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r/tf2•
Cardon

Does r/TF2 need another server like Central/East?

I love playing Central/East. Most of you who play regularly should probably recognize my name, as I play there most nights. However, I do -not- love the wait to get into Central/East. I'm ecstatic that our servers are popular, but as we all saw over Christmas, it was very difficult to jump on in and game.

I know the first thing brought to mind is purchasing a reserved slot, but I don't feel that solves the problem. If there's one thing I dislike, it's being booted off for a reserved slot. I have no issue with people reserving slots and helping our admins out with the finances (in fact, I encourage it), but I'd rather not add to the growing list of people with said slots, booting new players off at a whim.

So, I'm wondering if the community thinks there's enough interest/people that would justify another Central/East/West server. I've been floating the idea around for awhile, and wouldn't have an issue with obtaining one.

If so, I'd propose it be a fairly close mirror of the current setup. Public, 24 slots, Vanilla settings, with a few non-stock maps thrown in for good measure.

Discuss.

Posted Jan 4, 2010, 11:04 PM UTC

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Esham•

We need a west server. If i could get a ping around 50ms i would be happy. As it stands now i ping around 10-30ms on a list of about 20 different favorited servers that i soley stick to.

Although i love this community i am not going deal with 80-120ms just to be a more active member.

Plus the furthest western server is either Chicago (luls) or i think i saw a Dallas one pop up just recently.

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rnawky•

I'd be willing to try and host one, however, I don't have the time to administer the game, setup configuration files, or install any kind of mods.

If you can handle all that crap, drop me a message here and I'll see what I can afford/do.

Server would be in N. California, and the life of the server isn't 100% guaranteed. (I'm a college student with no income, so yeah....)

Anyways I'd be glad to help, donations will be appreciated, however, not required.

N. California server up, no mods, basic config, no admins, whatever.

204.236.129.42:27015

Donations will keep this server up and running. I'll be willing to front the first months bill, however, I won't be able to for the months that follow. Any donations would be much appreciated. You can click here to donate.

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asdfman•

Thank you!

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Esham•

I will add this when i get home from work and check it out. Thanks a tonne though

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professorpan•

I used to play on West a lot! In fact Peapod and Enum introduced me to RUGC through the West server shortly after I became a redditor. Good times :)

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Peapod•

I upvoted you just for saying my name, :)

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deysonnguyen•

The west server was like a home at home.

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[deleted]•

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RyanForT3hWin•

There don't seem to be very many west coast servers in general. I would love to see a reddit server closer to home.

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Esham•

I find most i find are out of seattle or cali. But your right, there arent a tonne, or more ones i want to play on

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CardonOP•

What about a server that is between Central / West. For example, Denver or Texas? Would that be sufficient?

The location of the server I propose isn't that significant to me, assuming I can at least get under 100ms.

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Esham•

Anything would work for me. I just cant handle pings over 100ms. 50-90ms is fine for me. But i find that 100 mark really messes with my timing.

But beggars cant be choosers, if there isnt much demand for a west then there is no need to have one. I think thats why the west one went down.

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[deleted]•

West coast sucks! east central for life!

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Esham•

lol

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yippy3000•

Well, professorpan and enum got rid of the password and now the Reddit Chicago server actually fills up quite often since xmas (usually after E/C and reloaded fills up first). It's pretty much exactly like what you proposed: 24 slots, Vanilla, + a batch of stock maps.

Chicago Server: 8.9.4.114:27015

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BenKenobi88•

Someone should make a new post about that, as I was unaware the password has been taken out.

A) I will definitely try to join this server more now, since people should be filling it up faster.

B) If they need it, they should put up a donation link. I'd probably donate faster to this server since it's not as well known and could possibly need help.

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professorpan•

I don't think we need it, but people have offered to donate for reserved slots lately; I think once we get that figured out, one of us will make the announcement. Yeah I agree, we can definitely advertise a bit more.

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Peapod•

We just added some changed tonight, so in case we missed something or took out something you really liked let us know and we can fix the fixings.

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plaig•

I am on the West coast and would love to have a west coast server back up. I frequented the old one, but since it was shut down, I've had to move to the Central/East server where I still get a decent (70-80ms) ping. Reloaded is ok, but I can't stand the lack of crits, that adds a lot of fun to the gameplay for me.

I am one of the (many?) people booting you off, and for that, I apologize, but I think a new West server would be AWESOME and once I get a job, I'd be happy to re-donate more money to the people potentially running one. I know there is demand for one because the old West server was almost as active as E/C at one point (before the lag issues, password issues, and eventual shutdown). I am relatively sure this is the reason E/C is "too full".

FYI, I really liked the more "pub-like" atmosphere (all-talk on, etc) that the old West server had. The players would also tend to be more silly, which I loved, and I'm sure alltalk contributed to such a free atmosphere. Is there any way we can vote on this? I'd gladly sit in an empty server to build it up from scratch, too, if my ping is good. I did it regularly before.

EDIT: I guess I'll add the Chicago server to my favs now too and try to hit that one up instead of booting players off of the E/C server, I also wasn't aware that the password had been removed.

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desperatechaos•

Technically, this should be in the RUGC subreddit. I know you get more traffic this way, but I just feel r/tf2 should be about the game itself, not about Reddit's servers.

As for another server, I think it's a good idea. If we could get a west coast server, that would be great. I still remember the days before the old West server died... it was just as active as the East one.

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jillg•

Well, there are a couple of Reddit servers that have the same amount of player slots but never have anyone in them. The Chicago server is even based in the same city as C/E so there won't be anymore latency than you already have. The only server that has constant traffic besides the E/C is the Reloaded server, with a 16 player slot. Whenever I check the servers, E/C is either at 23/24 or 24/24 and Reloaded is almost always at 15/16 during tomes of high traffic, but other that that I'd be surprised if any other server got over 8 people at a time (excluding the event server, which is full when it needs to be).

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CardonOP•

Chicago (unless it has changed) has the issue where the server is private (password-protected). I believe this fact alone is what hinders it from having a constant flow of players.

I've noticed when both Reloaded/EC are full and someone sends out a message regarding Chicago, it can fill up rather quickly.

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Eduren•

The password has been removed I think.

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CardonOP•

Fricking sweet. I will now try to recruit more players there.

Edit: As a side note, an announcement of this fact should be made.

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professorpan•

Yes, definitely. Once we get a few final details ironed out, we'll make one big and informative announcement. I'm waiting for that just so we don't end up spamming r/tf2 with 5 different adverts for the server.

Or do I...? o_O

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tanq45•

Short answer; yes.

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[deleted]•

I would like one. I got booted twice yesterday while playing due to reservations, and then once when the server was changing maps. It filled up before I could even get connected which I have never had happen before.

So yes, I think the demand would be there since it seems to be completely full whenever I check. My name is Fush, by the way, I don't play much, but when I do the Reddit server is the first place I look.

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avree•

I could host a server in Dallas, possibly.

I get like 40-50 ping to it from California.

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Moofed•

The Reddit Pure server (formerly the Arena-only server) is setup how you describe, though only 20 slots and it uses sv_pure 2. Its also one of the three with redditgaming.com stats working.

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speedreeder•

How about these?

with a community and stats as well.

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FrankVice•

I got a West Coast (Los Angeles) server that I have named after reddit's unofficial gaming community. You can find info here.

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MyRealNameIsTwitch•

yes, the more the merrier. the hour long wait is rather annoying, esp when i sometimes get booted for "reliable snapshot overflow" between maps, and have to wait half a day to get back in.

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callmejeremy•

I'd like to donate to the Reddit servers for a reserved slot. I'd like a 36 slot one too - as well as the maps that are on the current one

(On steam I'm wdf.Dante Hicks)

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