I actually meant the players, might have to include different languages for motds
Sincerely, Aaron On Jan 31, 2014 7:25 PM, "Weasels Lair" <wea...@weaselslair.com> wrote: > Ironically, my server over there was configured in English. Of > course, many of the games (TF2) have multi-language support, as does > SourceMod I believe. But, I never really had to or try to customize > anything in any way to target other languages over there. > > Regarding the hosting providers, most of them have English versions of > their web-sites. This is especially true of those hosting in Hong > Kong - presumably due to being a former colony. Also, many of the > hosting providers are actually European companies, that just happen to > have extended their services to that region. So, those typically have > multi-language control panels and such, which (as far as I have seen) > always include English along with whatever that company's primary > language might be (German, or example). > > I never encountered any language difficulties. > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Aaron Thompson <rmesc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks, bro! Will check into this. But...English? > > > > Sincerely, > > Aaron > > On Jan 31, 2014 7:16 PM, "Weasels Lair" <wea...@weaselslair.com> wrote: > > > >> I recently had to shut-down my Asia / Pacific region TF2 server - that > >> was formerly hosted in Hong Kong. > >> > >> I had an issue with my hosting provider - either with their > >> infrastructure not being able to handle the network traffic, or there > >> inability to find and clean-out DoS-related endpoints (either sources > >> or targets) on their network. In either event, the end-result is that > >> I am no longer hosting a TF2 server in that region. > >> > >> There seem to be TF2 players over there that are under-serviced, and > >> down-right hungry for non-Vanilla/non-stock TF2 servers. During most > >> of the time I had the server running in Hong Kong, it was getting > >> TWICE as many player-visits as it's North America equivalent. > >> > >> So, there seems to be a "supply-and-demand" thing going-on in that > >> region, where there are lots of players, but few good servers for > >> them. > >> > >> I know there are lots of multi-server game-communities out there on > >> the Internet(s). So, what I am suggesting to you, is that you > >> consider putting-up a TF2 server somewhere in that region. It would > >> not necessarily have to be in Hong Kong specifically - just somewhere > >> in that region. I had players from ALL over that region - but had the > >> most "active" return/regular players from Hong Kong, Korea, China, > >> Taiwan and Japan. > >> > >> Apparently (based on what I seen in my HLStatsX:CE pages), I was > >> attacking players allow-over that region, including: > >> > >> 1,977 Players = Hong Kong > >> 1,238 Players = Korea (South - "presumably") > >> 1,211 Players = Russian Federation (some of this might be to my N.A. > >> server) > >> 347 Players = China > >> 276 Players = Thailand > >> 237 Players = Taiwan > >> 183 Players = Kazakhstan > >> 176 Players = Viet Nam > >> 138 Players = Singapore > >> 124 Players = Sweden > >> 90 Players = Philippines > >> 89 Players = Japan > >> 86 Players = Macau > >> 77 Players = Indonesia > >> 66 Players = Malaysia > >> 57 Players = Australia > >> 44 Players = India > >> 34 Players = Mongolia > >> 12 Players = Cambodia > >> 10 Players = New Zealand > >> > >> Anyway, I thought this would be both an opportunity for some community > >> to expand, and for the players over there (among whom are obviously my > >> ex-players) to have some decent servers available for them. > >> > >> > >> Take it or leave it as you will, this is all just FYI/suggestion. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
