needed: usa players GU server
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needed: usa players GU server
are there any usa or canadian (or anything closer) people that can host a GU league style server? we are in desperate need of a GU server.
MOFO? badgerking? anyone?
tanks,
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MOFO? badgerking? anyone?
tanks,
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I am hosting one in Ohio but its public style.
I suggest you test the lag there. If it proves to be a popular server I can offer to create a match server.
I suggest you test the lag there. If it proves to be a popular server I can offer to create a match server.
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yea i know, they can be laggy. Shellshock can be pretty good though. But i must say that its a "common" thing to match on european servers. People would go (thats also like that on other leagues) to a european server, even if 50% or more are americans. Just cause americans are used to play with 150 160 lag and europeans are totally not adjust to play like that.
we are looking out for another good american server
we are looking out for another good american server
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Their connection may not be as good as the average but in calling it "horrible" you are exaggerating. The barons and the monkey are perfectly playable most of the time.
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ts,
would you not expect us people from over seas to have lag greater than yours? using your own logic, you should complain about people you play who have the high jitter values and low lag just as much.
you offer no help in this thread which is about trying to startup optional GU style servers on our side of the planet.
i would direct your comment to this thread:
http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=9934
would you not expect us people from over seas to have lag greater than yours? using your own logic, you should complain about people you play who have the high jitter values and low lag just as much.
you offer no help in this thread which is about trying to startup optional GU style servers on our side of the planet.
i would direct your comment to this thread:
http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=9934
ts wrote:The game was designed for lag up to 10ms, no jitter and no packet loss. It hasn't changed much of how the game works, so this is still true. Especially jitter and packet loss are huge problems. That's why I say horrible.
oi!
This thread is not about complaining, it is about the question of a new mirror server. Problems (= steadily changing lag, lost packets, jitter) on your end will not go away with nearer servers. You have not stated a single reason of why you think a new mirror server is needed. That's why I wrote it would not help solving your problems.sn0w_m0nkey wrote:ts,
would you not expect us people from over seas to have lag greater than yours? using your own logic, you should complain about people you play who have the high jitter values and low lag just as much.
You offer no reason why new servers should be needed, either.sn0w_m0nkey wrote:you offer no help in this thread which is about trying to startup optional GU style servers on our side of the planet.
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you sound like you have a problem with me personally.
funny
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ts wrote:This thread is not about complaining, it is about the question of a new mirror server. Problems (= steadily changing lag, lost packets, jitter) on your end will not go away with nearer servers. You have not stated a single reason of why you think a new mirror server is needed. That's why I wrote it would not help solving your problems.sn0w_m0nkey wrote:ts,
would you not expect us people from over seas to have lag greater than yours? using your own logic, you should complain about people you play who have the high jitter values and low lag just as much.
You offer no reason why new servers should be needed, either.sn0w_m0nkey wrote:you offer no help in this thread which is about trying to startup optional GU style servers on our side of the planet.
oi!
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I think I'm going to support monkey here. We really do need another U.S. server, and really, the other two have been unplayable the last five times I've tried them. 40+ jitter and 50% lost packets isn't really bearable. I am glad to hear another U.S. server is on it's way! IThanks, birdie! And it's not just sn0w and the barons who have probs. Every U.S.A. player that went there lagged.
As for the personal attacks, really, they shouldn't exist. Keep it small while you still can...
I appreciate the request and the actions, birdie, and sn0w. Thanks!
As for the personal attacks, really, they shouldn't exist. Keep it small while you still can...
I appreciate the request and the actions, birdie, and sn0w. Thanks!
Ah, ok that explains the question. However, whenever I go there jitter and packet loss is not different from nearer servers (of course lag is a bit higher due to geographic location but stable), bzflaginator also wrote this. That could mean there is a buggy router in your way. Depending on the way packets go the problem would still exist then even with a new server.ducatiwannabe wrote:We really do need another U.S. server, and really, the other two have been unplayable the last five times I've tried them. 40+ jitter and 50% lost packets isn't really bearable. I am glad to hear another U.S. server is on it's way!
So best would be to work together with the server owners to find out where the problem is.
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I meant a router between the players experiencing problems and the server(s) therefore I did not refer to your router at home. Rather some router owned by your ISP (or some other ISP). The "hops" in traceroute are basically all routers, if the delays change a lot between 2 hops then there is most likely some router (it doesn't have to be the one you have at home) being crazy.ducatiwannabe wrote:And if it's a problem with my router everybody else has probs too, but yeah, I'll check my router again. It doesn't have much trouble with any other servers, though...
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Well I dont have issues on those servers when I lived here in NY and when I lived in Quebec. Maybe the server just needs a restart when you are playing there. Who knows. But if you think that another American server could help, feel free to pursue it...but better yet, why not try to get the other two American servers fixed . The demand for servers in the GU league is not high so there is no need for another in my opinion.
I've tried to play a good dozen or so matches on the 2 existing american servers in the last couple months and be forced to quit and move to european servers due to consistent high packetloss and jit. It's fine shooting europeans on european servers, but when everyone in the game lags above 150, shooting gets pretty tough. We americans do like to match eachother on occasion. A playable server on this side of the ocean would be much appreciated.
I haven't posted in a while, but this definately deserves it. Yes, there are more American players than you realize, who play at different times than euros (except snick). It'd be really cool if there was a reliable one closer to home, that functioned well (unlike shellshock, silvercat, and recently ladse).
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@ TS
eh, some people dont live right next door to where the server is hosted (exaggeration )..
its a little trendy for eastern americans to not really care about the american servers since they get around 100-130 on a decent euro server. the problem is that they don't "put themselves in laggers shoes" by having a high ping rating and seeing how annoying it is.
btw, i posted this in the gu forum a month or so ago, but i havent seen much done. I have tried setting one up but my ISP can't handle a server.
help?:-) like hiya said, it would be greatly appreciated
eh, some people dont live right next door to where the server is hosted (exaggeration )..
its a little trendy for eastern americans to not really care about the american servers since they get around 100-130 on a decent euro server. the problem is that they don't "put themselves in laggers shoes" by having a high ping rating and seeing how annoying it is.
btw, i posted this in the gu forum a month or so ago, but i havent seen much done. I have tried setting one up but my ISP can't handle a server.
help?:-) like hiya said, it would be greatly appreciated
I've played for years on secretplace with a lag at around 210ms therefore I know how it feels like. With a lot of training I got used to it and gained an advantage because of it. After I played a bit on European servers I set up my connection to get the lowest lag possible. Nowadays I raise my lag a bit to get more difficult to be shot.beanpole wrote:@ TS
eh, some people dont live right next door to where the server is hosted (exaggeration )..
In all that time I had only 1 time packet loss during playing and never jittered. That means jitter and packet loss is not usual.
I played for years as a lagger and I know it is a huge difference therefore I don't argue against this. My point is why should the problem be gone at another server when the reason is unknown.beanpole wrote:its a little trendy for eastern americans to not really care about the american servers since they get around 100-130 on a decent euro server. the problem is that they don't "put themselves in laggers shoes" by having a high ping rating and seeing how annoying it is.
Someone who knows what he is doing and is affected by the problem could help to solve it.
BTW: Shellshock is on brlcad's box meaning on the same server the forum is hosted on, AFAIK. So that problem does not only affect shellshock but this forum and "got stats?", too. That would be another point for fixing the problem.
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I am willing to, if you chaps in the states find the lag on my current public server low enough and if the GU admin team will give me permission to make it official.
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