These are generated from the server logs by extracting the player's connect IP address, stripping out duplicates and then doing a country lookup.
There are always a few bogus extra IP counts due to dynamic IP addresses, but not that many (a percent of the total or so). I cross verify the total count against the total number of unique SteamIDs during the same period of time just to make sure something weird isn't happening. There will always be more IP addresses then SteamIDs since there will always be connections that never actually enter the server. Doing a detailed SteamID VS IP address correlation is more difficult since the event times can vary and no one log line carries both pieces of information (WON logs had this but not Steam). There is at least one Server Stats program that will prepare a list like this automatically (I'm not sure which, might be superhebbe). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Paloma" To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 8:06 PM Subject: RE: [hlds] Who plays HLDMS
How did you generate these lists? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ook Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 8:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds] Who plays HLDMS Here is mine. Very interesting. If I did the math right, I had 7547 players from the US, and 17,648 from the rest of the world. Assuming each unique IP = a player. I could have matched IP to Steam ID to eliminate duplicates caused by players with dynamic IP and/or those that play from different places, might make a bit of a difference. 7547 UNITED STATES 2433 GERMANY 2424 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1697 UNITED KINGDOM 1621 FRANCE 1132 CANADA 720 SPAIN 601 AUSTRALIA 582 SWEDEN 492 POLAND 457 BELGIUM 451 BRAZIL 432 TAIWAN PROVINCE OF CHINA 394 DENMARK 332 NETHERLANDS 329 FINLAND 306 NORWAY 243 TURKEY 231 SWITZERLAND 203 EUROPEAN UNION 187 PORTUGAL 171 ITALY 156 CZECH REPUBLIC 141 JAPAN 136 AUSTRIA 135 HUNGARY 134 UKRAINE 123 NEW ZEALAND 100 ESTONIA 97 Not Found 89 ROMANIA 84 IRELAND 82 THAILAND 65 SOUTH AFRICA 63 ISRAEL 62 HONG KONG 58 SINGAPORE 53 PAKISTAN 52 GREECE 47 KOREA REPUBLIC OF 39 MEXICO 39 SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic 35 KAZAKHSTAN 34 SLOVENIA 33 BULGARIA 33 SAUDI ARABIA 32 LATVIA 32 MALAYSIA 19 BELARUS 19 ICELAND 14 QATAR 14 Serbia and Montenegro (Fo 13 LITHUANIA 13 PERU 13 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 12 PUERTO RICO 11 CHILE 11 PHILIPPINES 11 RESERVED 10 CROATIA (local name: Hrva 10 INDIA 10 LUXEMBOURG 9 CHINA 9 FAROE ISLANDS 6 ARGENTINA 5 KUWAIT 4 MALTA 3 BAHRAIN 3 COLOMBIA 3 FRENCH POLYNESIA 3 GIBRALTAR 3 GUAM 3 MOROCCO 2 ANDORRA 2 CYPRUS 2 GUATEMALA 2 SRI LANKA 2 VENEZUELA 2 VIET NAM 1 ALBANIA 1 ALGERIA 1 BOLIVIA 1 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOWINA 1 COSTA RICA 1 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 HONDURAS 1 MACEDONIA THE FORMER YUGO 1 MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF 1 NEW CALEDONIA 1 NICARAGUA 1 PANAMA 1 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Ottalini" To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 4:38 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] Who plays HLDMSI use 255 on my servers, with HLDM:S there just aren't enough servers to make any difference, virtually all players will visit all servers looking for a good game. I just scanned my 2006 connection records for HLDM:S (52,531 unique IP addresses) and here is the list of countries that players joined from: 17354 US UNITED STATES 5346 DE GERMANY 3656 RU RUSSIAN FEDERATION 3511 FR FRANCE 3341 GB UNITED KINGDOM 2469 CA CANADA 1566 AU AUSTRALIA 1496 ES SPAIN 1276 SE SWEDEN 1038 BR BRAZIL 1003 TW TAIWAN PROVINCE OF CHINA 854 BE BELGIUM 740 NL NETHERLANDS 671 FI FINLAND 651 DK DENMARK 632 NO NORWAY 617 PL POLAND 480 CH SWITZERLAND 478 EU EUROPEAN UNION 423 IT ITALY 397 PT PORTUGAL 371 AT AUSTRIA 350 EE ESTONIA 321 TR TURKEY 314 JP JAPAN 283 HU HUNGARY 254 NZ NEW ZEALAND 239 CZ CZECH REPUBLIC 177 TH THAILAND 172 IE IRELAND 146 SG SINGAPORE 139 IL ISRAEL 133 HK HONG KONG 131 KR KOREA REPUBLIC OF 130 UA UKRAINE 115 ZA SOUTH AFRICA 112 RO ROMANIA 95 GR GREECE 78 MX MEXICO 65 SI SLOVENIA 62 SA SAUDI ARABIA 55 SK SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic) 54 KZ KAZAKHSTAN 51 LV LATVIA 50 IS ICELAND 42 MY MALAYSIA 41 IN INDIA 40 CN CHINA 35 PK PAKISTAN 33 AE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 30 QA QATAR 30 BG BULGARIA 29 CL CHILE 28 LT LITHUANIA 25 PH PHILIPPINES 25 BY BELARUS 22 HR CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska) 17 PR PUERTO RICO 16 PE PERU 15 MA MOROCCO 15 KW KUWAIT 15 FO FAROE ISLANDS 15 CO COLOMBIA 14 DO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 12 VE VENEZUELA 12 AR ARGENTINA 11 CS Serbia and Montenegro (Formally Czechoslovakia) 9 CR COSTA RICA 7 MT MALTA 7 LU LUXEMBOURG 7 CY CYPRUS 6 MU MAURITIUS 6 GU GUAM 6 AD ANDORRA 5 NC NEW CALEDONIA 5 MO MACAU 5 AP NON-SPEC ASIA PAS LOCATION 4 PA PANAMA 4 GL GREENLAND 4 BH BAHRAIN 3 NI NICARAGUA 3 MK MACEDONIA THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF 3 GI GIBRALTAR 3 EC ECUADOR 2 UY URUGUAY 2 TT TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2 JM JAMAICA 2 FJ FIJI 2 EG EGYPT 2 BB BARBADOS 1 VN VIET NAM 1 SV EL SALVADOR 1 PF FRENCH POLYNESIA 1 OM OMAN 1 NA NAMIBIA 1 MD MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF 1 LK SRI LANKA 1 LI LIECHTENSTEIN 1 LB LEBANON 1 KH CAMBODIA 1 HN HONDURAS 1 BS BAHAMAS 1 BN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1 AZ AZERBAIJAN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ook" To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 8:40 AM Subject: [hlds] Who plays HLDMSI'm looking at my server, Half-Life DeathMatch Source, and not one player from is from the USA: UK - 1 Turkey - 2 Russia - 3 Poland - 1 Austria - 1 This seems to be a fairly consistent pattern, I seem to get more players from Europe the the USA. I'm wondering if my lackluster ISP (Centel), which gives me less then stellar pings, is the reason why I don't get a lot of US players? European players coming into a US server expect higher pings and tolerat it, US players want lower pings and go somewhere to find it? Everyone is pinging in the 200 range right now.
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