[bf1942] Server Specs

[Daniel Jimenez]

PLEASE TAKE THIS DISCUSSION ELSEWHERE

90% of us do not care, and are not impressed. Move along now.
----- Original Message -----
From: <monthos at mx3.org>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 3:04 PM
Subject: RE: [bf1942] Server Specs


> Well then why did he ask if it would work, as if it was never tested,
> and if it was tested and the outcome was as you stated. He never gave any
> details as to what exactly was the problem, or even that a problem
> existed. Had he stated that i would have loved to help him out and
> diagnose the problem. And i did give an answer of the expected load
> average, even though i felt dumber reading his message. Perhaps you need
> to teach him how to give adequate information when requesting for help,
> not to pretend there wasnt a problem at all and just ask "if it works on
> a system at this speed" I would seriosuly expect someone who has been
> around that long to have the knowledge to give at least some information
> about a problem he wants help for.
>
> I have helped too many people with there game server hosting. And
> around 50% of the time it comes from people who just learned linux and
> wants to start a company. Just the other week i found one that didnt know
> me, handed me a root password via IRC, of all places, and it ran a
> quakeworld server as root, and they didnt even understand the fundamentals
> of basic networking.
>
> So yes when i get a generic question like that from a generic
> email like that, i assume its someone who wants to make a quick buck and
> didnt even want to spend the time finding out for himself. Your trying to
> sell a beta gameserver to someone and you didint even do research as to
> what bugs it may conatin!
>
> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Derek Jackson wrote:
>
> > I will preface this by saying I am not the same person that originated
> > this thread from the same email address. I am the owner of the company
> > you insulted. It's amazing to me, out of an honest question posted, you
> > can not only flame the individual, but also our whole company.
> >
> > The individual who originally posted the question is definitely not 14;
> > our company has been around more than a year already, and is very
> > successful; and he had already tried said situation before posting about
> > it.
> >
> > Before posting, we had spent some time setting up BF1942 on our Linux
> > machines in an effort to add that to our repertoire. We had noticed that
> > it was the most resource intense game server we'd ever used, even
> > dwarfing Spearhead (which previously amazed us). We knew the machine we
> > had it on (listed in the specs) was well more than adequate to do the
> > job, however. Our first customer for this game complained of an issue we
> > figured out later to be the 'bungee effect', but after letting the
> > customer know this was an issue with the Linux server code, and not with
> > us, they still wanted to drop the server. Wasn't a huge issue, since
> > this customer had been told this was a trial situation anyway, because
> > of the beta nature of the release.
> >
> > Given the huge amount of resources that this game appeared to take on
> > our machines, I think the question my coworker asked is very valid:
> > "what kind of cpu usage could i expect ?". He had already tried the
> > situation and noted the usage and wanted to compare with what others had
> > seen to make sure it was normal. So it seems this "14 year old wannabe
> > server admin selling game servers to the 13 year olds" just got a flame
> > attempt from a 9 year old. Please refrain from your ignorant, assuming
> > remarks, and the world might not think of you as the arrogant prick you
> > chose to be.
> >
> > "Jesus loves you, but I'll see you in hell, biotch!" - Anonymous
> >
> > Regards,
> > Derek Jackson
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: monthos at mx3.org [mailto:monthos at mx3.org]
> > Sent: 07 April 2003 16:46
> > To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> > Subject: RE: [bf1942] Server Specs
> >
> > i dont know, i guess im just tired of seeing incapable people using this
> > list to get there servers setup so they can become the latest game
> > server hosting company that will fail in under a year. why doesnt he try
> > it is all im asking...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: monthos at mx3.org [mailto:monthos at mx3.org]
> > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 8:39 PM
> > To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> > Subject: Re: [bf1942] Server Specs
> >
> > yes it will, expect it to give you about a .3 to a .5 load on a VERY
> > active server on a small map (ie. worse case scenario)
> >
> > /me goes into rant mode
> > also when did this list become a sort of "will my pc work!"
> > i think were starting to drag the 14yr old wannabe server admins here
> > selling game servers to the 13yr olds. my point being, just try to run
> > the
> > damn thing and tell US hot it works, thats why this list is here, to
> > provide feedback on how the game works under conditions, not to ask if
> > they will...
> > /me ends rant
> >
> > On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Battlefield at digitalnines.com wrote:
> >
> > > These are my box specs:
> > > Intel Pentium4 2.4Ghz
> > > 512K Cache
> > > 533 Mhz bus speed
> > > 512MB RAM
> > > 80GB HDD 7200
> > > Pipe: big enuf :)
> > > Could this run a 16 client BF 1942 server? with expansion pack RTR?
> > and
> > > what kind of cpu usage could i expect ?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >