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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(From a GSP perspective now). In my opinion your
pricing is FAR too low. If you really went all the way with instant multi-gaming
and location switching (please don't - it's the main attraction to my company
and we'd be penniless if everyone had it lol :-D), you should be charging at
least £5 (humm about $8) / month per game server. Also, reading through, don't
bother with scheduling IMO.. I spent ages doing it and no-one has used it lol.
To us, It's only useful for the backend to our bookable servers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you guys run a GSP? If so, in my opinion, you'd
do far better for yourself keeping it all private, within your company. I have
considered opening up my panel (<A
href="http://cp.fragzz.com/fragzzPanel">http://cp.fragzz.com/fragzzPanel</A> u:
trial p: chicken), but I decided that I'd do far better using it as a unique
selling point for my company, and then if the company does close in the future,
I can sell on the code.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway - if you do decide to go for it, make it
based on Linux, and charge it much higher in my opinion :-).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jake@6ps.com href="mailto:jake@6ps.com">Jake Necessary</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cod@icculus.org
href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:46
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [cod] Server Hosting</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello
Guys…<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have been a lurker of this list
for a while. A friend of mine and I were looking at writing an
application where you can manage all games (COD etc) through a custom control
panel. I recently saw Iguana Active Server was released and wondered if
you all were running this management tool. My tool was planned to have
some similar features. Frankly, I want to get a feel for what gamers
want in a control panel. I need to decide if we are going to proceed or
just start using Iquana.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Our system (we were thinking about
calling it Gameshed) is planned to have some amazing features including
multiple game support, advanced and easy config modes, database storable
configs for easy use, scheduling of server config changes, monitoring, and
reseller capabilities. We have been planning this puppy for about a
year. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What types of
“cool” things would you all like to see in a game server control
panel?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Would you all like
to have an affiliate program where if you refer game server sales you could
pay for your own server each month?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Would you like
split billing so multiple clans could pay for one
server?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How about
Scheduling configs to change on a calendar so you can bounce your server for
practices or matches?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Buy one server and
choose which game it is on the fly?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Change which
datacenter your server starts in so at certain times your Europe based clans
can have the server closer but when they are in bed you spawn the server in
the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
</LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Think of some cool features you
would like to see.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Let me know if you all have used
Iguana? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Do you think a control panel
priced at $2.50/game server / month is a good
price?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks for your
input.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jake
Necessary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">MSN: <A
href="mailto:jake@6ps.com">jake@6ps.com</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Y!:
NECJAK<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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