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if your serious, i would be willing to help outQuote:
Originally posted by jubjub
A 50 player server for $40. That sounds like a great deal to me. Who host it for you?
I'd be willing to kick in the 1st months rent on the server. Then we could start collecting donations.
but we gotta choose a game
if we got at least 100 ppl active in this games forum then if each donated even only $0.40, it wouldn't be hard to raise $40 a month for the rental...
yes but as you can see the amount of people willing to help is not very high
If we can do it for $40/mo i'm definately in, but all game servers i've seen are 3-4 times that price for that many players. I'd like to have at least a 24 player server for desert combat.Quote:
Originally posted by The Love Bunny
if your serious, i would be willing to help out
but we gotta choose a game
Just keep in mind that the more intense graphically a game is, chances are the harder on the server it will be. Games like BF1942 would need a mean system I'd think.
I'd chip in like $5 a month...
alright, now this is going somewhere
i was checking out jolt.co.uk (who are extremely overpriced) but we could possibly do a 3 - 5 game server, so we could run bf1942 (or desert combat, or both) and halo and CS, games like that - i think we could take a vote from the whole community and see what games most people will want to play
.uk???? uk???
heh should also decide where your going to host it
yeah uk - their servers are sooo damn fast, it doesnt really matter where you are playing from - but thats why they are soo damn expensiveQuote:
Originally posted by Recon
.uk???? uk???
heh should also decide where your going to host it
if the server is in the uk, even tho they may have fast computers, it's gonna lag...
check their websiteQuote:
Originally posted by Delphi00
if the server is in the uk, even tho they may have fast computers, it's gonna lag...
their connection is also amazingly fast - i am in north america and i get awsome pings in their servers
I thought I would point out that Darph Bobo ( a member of this site) owns a hosting company www.barronhosting.com and I noticed on another board that he had offerred to host a gaming server (for a price ofcourse) but he is worth contacting. He is a good guy and would likely want to help out.
I'd chip in a buck or two a month for a sharky forums only server, especially if it was running RTCW:ET. They only have like 30 dedicated servers, which are all always full.
He's right. Back in the days of TFC, I used to run rampant on BlueYonder servers, and they were often faster than servers on the East Coast.Quote:
Originally posted by The Love Bunny
check their website
their connection is also amazingly fast - i am in north america and i get awsome pings in their servers
UK and US servers are pretty much the same speed, usually in favor of the UK.
this may be true but I know my first hop is west to chicago so then Id be hopping back east to NY THEN across to the uk....more hops=more chances for things to go wrong
i see what you mean, but we are not going to use them to host unless we can put together 150 pounds (which is a crazy price) per month
i looking into canadian companies to see if they will sponsor a server or perhaps give us a discount
perhaps others can do the same?
ideally we would want to run a 3 game server, since one game will not accomodate the majority of sharky....keep that in mind
edit: i may be able to get a DoD or CS server up by the end of the week, i will keep you guys posted
back up to the top everyone
hey Wurm or Cat, how about a sticky? pretty please? :D
no :P
I'd be willing to donate $10 a month for a year for the connection.
i'd be willing to do the same foley
EVERYONE WHO IS WILLING TO DONATE MONEY, PLEASE PM ME WITH HOW MUCH PER MONTH YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO DONATE, AND WHAT TYPE OF CURRENCY YOU WILL DONATE - that way i can see where most people are donating from and find a hosting company that will give everyone donating, a good connection - if you would like to help out in the process of finding a hosting company at all, then please let me know in your PM
thanks guys
hahha thanks man ;)Quote:
Originally posted by CaTaLyST
no :P
how about just a 1 post thread (you can make it if you want) saying anyone who wants to donate money to the Sharky community game server PM me or something.....and sticky that to the top...?
no, i already talked with you about it. our site cannot totally endorce it. Also, if you collect a ton of money due to a thread i made a sticky, and someone happened to walk off with it, i do not want that tied to this site or the host company, in any way.
Therefore, no sticky.
i have an extra xp1700 laying around... dunno if it works or not
alright - what if i clearly state that Sharky and internet.com are not involved in any aspect of running this server?Quote:
Originally posted by CaTaLyST
no, i already talked with you about it. our site cannot totally endorce it. Also, if you collect a ton of money due to a thread i made a sticky, and someone happened to walk off with it, i do not want that tied to this site or the host company, in any way.
Therefore, no sticky.
well, if you sticky soething, it kinda makes it sound 'official', and it's kinda misleading to run a "Sharky Community Game Server" and have nothing to do with Sharky ppl?Quote:
Originally posted by The Love Bunny
alright - what if i clearly state that Sharky and internet.com are not involved in any aspect of running this server?
but don't take me wrongly, i would love to have a game server running and get the chance to play with other SF members...:)