Re: [hlds] Best/Worst of running game servers

2009-04-17 Thread msleeper
My best experience admining a server was right after Eternal Silence was released on Steam, we setup I think 5 servers during the course of a week because they were slam packed full 100% of the time. We started out with 2 and over the course of the week we kept adding more to keep up with the

[hlds] Best/Worst of running game servers

2009-04-16 Thread Bruce Potter
[posted this to the linux list a few days ago. figured I'd post it here too. Apologize for the x-post] Howdy all, I'm giving a talk at a conference this weekend on game servers. Basically focusing on the technology behind them, how to secure them (both from cheaters/griefers and from

Re: [hlds] Best/Worst of running game servers

2009-04-16 Thread Nightbox
There are 80% noobs in public servers. 2009/4/16 Bruce Potter gd...@shmoo.com [posted this to the linux list a few days ago. figured I'd post it here too. Apologize for the x-post] Howdy all, I'm giving a talk at a conference this weekend on game servers. Basically focusing on the

Re: [hlds] Best/Worst of running game servers

2009-04-16 Thread Arg!
Its hard to find good people to moderate game servers. Especially ones who agree with your 'vision', for want of a better word, of what you want to achieve from a community. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:11 AM, Nightbox alexandrualexa...@gmail.comwrote: There are 80% noobs in public servers.

Re: [hlds] Best/Worst of running game servers

2009-04-16 Thread Alex
That about sums up how i feel about the clan im in. I want to try and keep it professional yet i get these people who do everything in a joking manner. Arg! wrote: Its hard to find good people to moderate game servers. Especially ones who agree with your 'vision', for want of a better word,

Re: [hlds] Best/Worst of running game servers

2009-04-16 Thread Jeff Sugar
Those who agree with your ideals are not always proper for administrative positions, and those who are proper for administrative positions don't always agree with your ideals. Unfortunately, it's quite difficult to get a balance of someone who shares a similar vision as to how things should be

Re: [hlds] Best/Worst of running game servers

2009-04-16 Thread Andrew Armstrong
: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Sugar Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 12:30 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Best/Worst of running game servers Those who agree with your ideals are not always proper