Banning "zero ping" servers, too!
ScratchMonkey
ScratchMonkey at MatureAsskickers.net
Tue Jun 14 20:29:51 EDT 2005
More from the community announcement:
> Zero Ping Server and other Server Issues
> Many players have noticed a large number of servers that are listed as
> having zero ping. This is most likely appearing because the server is not
> passing vital information to GameSpy's Master Servers, and this in turn
> can occur when vital ports are blocked by a firewall. Since these servers
> have been causing some initial issues with our Internet Browser parsing,
> we will begin to delist servers that are not passing this information to
> the Master Server. In the meantime, to ensure that your server remains
> listed for all users by GameSpy, please make sure that the following
> ports are open on your firewall and ensure that you have no manually
> changed any of the demo server's settings that are not exposed in normal
> config files.
>
> Server Ports
> UDP 27900
> UDP/TCP 29900
> TCP 80
> TCP 4711
> UDP 27901
> UDP 1500-4999
> UDP/TCP 1024-1124
> UDP 29900
> UDP/TCP 27900
> UDP 16567
> UDP 55123-55125
Perhaps we should firewall the master server and depend on word of mouth
and 3rd party browsers to get players? Frustrated newcomers will find the
12-minute servers and regard this game as a bad buy (canceling their
preorders), and the old timers will know to check forums for good servers
to play on.
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