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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=Section1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Well, looks like we are also looking into 2 different things here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Backend and the Frontend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I was mainly looking for a Backend kind of Control Panel, for me to manage the servers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Not interested (at the moment) what it looks like for the user, or if the user even has access.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But I can see your point when you are dealing with customers, and they can manage their servers on their own.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I actually have the skills to code something on my own, but not the time. But I might give it a go anyway, as all the solutions I looked at so far were lacking features or are not really user(admin) friendly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Marco Padovan [mailto:evolutioncrazy@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> 14 October 2009 13:46<br><b>To:</b> Call of Duty server admin list.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cod] Gameserver CP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>My idea is that if someone want to start a business in this area it's better if he start it knowing what he is doing... bringing some quality into his company...<br><br>I can assure you that if renting a tcadmin/(any other cp licence), put it up and start selling gameserver was as much valid as our in-home-built cp we wouldn't be "stealing" all the costumers to other existing gsp running inefficient and without "innovation" platforms ;)<br><br>You either need skill (to code your own things) or a lot of money (get someone to do what you are not able to do) to start a company and profit for it...<br><br>If you have none of them I see it hard to make some decent profit...<br><br>ready-to-go things IMHO are very good if you have a pair of servers to manage.... but if you have hundreds/thousands of gameservers it's well worth to create something PERFECT and that you think can make a difference compared to the rest of the market ;)<br><br>that's valid also to GUARANTEE to your costumers a top quality service... I would hide my head under the sand and start crying if a costumer would call me telling "this things is not working as it should" and I had to contact a 3rd party to get that fixed!!<br><br>Replying *instantly* to costumer needs (fixing eventually broken things or implementing new stuff) is a MUST to be succesful imho...<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Christian Gerbrandt <<a href="mailto:gerbra@gotadsl.co.uk">gerbra@gotadsl.co.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Which is very difficult for a new company.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>In the start they all have to save as much money as they can, so they are going to use a ready CP for their Gameservers.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Later they might change and get a custom one.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I’m not really looking to start a business here, but I’m interested in how others are managing their Servers.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>And occasionally I setup a server for a friend or two.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Would be nice to have something which they can control/manage their servers without me.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I like SCinterface the most, but it is very complex, and needs a strange setup.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Was only able to test their VM image of it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Might code my own, as all the others are encoded, and you can’t customize them.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Will also have a look at the solution provided from escapedturkey. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'> Marco Padovan [mailto:<a href="mailto:evolutioncrazy@gmail.com" target="_blank">evolutioncrazy@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 07 October 2009 18:04<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'><br><b>To:</b> Call of Duty server admin list.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cod] Gameserver CP<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>custom built ftw!!!<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>LOL @ ppl using ready to go systems...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>a custom built panel is the only way to offer something more compared to any other hoster running default things......<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Christian Gerbrandt <<a href="mailto:gerbra@gotadsl.co.uk" target="_blank">gerbra@gotadsl.co.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>As there are a few Gameserver Hoster watching this mailinglist,<o:p></o:p></p><p>Is there a Gameserver CP you could recommend?<o:p></o:p></p><p>Or what are you using. Custom build?<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p>Christian<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>cod mailing list<br><a href="mailto:cod@icculus.org" target="_blank">cod@icculus.org</a><br><a href="http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/cod" target="_blank">http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/cod</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>cod mailing list<br><a href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</a><br><a href="http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/cod" target="_blank">http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/cod</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>