[Kyek]

Alright, so I must admit up front, I'm doing this almost completely for selfish reasons ;-) As those of you who frequent that General Discussion forum know, I'm very seriously considering starting my own web business for allowing people to run dedicated game servers (No, not Dofus game servers -- this time I'm not joking!) for ridiculously cheap prices.

Before I go head-first into this, though, I need to know how the different systems I'll be offering will stand up to massive game traffic. And so, I'm hosting another Unreal Tournament 2004 event on

NEW DATE: SATURDAY, MAY 24, AT 3PM GMT

If you're bad with time zones, here's a quick breakdown:
US West Coast: 8am (sorry D:)
US Mountain Time: 9am
US Central Time (MissMarie): 10am
US East Coast: 11am
England: 4pm
..and everyone else will have to figure it out from there.

You'll only be able to participate if you have a copy of Unreal Tournament 2004. As nice as it would be if everyone could go out and buy it, that's just not reality here ;-). Those of you who have (or will have) downloaded versions of the game will still be able to connect. The server will be set up in such a way that it won't report you to Epic Games if your CD-Key isn't valid.

This is a test, it isn't all just fun and games. I will require everyone who's playing to be on IRC, because I will be testing two to three different servers during this test and you all will need to be there to see what to connect to next. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to stop a game in the middle if I don't have to -- but just realize that there may be interruptions between games. I *need* to know what these boxes can handle.

For details about my (possible) new startup company, information on how to get/install/update UT2004, and for future plans: Please visit my thread about it in General Discussion: http://www.impsvilla...showtopic=55946

IF YOU CAN MAKE IT: Please post to the thread I just linked and let me know! I want AT LEAST 12 people, but I would LOVE to have up to or beyond 32 if at all possible.

Thanks everyone!

[szi]

I support Frost Industries, so count me in mate.

[Le Enfant Terrible]

Ew I'm west coast I'll be asleep for hours ;-;

[TPG]

I'm in, but isn't 3pm GMT 3pm in England? I'm probably wrong but meh..

I also thought that it could make communication easier if vent was used, not sure if everyone has a mic though. =/

[Robbeh]

3:00PM GMT Sunday May 25th -> 12:30AM Monday 26th May in Adelaide, Australia.

I'd love to join mate but I couldn't handle school on monday after that. xD
Best of luck.


For people wanting to convert the time: http://www.timezonec...cgi-bin/tzc.tzc

Just select "Use The Following Date/Time:" and make it 3:00PM May 25th
Set the first timezone box as GMT, and the second as your timezone, and it will give you the time in your timezone.

[Kyrros]

I'll be there, and I've got a mic. Should be fun

[-Dist]

Make it saturday and I'll come. If its at night or so in Finland at Sunday I wont be able to make it, for the moment i cant convert the times to my timezone either .

[Kyek]

Alrighty, so, for those of you who didn't know, I am a *moron*.

I'm going to be gone all day Sunday. I've known this for weeks. Why the shit did I schedule this for Sunday?

It's now the same time on Saturday, so just the day before.

Apologies for the false alarm!

TPG, on May 20 2008, 06:10 AM, said:

I'm in, but isn't 3pm GMT 3pm in England? I'm probably wrong but meh..

I also thought that it could make communication easier if vent was used, not sure if everyone has a mic though. =/

England's in Daylight Savings right now if I'm not mistaken, and GMT never changes -- so as I understand it, England should be an hour ahead of it for now Correct me if I'm wrong, though!

Doing a voice server does sound really good -- imps runs a teamspeak server 24x7 (that I should probably post about) since getting more than a small number of people on vent costs licensing fees. I want to keep this as simple as possible for people, though, so I'll still use a channel on IRC to broadcast new server addresses and stuff

[Muffin Mark]

I don't think I can make it on Saturday x.x;

[RollTheDice]

i'l be there i "bought" ut today fuck my download limit xD

[Travern]

Which maps and game styles? (I loathe insta-gib sniper maps, for instance.) I ask because I'm hopelessly out of practice with FPS's, and my mediocre reflexes have been considerably dulled by Dofus's casual turn-based combat.

[Hobolicious]

I would, but I suck at UT and that's past my bedtime (lol...) and I have exams soon (:

[-Dist]

My wish came true, its on saturday . Now just to download that game... Note though, I suck on UT..completely xD.

[ebob]

Heartnet, on May 20 2008, 04:26 PM, said:

My wish came true, its on saturday . Now just to download that game... Note though, I suck on UT..completely xD.

Same here. I did the tutorial thing and was probably killed 20 or 25 times. xD

[TPG]

Kyek, on May 20 2008, 01:25 PM, said:

England's in Daylight Savings right now if I'm not mistaken, and GMT never changes -- so as I understand it, England should be an hour ahead of it for now Correct me if I'm wrong, though!

I swear, Daylight Savings is the most annoying and confusing thing ever invented! I understand now though, thanks. =D

I'm all go for Saturday unless something big comes up, which never happens so it's looking good.

[Kyek]

Travern, on May 20 2008, 10:58 AM, said:

Which maps and game styles? (I loathe insta-gib sniper maps, for instance.) I ask because I'm hopelessly out of practice with FPS's, and my mediocre reflexes have been considerably dulled by Dofus's casual turn-based combat.

We'll probably have a pretty good variety -- there may be a sniper map or two, but for every one of those there's an onslaught, a deathmatch, a team deathmatch, and a backyard with vehicles

We have a bunch of people who are saying they don't want in because they're "not good". Guys, it doesn't matter. It's always a blast anyway, no one's making fun of you, and if I may be selfish for just a minute, I really really really really really need people to connect to this server, no matter how good or bad you are. You use the same amount of processing power and bandwidth regardless of whether you're a one-man apocalypse or Kenny from South Park. Seriously -- I honestly need help with this one. If you die, it's only a video game! You come right back to life again, I promise

[Saurus]

If it makes anyone feel better, my standard kill to death ratio is about 1 to 12.

Im pretty fucking sure you are way better than me.

[szi]

Last time I was playing with Kyek I got my ass handed in a short time, the final score was 15:0 I think.
But this time I will bomb him (well, at least once).

[anoniemouse]

Le Enfant Terrible, on May 20 2008, 01:14 AM, said:

Ew I'm west coast I'll be asleep for hours ;-;

Totally 8 am on Saturday is good sleeping hours <.<

[RollTheDice]

for first timers,here is a tutorial to UT2004.

http://www.vgcats.co...cs/?strip_id=89

This post has been edited by RollTheDice: 22 May 2008 - 12:28 PM