This is correct. Left 4 Dead does have central hosted servers. Same with the PC side of left 4 dead. And yes. IPX.... Those were dark times.
Nick Olsen Brevard Wireless (321) 205-1100 x106 ---------------------------------------- From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:55 AM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] XBOX 360 I hate IPX. I really do. >From what I know Left 4 Dead on the Xbox is using central hosting servers now. I believe the games with larger volume players such as Bad Company do this as well. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Jeremy Parr wrote: > 2009/10/5 David E. Smith : > > Mike Hammett wrote: > >> I miss it back in the day when game servers were centrally hosted. > > > > These things, like many things, seem to go in cycles. We've gone from > > central (text-based MUDs, games on the "old" AOL and CompuServe) to > > distributed (DOOM and Quake, the first couple generations of FPS games) > > to centralized (more recent FPS games based on the Half-Life engine, > > though players still can host their own) to some of each (right now, > > where there's a good mix of people playing centralized MMO games like > > World of Warcraft, along with player-hosted PS3 and 360 games). > > Back in my day, we had to run Fossil or IPX if we wanted multiplayer. > None of this fancy schmancy IP connectivity! You kids today have it > too good! > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
