Server Lag and other questions

Walker

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Hey guys this is Walker from INS division. Just stopping by to bring up a question that I have. But first a little BG on me. I used to play CS religiously starting with 1.0 all the way till Source came out. I played both competitively in CAL and as an alt for a local CPL team here in Dallas. When Source came out I was already getting burned out (after 6 or so years) on it on top of the fact that I wasn't that impressed with Source. I decided to go a different way with my online gaming and haven't looked back since.

I had the urge in recent days to hop back on and see if I still had it (I don't). I try to play eGO servers as much as possible so naturally I added our servers to my favorites list. Much to my enjoyment I found the high school map to be a very fun map to play. The CS:S eGO people are awesome and helped me learn the ins and outs of the map and I also found out the hard way to pick a wire when planting the bomb.

I then went to try my hand at an old favorite of mine, Dust2. What I found here horrified me and is for the most part the reason I am writing this. A 44 slot server hanging around almost full was exciting to see at first, until I was in there and suddenly remembered why 44 slots was a horrible idea. Are we sure that its a good idea to put that many people in a server together. The lag was just awefull and lets not start on whatever you call that freeze-up at the beginning of each round. As a CT I found myself either dead or every close to it several times by the time I was able to see anything, and sometimes I was blinded from a flash and dead soon thereafter. I think that maybe reducing the slots to 28 or 30 and adding another server to the mix would be a great idea and it would add some color to the map mix.

Well that's all for me, hope I don't sounds too negative I just wanted to post my thoughts and suggestions and maybe get some answers while I am at it. You will probably find me in your dust2 or office servers when they aren't so highly populated. Until then, See ya!
 
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i think the leaders said there was a problem with sourcemod and that they are trying to fix it. i also heard rumors that they are getting new boxes
 
ya im very frequent on our dust2 server and once the server reaches 17+ per team the lag starts for random people. See usually it isn't always the same people though, it just kinda picks at random who is to lag for the first 5-10 seconds of the round, then usually all is good.

now im not sure of the problem, but obviously it does only happen when there is a higher active population on the server, but yes there was a vent meeting a little while ago now, in which was revealed CSS and i believe TF2 should be getting another box. If/When this happens maybe it can help spread out the instances in order to lower the lag.

A little while ago i also suggested lowering the pop to 32 however it isn't up to us. And its our position not to complain about it in game either. (not sure how they'll respond to this post) but ya. Hope thats helped.
 
4 full servers on 1 box is going to cause lag. We are getting another box soon to relieve some of the stress on the box. Until then, its something we have to bare with just like all of our pubs. The Dust2 server is at rank 22 so the lag isn't that bad ;)
 
i have to agree that it is annoying, but what do you expect with "4 servers on 1 box" as Ill noted. I'm not one to complain but I am excited for the new box and feel that it will relieve the stress and rid the lag from our servers.

Also, if you see a lot of people spamming "Lag" in chat or mic tell them to stop because it only makes the server lag more!
 
cool thats good to hear. Grats on getting the new box and the #22 ranking. Thanks for the quick replies!
 
I suggest you read some stickies, but other than that we need 44 slots to be anywhere near the top. New box will relieve some lag, though.
 
yeah sorry I read the stickies after i posted. thats why i edited my post because i got some of the answers. but i left what i did because i was wondering about why the 44 slots. Seems like alot.
 
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