GSP's certainly serve a purpose, and I would never dispute that. If I were to host a 24/7 server (mine only runs Friday and Saturday nights, and I run a bunch of different mods, so a GSP just isn't practical), I would certainly want to rent a server, and as I've said, for match play, you want a dedicated, professional host, because you want the server to play as small a part in the outcome as possible.
I just get cranky when people tell me I can't host a server on my broadband connection, because I certainly can. At least I can for Half-Life and Source/Orangebox, I don't have experience with other server engines. From what I've heard other server engines aren't as forgiving in terms of hardware and bandwidth, and I am grateful that Valve has created products that allow me to host from my home, and I hope they continue to do so. Drek Midnight wrote: > Dedicated servers are needed and serve a purpose, otherwise everyone > would just host from home and not pay for servers. > > One main factor that hasn't been mentioned is the fact that GSP's > provide 5-15 major backbone connections directly to their server which > means each player has a good chance of hopping networks only 1 time. > Whereas a home PC has 1 backbone which is their ISP network, you may > have to change across several networks to get to the ISP network of the > P2P host. Many ISP networks, especially Comcast provide cheapest path > routing and do not provide lowest latency routing like the GSP's do. > > Maybe even a bigger problem is you can't just hop on your favorite local > / clan server and have your friends / teammates show up whenever. You > would need to plan a game beforehand and get them to connect with you at > the same time, what a drag. How would you even organize competitive > match play in a game like MW2? Talk about a nightmare! > > > > Steven Hartland wrote: > >> I would say its not "not everywhere" but actually "90% of" which don't >> have home connections capable of this, that said with the BW you stated >> it still not gonna cut it for servers that most people want to run e.g. >> large high rate servers. >> >> Regards >> Steve >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Arg!" <[email protected]> >> >> >> Im certainly not saying you cant do it, im simply saying not everywhere has >> internet available capable of doing it, no matter how much you fiddle with >> the rates. >> >> >> ================================================ >> This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the >> person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the >> recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise >> disseminating it or any information contained in it. >> >> In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please >> telephone +44 845 868 1337 >> or return the E.mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
