I'm finally rich from saving my lunch money for 9 years I'm able to afford a server.
My first venture was Rust, because it was new, hot, and poppin yo.
Anyway long story short(not really), I did a well job, set up the server with mods, moderated it so that my players could have a cheat free experience, backed up the server, and yatta yatta.
Then I started to play on my server like a regular player, even eventually promoted one guy to limited admin and well everything hit the crapper. - First off the rust community is atrocious, it's filled with children, complete noobs to video games, and people who shouldn't be playing 'perma-death' games, basically the players on the server got owned and lost all their things to better players, then threatened to quit, started fearmonging other players that admin(s) were abusive (there's only one admin besides me and he can do literally nothing besides kick/ban/teleport - which I doubt was abused)
Anyway long story short, all the noobs gathered together and left and basically that was a large portion of the playerbase (I'm sure they'll do it again on their next server after getting owned again)
So I was debating getting another server for a different game, I'm thinking a CS:GO Deathmatch (custom servers in csgo are trash because of matchmaking, and matchmaking is trash so basically the community is left with 3rd party clients or deathmatch servers) and then Natural selection 2
I've noticed the ns2 public scene is pretty terrible, rookies join non-rookie servers, non-rookies join rookie servers, every server is filled with obnoxious unwanted mods (which you can't stop from being downloaded to the client) etc etc. I was thinking a simple 16-18 slot, all NSL maps, increased tic rate and vanilla gameplay/non-rookie server (Doesn't mean it's for veterans only, just for people who want to play, communicate, and win) Would anyone be interested in something like that, or should I just go and get a CS:GO deathmatch?
Also what are some server providers for NS2? I've checked some of my preferred providers and ns2 doesn't seem to be on their supported games list. I'd host it myself but I can't run the rig 24/7
My first venture was Rust, because it was new, hot, and poppin yo.
Anyway long story short(not really), I did a well job, set up the server with mods, moderated it so that my players could have a cheat free experience, backed up the server, and yatta yatta.
Then I started to play on my server like a regular player, even eventually promoted one guy to limited admin and well everything hit the crapper. - First off the rust community is atrocious, it's filled with children, complete noobs to video games, and people who shouldn't be playing 'perma-death' games, basically the players on the server got owned and lost all their things to better players, then threatened to quit, started fearmonging other players that admin(s) were abusive (there's only one admin besides me and he can do literally nothing besides kick/ban/teleport - which I doubt was abused)
Anyway long story short, all the noobs gathered together and left and basically that was a large portion of the playerbase (I'm sure they'll do it again on their next server after getting owned again)
So I was debating getting another server for a different game, I'm thinking a CS:GO Deathmatch (custom servers in csgo are trash because of matchmaking, and matchmaking is trash so basically the community is left with 3rd party clients or deathmatch servers) and then Natural selection 2
I've noticed the ns2 public scene is pretty terrible, rookies join non-rookie servers, non-rookies join rookie servers, every server is filled with obnoxious unwanted mods (which you can't stop from being downloaded to the client) etc etc. I was thinking a simple 16-18 slot, all NSL maps, increased tic rate and vanilla gameplay/non-rookie server (Doesn't mean it's for veterans only, just for people who want to play, communicate, and win) Would anyone be interested in something like that, or should I just go and get a CS:GO deathmatch?
Also what are some server providers for NS2? I've checked some of my preferred providers and ns2 doesn't seem to be on their supported games list. I'd host it myself but I can't run the rig 24/7
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I think it could easily be put this way. If you just want a server to have a server then you probably got the wrong idea. If you feel you can make, and maintain a better server than the others then do it. Be the best server out there. By the sounds of it, I would play on your server.
I have a lot of friends who play ns2 so I don't think I'd struggle to fill it up when they're on, just curious if it's something that people would want.. I know 'comp' style pubs have been done before, but mine would just be 'not for rookies' you don't need to be a 99% railgun quake unreal fadelerk360noscope counter-strike invite i won that lan five years in a row veteran to play on it.. debating though
Should be enough interesting custom maps by now me thinks, they are just not used enough.
On a Phenom II X4 3.2GHz, mind you. Big surprise, it works. It was 16 slots before, but I reduced it to 14 because individual actions matter much more that way. I also set up a Steam Group in order to announce when it comes online.
At first, only my NS2 friends joined, but word spread quickly that on this server, you'll meet people who actually use their microphones and play cooperatively. Seeding takes 2-3 friends to help.
First of all ns2 has atm 410 servers, but only 1,5k active players at peaktime. Most of the times only 1k players and numbers are sadly dropping again.
So should you host your own server?
If you can't offer any features the other 400 server don't have you will have a real bad time, also you will need to activly seed your server to get it populare, moreover ns2 needs high end hardware to run, so a ns2 server is not cheap to host.
But if you are aware of these 3 factors go on and host your own server.
And what is the name of this server?
Also sry about your rust server, I've played on UK2 since steaml aunch and i would never play on a modded simply because I don't know what admins are up to, how biased they are.
I've updated my signature to make it obvious
Oh, and one more thing:
I've run a survey among the people who regularly play on my non-NASA* server, asking if they experienced any rubberbanding like on the official servers... none of them did.
* Phenom II X4 3.2GHz
Thanks but still don't get any results for "Teamplay FTW".
Hi,
my server has atm 5 custom maps on it and so far that's not true, only greyboxed maps don't get much love.
As long as you give ppl the choice to play these maps via mapvote there no problem at all to have them on your server.
Over all once your server is kinda "well known" you won't have any problems to fill it but to get it known is kinda a problem
A problem about custom maps you should know is that if the workshop times out at the map mod your server will freeze. To avoid this you have to have a active server crew and restart your server at least daily.
I woulda handled the noobies.
People generally don't like custom maps. Not necessarily because of their quality, but because they don't know them.
They lose 1 or 2 matches, claim the map is unbalanced and leave.
The other players handled them, heck some of the people who quit came back with aimbots because they were so mad - only to be swiftly slammed with teh hammer of bans
Servers 100% dead now though
Anyway still thinking about next game, NS2 servers are really expensive (I guess they take up a lot of cpu)
Personally, the only mods I actually like are the awards mod, at the end of the game (Loved Dystopia for this too.) and custom maps. Just having the choice for properly built custom maps is enough to get me interested. I'm here to play NS2 and enjoy interesting matches, not play summit and tram with pointless drivel and b256 recreation mods, or whatever the fuck they're called. We've got TF2 for that.
Most server only use Shine, Badges, Custom HUD, NS2Stats and i dont get what ppl have against these mods.
They are all pretty usefull and you will be thankfull that there is such a mod like shine if you really gonna run your own server
For cross spawns they can use either the NSL Mod or the Shine plugin. So yeah 263 will probably end the era of nsl maps.
So they'll be a workshop mod which disables the lights client side and give you the same performance boost on the vanilla maps?
Also yes, you can get the same performance boost in vanilla maps switching the lights.