Blackmesa is BACK!

[Zeream]

This is incredible, thank you so much! Its even the original Texas BM server and not the dumb Kansas one. Woohoo, better connection for everybody!

As for keeping if filled, I've already kickstarted a competition to help with that.

 

[Adam]

Kansas > Texas.

Anyways.

That's great that someone has generously donated a server, but is it going to end just like the other one? Be kind of silly of those of you who were up in arms about it disappearing and then not doing anything to keep this one around.

 

[RofLCopter]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

thanks to the donators, and the council, I swear I wanted/want to help I didn't know who to talk to

 

[PepperRabbit]

Kansas > Texas.

Anyways.

That's great that someone has generously donated a server, but is it going to end just like the other one? Be kind of silly of those of you who were up in arms about it disappearing and then not doing anything to keep this one around.

I'm not sure if you know this but moving it to Kansas was the worst thing that happened to mesa. It was always on the Texas box before that and it was always one of the more popular server in eGO. The Kansas server lagged for all of us for some reason and was really unplayable for me at least.

 

[roamer.]

i'm not sure if you know this but moving it to kansas was the worst thing that happened to mesa. It was always on the texas box before that and it was always one of the more popular server in ego. The kansas server lagged for all of us for some reason and was really unplayable for me at least.

this!!!

 

[Netsky]

hmm nice, its the best map in tf2 and the only reason i sometimes play it, but realistically its gonne be hard to get full.
Main problem is quit easy: we're a big community in ego but we're split up in tonse off games, the available budget ego has to run servers gets distributed by the number off players that play on the server, not by the number off ego members (which is hard to impossible to track also considering a bunch off ego dudes including myself play several games).
During "downtime" a lot off servers go empty or less filled (which is normal) only a few servers in ego get a good amount off people overall (best exemple is the dust2 server in css) for the others => the majority they need to be "started up" by server fillers.
Those server fillers are us! the community.
But guess what; "Prime time" starts in all divisions around the same time, so when people are idling and filling up some tf2 servers others are doing it in cod or in battlefield,... in the end you get 20-30-... people wanted to start up a server in several games or even worse trying to start up 2 or more servers in the same game.
Point is we in ego have a budget which goes to running our servers, but because off our diversity we lack the playerbase in EUROPEAN/eastern timezone => those people start up the servers and there crucial. Those people are lacked in several divisions and as long as we dont get more recruits who can and are willing to start up servers divisions gonne have problems.

Think logical: if your a random pubber and you want to play on map "x" under conditions "y" you gonne check the server listening and majority will join a fuller server under his conditions.
Ow and also server idling may seem good, but if a random pubber joins a server whit 3 people idling then he's gonne in a sec cause he's fighting ghosts.

 

[Wubstep]

well i now have to say this <3 leadership and <3 server donater, oh and dont expect to see me on any servers but mesa for the next 6 mouths

 

[PloxBox]

Blackmesa just doesn't want to die does it..

 

[Dragonhill]

Blackmesa just doesn't want to die does it..

The mesa never dies, it just ends up being reborn.

Ask the guys that play natural selection..

~D

 

[Ezekiel]

YAY!

Filling Mesa is gonna be a challenge, but I bet we can do it. Also, we need to advertise it. Mention to the pubs in our other servers that we have an awesome Mesa server they can play on as well.

This is why our other servers have had problems in the past, you tell everyone to go Mesa and steal pubs from the others.

 

[Roker]

Try your best to let past mesa regulars and new recruits know that server is there. It's going to be hard to get regulars on the new ip.

 

[Artimus]

We need to put some rumors to rest. eGO has had a rule since the beginning that we don't except donated servers. The reason is, the donor can turn it off at any time because they control the payments.

Lately we've modified our stance to take advantage of the generosity of our members. These "donated" servers came with strict qualifications. They were purchased for a 6 month term and paid in advance. We hold all the log in credentials, making all decisions on how the servers will be maintained.

We are appreciative anytime someone offers resources to eGO. I hope it's now clear the circumstances under which we can accept them.

 

[Kazoo]

This is why our other servers have had problems in the past, you tell everyone to go Mesa and steal pubs from the others.

I see your point, but there is one difference from now and before: Quick Play. As long as we can keep at least 8 people on a server, Quick Play will bring pubs to us.

I have yet to advertise Mesa though. Cause you're right, it'd be stealing pubs from the others. Maybe I'll just comment in-game that we have a custom map server if they want to try it (and not explicitly tell them to go to it). Not sure yet.

We need to put some rumors to rest. eGO has had a rule since the beginning that we don't except donated servers. The reason is, the donor can turn it off at any time because they control the payments.

Lately we've modified our stance to take advantage of the generosity of our members. These "donated" servers came with strict qualifications. They were purchased for a 6 month term and paid in advance. We hold all the log in credentials, making all decisions on how the servers will be maintained.

We are appreciative anytime someone offers resources to eGO. I hope it's now clear the circumstances under which we can accept them.

+1

Good to know how these donated servers work.

 

[Sumac]

We need to put some rumors to rest. eGO has had a rule since the beginning that we don't except donated servers. The reason is, the donor can turn it off at any time because they control the payments.

Lately we've modified our stance to take advantage of the generosity of our members. These "donated" servers came with strict qualifications. They were purchased for a 6 month term and paid in advance. We hold all the log in credentials, making all decisions on how the servers will be maintained.

We are appreciative anytime someone offers resources to eGO. I hope it's now clear the circumstances under which we can accept them.

Wish you would have told me this a while ago, I could have saved hundreds on recruiting prizes haha

 

[Saltychipmunk]

well we can look at this in a positive light. If mesa does come back strong then we get to keep our favorite map. if at the end of the 6 months the leadership decides not to renew.

then at least now we can say mesa has been given the swan song it deserved. Either way I am happy

 

['Psycho']

MESA IS BACK!?!?!?!?