Different Game Servers

[PwnSauce]

Howdy,
I'm interested in drawing more people to the krew servers but I think we're limiting ourselves by really having only one popular game: COD4.

The BO Servers don't appear to be used and all games have a lifespan where the number of players peaks. I'm sensing that COD4 peaked and the number of visitors to our servers will dwindle and we'll be here to play with ourselves. (giggity)

According to about.com the top 12 games are:
1. Team Fortress 2
2. Battlefield 2: Bad Company 2
3. COD Black Ops (cough)
4. COD 4 MW
5. Battlefield 2
6. Left 4 Dead 2
7. Counter-Strike: Source
8. COD: World At Work
9. COD: MW2
10. Battlefield 2142
11. Half-Life: Counter-Strike
12. ArmA 2: Combined Operations


I say we try this server config:
1. Keep 3 COD4 Servers. (S1, S2 and maybe a cartoon server.)
2. Reduce BO to 1 Server.
3. Add 1 each top 3 most popular games.

We can post adds on some popular game sites and generate a bigger player base.

Put links to donate funds to finance the servers and forum expenses and build up our player base. (I can fund the first few months of servers until we get contributors.)

Would there be any interest in this sort of thing?
I like WAW and want to try Battlefield 2 BC2 and it would be a lot more fun if we got the krewmembers and krewmunity involved.

 

[Cent0]

COD world at work?

i don't know if you were here back then, i think, but we had a WAW server at one time.
do'nt think it went well, lol

I want a mw2 server, and possibly a battlefield

 

[TheDude]

If we get into the Battlefield Niche, we could do 2 servers, one for BFBc2 and one for Bf2 or 2142.

It really depends on what games our members have. We need to have a solid base to build that sector of our krew.

All in all, its an excellent idea, Greg.

 

[MasterCLiP]

Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead 2, and Counter strike source servers would be awesome!

For CSS do a gun game server with modded maps, they're the best!

For L4D2 maybe try a 10 vs 10 server or just normal versus.

For TF2 a 2 fort 24/7 capture the flag should be fun!

 

[TheDude]

No dude. lets do some epic versus mod for l4d2 if we end up adding one of those servers... just sayin.

 

[WaLLy]

I wouldn't mind switching our BO servers to something else but our niche is always gonna be cod4 since just about everyone here has it. If we ended up pushing a new game or even mandating it (which is gonna be tough as it is), it's probably the only way the server will succeed.

Not trying to be the bad-news-bear.

On the bright side,

I can easily switch any of our current cod4 servers to any of the following games without affecting our current monthly expenses:
HL1: Condition Zero
HL1: Counter-Strike 1.6
HL1: Day of Defeat
HL1: Deathmatch Classic
HL2: Counter-Strike Source
HL2: Day of Defeat Source
HL2: Garry's Mod
HL2: Left 4 Dead
HL2: Left 4 Dead 2
HL2: MP
HL2: Team Fortress 2
Urban Terror
Call of Duty
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Call of Duty: World at War

If we want to get BFBC2, I'd have to switch one of the BO servers (if they allow me to), but our monthly expenses will go up. Still, I'm not opposed to it either.

If the majority (75%+) of our Krew is indeed interested in having a server of the above mentioned games, I'll make it happen.

 

[TheDude]

We need to narrow the options down to 2-4 games. The most popular on this list seem to be:
CSS
L4D2
TF2

Personally, for our cod4 servers I think our best bet is to cut s2 or 3 and make the remaining one somethin between the 2. So a small rotation of maps, maybe 2-3 including:
-Crossfire
-Killhouse or Shipment?
-Backlot or Crash?

Rotate game types too, maybe.

Xfire - FFA, XFIRE - SnD, KHouse/Shipment - TDM, Backlot/Crash - TDM, SnD

 

[PwnSauce]

Walt, I wasn't saying to switch people to other games, rather, start game servers with other games on them to attract those people who play that game.

I think a Battfield2 server would bring new people into the group.
I've been meaning to try that game. My brother-in-law showed it to me and it's a good game with a big online community.

 

[stevo]

sounds like a good idea, I was actually thinking about buying a few of these games mentioned above, BBC2 server would be nice to

 

[TheDude]

ea but wed need some members that would regularly visit the servers for the new games. So it would be best to figure out who can be playing what of the available games.

 

[WaLLy]

Greg, this is why I mentioned we'd need a good chunk of our members to have the game.

ea but wed need some members that would regularly visit the servers for the new games. So it would be best to figure out who can be playing what of the available games.

It's basically like starting a new cod4 server. Without our majority visiting it often, the server will just end up like our current BO servers; dead.

 

[MasterCLiP]

Well unlike BO I would actually enjoy sitting in a L4D2, garrys mod, TF2, or CSS server. Not only could you just spawn some bots to play with; there just fun games, if your like me, to mess around with the maps by yourself and just walk around cause they're all so awesomely designed.

 

[TheDude]

ue well Treyarch fucked up big time not letting a game with less than 4 players happen. Wtf is that bullshit?

 

[Cent0]

Yeah, i've recently plyed some PC BO.
its pretty.. weird, teh geting ready fer teams.

If we do get a BFBC2 server, i might buy it...though i was thinking fer the xbox

 

[PwnSauce]

ue well Treyarch fucked up big time not letting a game with less than 4 players happen. Wtf is that bullshit?

isn't that a server config?
something wally can fix?

 

[WaLLy]

isn't that a server config?
something wally can fix?

We literally have no control over the server. Banning a hacker sucks monkey balls because we have to use the stupid rcon tool they supply and even then it's stupid because we can't minimize BO to get to the darn thing. I really wish a game was able to start with a minimum of 4 players but Treyarch set it at 6; nobody can change it.

 

[TheDude]

its 4 on our FFA server.... or it was when greg and i tried to get on. Starting with a minimum of 2 would be nice... who the fuck decided to completely take out 1v1s from online MP? How is this game still successful?

 

[WaLLy]

Hhhmm, they must of changed it recently then. The last time (2-3 months ago) mohammed and I tried to get the FFA server going it needed 6. Either way, I still can't change it if I wanted to.

 

[KateLove]

World at war!!!! i love that game so much
if you have it add me (Undisputed)

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well the game was made for the xbox and ps3 mainly... they need atleast 6 players to play.. its stupid pc should get the same treatment like cod4. pc is the last to get everything even the updates. i hate it but love it. im shallow lolol

 

[Joonikko]

Could we have a minecraft server? Or possibly two, one public server and another member specific one.

Minecraft costs 15€, but the server software is free.