<div>Don't get too excited. The master server has been a pain in the b.tt since forever and to my knowledge no-one has discovered the inner workings until today - or at least they haven't made it public which I could understand :-). </div> <div> </div> <div>We for example see our servers rotate through the list on a regular basis. We've ranked uber and we've ranked scum, all in one day. No logic there...</div> <div> </div> <div>The truth is out there... if any</div> <div> </div> <div><B><I>Donald Stephens <donald.stephens@activant.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" name=Generator> <STYLE> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </STYLE> <?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:SmartTagType
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span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </STYLE> <DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wow. I just finished doing this and damn if it didn’t work. I ended up setting my two servers ports to 28965 and 29999 and their in the top 2k now.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-Don<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Dax Douglass [mailto:dax.douglass@gmail.com] <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, January 28, 2008 7:05 AM<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:PersonName w:st="on">cod@icculus.org</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [cod] What is the secret behind masterserver-list?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Think I said this earlier, but here it is again....<BR><BR>1. Change default port<BR>2. Check Master server positioning using <A href="http://www.anarchic-x.com/cod4master/audit.php">http://www.anarchic-x.com/cod4master/audit.php</A><BR>3. If "Very Good" then you are done. If "Very Poor" start at step #1.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Jan
28, 2008 9:58 AM, Geoff Goas <<A href="mailto:gitman@gmail.com">gitman@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">those do not do anything<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Jan 28, 2008 9:57 AM, Steffen Tronstad <<A href="mailto:sttr@nextgentel.com" target=_blank>sttr@nextgentel.com</A>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV link="blue" vlink="blue"> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Put this in your server cfg:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">set sv_master1 "<A href="http://cod4master.activision.com/" target=_blank>cod4master.activision.com</A>"<BR>set sv_master2 "<A href="http://cod2authorize.activision.com/" target=_blank>cod2authorize.activision.com</A>" <BR>set sv_master3 "<A href="http://cod2master.infinityward.com/" target=_blank>cod2master.infinityward.com</A>"<BR>set sv_master3 "<A href="http://cod2update.activision.com/" target=_blank>cod2update.activision.com</A>"<BR>set sv_master4 "<A href="http://master.gamespy.com:28960/" target=_blank>master.gamespy.com:28960</A>"<BR>set sv_master5 "<A href="http://master0.gamespy.com/" target=_blank>master0.gamespy.com</A>"<BR>set sv_master6 "<A href="http://master1.gamespy.com/" target=_blank>master1.gamespy.com</A>"<BR>set sv_master7 "<A href="http://clanservers.net/"
target=_blank>clanservers.net</A>"<BR>set sv_gamespy "1"<BR>set sv_lan "0"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It's supposed to help :)</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Med vennlig hilsen / with kind regards</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Steffen
Tronstad</SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></div> <div><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">BroadPark Games drift</SPAN></FONT></I><o:p></o:p></div> <div><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">NextGenTel</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <st1:State w:st="on">AS</st1:State></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, part of TeliaSonera Group</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tlf: +47 976 90 987</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mail:</SPAN></FONT> <A href="mailto:sttr@nextgentel.com" target=_blank><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">sttr@nextgentel.com</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div><FONT face=Webdings color=green size=6><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: Webdings">P</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=green size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Opprinnelig melding-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Fra:</SPAN></B> Rick Payton [mailto:<A href="mailto:rick@mai-hawaii.com" target=_blank>rick@mai-hawaii.com</A>]<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sendt:</SPAN></B> 26. januar 2008 01:19<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Til:</SPAN></B> <A href="mailto:cod@icculus.org"
target=_blank>cod@icculus.org</A><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Emne:</SPAN></B> RE: [cod] What is the secret behind masterserver-list?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <div><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From day 1 I've yet to get my server listed on the master server … </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Wingdings color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">L</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="http://67.52.67.91:28960/" target=_blank>67.52.67.91:28960</A> … oh well</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <DIV> <div><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Rick Payton, I.T. Manager</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Morikawa & Associates, LLC</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">(808) 572-1745 Office</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">(808) 572-6323 Fax</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"><A href="http://www.mai-hawaii.com/" target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Tahoma">www.mai-hawaii.com</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Dax Douglass [mailto:<A href="mailto:dax.douglass@gmail.com" target=_blank>dax.douglass@gmail.com</A>] <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, January 25, 2008 12:23 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A href="mailto:cod@icculus.org" target=_blank>cod@icculus.org</A><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [cod] What is the secret behind masterserver-list?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <div><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I experimented changing the port to different values and using the audit tool to check the position in the master server list.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <div><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Jan 25, 2008 5:12 PM, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Walker</st1:place></st1:City> <<A href="mailto:walkertje@gmail.com" target=_blank>walkertje@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Use this: <A href="http://www.anarchic-x.com/cod4master/audit.php" target=_blank>http://www.anarchic-x.com/cod4master/audit.php</A> to check your position on the master server list. It's not to good indeed ;(<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <DIV> <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:
12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <div><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Jan 25, 2008 2:14 PM, Steffen Tronstad <<A href="mailto:sttr@nextgentel.com" target=_blank>sttr@nextgentel.com</A>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What do you have to do to be listed on the serverlist ingame?</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Our servers work fine trough the favorites list, but they do not show up in the public list.</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The servers we are looking for are BPG #1 - Search & destroy and BPG #2 Search and Destroy.</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">IP's: <A href="http://84.49.16.3:28960/" target=_blank>84.49.16.3:28960</A> and :28961</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My clients shows 17265 total servers.</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Med vennlig hilsen / with kind regards</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><IMG id=_x0000_i1026 height=32 alt=ole0.bmp src="http://us.f371.mail.yahoo.com/ym/%20" width=32 border=0></SPAN></FONT><BR><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Steffen Tronstad</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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