Arma 2 multiplayer arranging thread

Jimi said:
Well I sent L33 a message in Steam and he didn't answer me. Who else is an admin that I can message in Steam?
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Apologies jimi, I can't seem to get my xfire or steam working in-game in arma2, hence I see everyones messages when I finally quit at the end of the night :(

Sarcasm said:
what if you limited the players to say 20? 25 would that make a impact on use?
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It'd reduce bandwidth usage at peak times I guess, but would also make it less fun too? I dunno, I love the large scale of Arma2.
In either case, I'll wait to hear back from the hosting provider first before doing anything :)
 
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lee what about also locking the server at certain time to try and lesson the impact on the server, i know it would harm the stats for use and would drop down in the tracking but maybe say 4pm till 1am on week days and open all weekend?

that way you wouldnt go over your useage policy , cos it wont be cheap if you do go over it
 
L33 said:
My server hosting provider allows 500gb of data transfer per month per server.
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Is there no option to increase this to like 800gb? I am sure if it is down to money, some of us would be prepared to chip in.

Sarcasm said:
what if you limited the players to say 20? 25 would that make a impact on use?
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It is hard enough to get on the server as it is now sometimes, this would make it worse. When you see the number of new players posting here every day, we need to increase the capacity, not decrease it.
 
lee what about also locking the server at certain time to try and lesson the impact on the server, i know it would harm the stats for use and would drop down in the tracking but maybe say 4pm till 1am on week days and open all weekend?

that way you wouldn't go over your useage policy , cos it wont be cheap if you do go over it
 
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L33, im happy to chip in if were talking about keeping the thing running. I do think sarcasms idea of 'closing' the server for a chunk of the day is a good one, opening evening till ealry morning. Ranking is all very well but we spend most of the time kicking people off, who cares if its ranked high ;)
 
Yoinks, thats a lot of gigs a day.

Really enjoyed yesterdays games too, was even more fun with Hammer being Air Co-ordinator, was a genius idea that worked pretty well (until he fell of the tower umpteen times :p)

Loving the domination games (even the 13 hour ones) and Evo was quite fun yesterday.
 
Sleepless said:
L33, im happy to chip in if were talking about keeping the thing running. I do think sarcasms idea of 'closing' the server for a chunk of the day is a good one, opening evening till ealry morning. Ranking is all very well but we spend most of the time kicking people off, who cares if its ranked high ;)
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if we close it then many people here will keep bothering l33 and otehr admins to unlock it all the time. i say just password protect it, not LOCK it :(
 
jonneymendoza said:
if we close it then many people here will keep bothering l33 and otehr admins to unlock it all the time. i say just password protect it, not LOCK it :(
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Does L33 or Shadow or anyone play between the hours of 3am - 4pm (for example)? I dont think they would be around to bother. As far as I am aware the most popular times for OcUK members are early evening through to early morning for weekdays. Given the option between passwording it (and it being full or still busting the GB allowance) or having the server available at key times, my vote is with locking it.

Still, lets see what L33 says, its all speculation until he gets the word.
 
jonneymendoza said:
if we close it then many people here will keep bothering l33 and other admins to unlock it all the time. i say just password protect it, not LOCK it :(
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I think ull struggle hard to bother lee and shad as some of us work :P only time i can play is 7.30UK time till 11.30pm uk time

if the server is locked from 2am till 4pm or what ever time lee and shad finish then the bandwidth usage would drop to a good level and wouldn't but a finacial strain on lee to keep us happy .. end of the day lee is kind enough to provide a service free of charge and at his cost,
i say let him decide on what measures he takes and be thankful for all the effort he provides and all the extra hassle he has to take to admin the server and run it
 
Ewanb75 said:
Yoinks, thats a lot of gigs a day.

Really enjoyed yesterdays games too, was even more fun with Hammer being Air Co-ordinator, was a genius idea that worked pretty well (until he fell of the tower umpteen times :p)

Loving the domination games (even the 13 hour ones) and Evo was quite fun yesterday.
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Every job has a risk:D:D:D

Ye was pretty funny to do that, but also pretty hard to organise...

I also hope that EVO gets fixed, cause its better against Tk´ers and the rank system avoids noobs to waiste high-class vehicles;)
 
yer but punishes you for driving ppl and acting in a utility which sucks badly if the game rewards driver with kills as well as the gunner/commander be a great game type.
 
i only game from 8 till 11pm uk time mate. i work mon to friday myself. i fail to see whats wrong with passworld protecting it so only us OCUK members can join in on off-peak hours?
 
well all depends on how much bandwidth it uses when idle i guess and even when locked server has to send a query to the host and back for the password and as it stands there is now a lot more OCUK members so it could still be full during the Morning till noon?
also it has to give off a heart beat to the main server list if im not mistaken, so there is still data transmission in some form its best to minimise any data transmission
atm there has been 30 ppl on since 10.30am it only went quiet on server stats at 4am :o
 
I would be happy paying £5 or maybe a little more a month towards the server ( So long as I like Arma2 and don't hate it when I play it )
 
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