My Ns Server

whut · March 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Check it out?</div> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif'>

Anyway, I run a couple servers (two cs servers and an ns server) off a couple different lines.

<a href='http://www.whutdufuk.com' target='_blank'>http://www.whutdufuk.com</a> is the url for the website.

My NS server is on a t-1 line, running on an xp 1600 w/1gb ddr, 40gb 7200rpm hdd.

18 max players.

However, no one plays... ever. I am open to suggestions, and am looking for a few regulars to get things rolling.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Feel free to click the penguin picture in my sig to go to my website for the servers.

Check it out, let me know what's wrong with my server so that I can fix it!

Spyder_Monkey · March 2003

Heh... not so true about the signature anymore. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

cracker_jackmac · March 2003

hahahah, thats classic

Vadakill · March 2003

Try encouraging some of your CS players to try NS out. Even if they dont' stick with it for more then a week, if they are consistantly on there you will most likely pick up some regs.

whut · March 2003

Wow... sig wasn't THAT big....

Oh well, forget the sig.

I've tried to get my CS players to play NS..... but they go where people are.... the CS servers <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'>

masterswordman · March 2003

Try and stay in your NS server, I know Cracker has the same problem, no players. Try getting some people to constantly play there.

cracker_jackmac · March 2003

trying....to....resist....urge...............to.....FLAME...llama.....

Da_Kine_Guy · March 2003

Peoplw won't just JOIN really. On my server it usually gets full after about four of my teammates join on with me. Once we got a solid 4 or more in there the server usually fills up to capacity after a couple rounds. It's all about starting things up. Random people don't want to join the server with 0/18 listed. They want the 14/18 or 12/16 servers. So do what you can to start a group playing in there and people will come. Also make sure you watch the time. Don't expect it to fill up if you and your buddies go on at 10am on a weekday or 2am at night. If I can find 3 other people to start playing at around 6pm PST the server fills in a pinch.

Also, affiliating yourself with an established server group (ie. Homelan) helps out a bunch too, but then you usually gotta play by their rules, so it's a win/lose situation sometimes. I prefer to set my own rules so my server stands alone. If you ever feel bad just take a look at the other servers. There are MANY MANY unpopulated servers on NS right now. After 1.1 we might get an influx of n00bs, thereby creating a new cast of people who need "regular" servers. Right now the community is pretty much established, everyone's got their own little hang out right now. When 1.1 comes out we'll see a nice refresh and some new "hang-outs" emerge.

In the meantime take this opportunity to play around with the server itself. I'm learning on it right now cause no one's on when I'm at work with the server, so I can restart it all I want. Also test out the various NS mods that are out there and see which one's people enjoy. I'm running mostly non game-play changing ones right now, Adminmod, Unstuck, and NSStatusbar. I'm getting requests to try lerklift, but I'm not so sure as of now wheter to add it on or not. Ah well, at least I have a server to run, I've been just a player for sooooooo long. I had absolutely no idea how much power Adminmod gave the highest level admins. admin_execclient!! Had no idea that was even possible!

[WHO]Them · March 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Da Kine Guy @ Mar 18 2003, 11:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I had absolutely no idea how much power Adminmod gave the highest level admins. admin_execclient!! Had no idea that was even possible!  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
ahhh yes, I got so bored at one point that I even made a script so that I could take (laggy) remote control of any player that was the target of my chasecam. It was always good for a laugh when an afk came back into a game of cs to find he was already in the heart of enemy territory in the middle of jumping over a crate or something. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Roobubba · March 2003

My server usually fills up about 5 minutes after I join and sit in the ready room waiting. I swear there's people out there who just refresh my server all day waiting for me to join <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

The best advice is play on it a lot. Keep it regularly adminned and you will build up a decent bunch fairly quickly. It has taken about 3 months to build up the capacity client base I now have (that includes getting all lovey dovey with many of the regulars etc), but it's rare for the server to be half full. When someone joins, they all come flocking <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

Dead_Dragon · March 2003

I just wait for your server regardless of whether you're there or not, lol.

Narfwak · March 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([WHO]Them @ Mar 19 2003, 08:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Da Kine Guy @ Mar 18 2003, 11:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I had absolutely no idea how much power Adminmod gave the highest level admins. admin_execclient!! Had no idea that was even possible! </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
ahhh yes, I got so bored at one point that I even made a script so that I could take (laggy) remote control of any player that was the target of my chasecam. It was always good for a laugh when an afk came back into a game of cs to find he was already in the heart of enemy territory in the middle of jumping over a crate or something. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I NEED THIS FOR MY CS SERVER!!!!

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fat_bubba · March 2003

As a player only, (at least for now...) I can definately say that having a regular bunch of decent players on a server keeps people coming back to it time and time again. I'm always on Roobubba's server (if I can get on <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'> ) because I like the crowd that goes there....

Oh, and when I say 'decent players' I don't mean good at the game, I mean not whining, spamming, flaming CS players.... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Narfwak · March 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (fat_bubba @ Mar 19 2003, 02:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> As a player only, (at least for now...) I can definately say that having a regular bunch of decent players on a server keeps people coming back to it time and time again. I'm always on Roobubba's server (if I can get on <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'> ) because I like the crowd that goes there....

Oh, and when I say 'decent players' I don't mean good at the game, I mean not whining, spamming, flaming CS players.... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
I'm almost always at one of the NSAF servers for this reason. I'm gonna go check out the CE server and Roo's server today if I get the chance, as I've heard only praise. I still haven't checked out voogru's server army, although I will eventually.

Roobubba · March 2003

I'd be surprised if you get a decent ping to my server from the US as it's in the UK. Was a time when I was a bit cagey about letting US player on the server (the Uni network I'm on doesn't like lots of cross atlantic traffic as they have to pay by the Megabyte apparently), but TBH I'm not too fussed now. It's only what 1.5k per second or so anyway and I'm sure there's people downloading things constantly from the US at MUCH higher rates <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

whut · March 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Da Kine Guy @ Mar 19 2003, 02:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Also, affiliating yourself with an established server group (ie. Homelan) helps out a bunch too, but then you usually gotta play by their rules, so it's a win/lose situation sometimes.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
I've had an offer to join modns.org... which is all good and fun, except I have to change my server name and adhear to their rules. I think I'll try it out, since I've got nothing to lose... but if I dislike it, I'll go back to being the lone server that it was.

[WHO]Them · March 2003

I agree that the name change is pretty annoying. But the rest of the rules don't seem too bad, just some anti-exploit stuff. Besides, free stats are nice <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

whut · March 2003

I joined up with modns.org... soo hopefully that will work out.

My Ns Server

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