Matthew Mondor <mm_lists at pulsar-zone.net> writes: > I am sorry for the temporary inconvenience the server switch caused, but > the changes are over. Hopefully players get slightly lower latency now > that UDP works on the new server. > > Some could argue that I should have re-read the new metaserver code to > find out its cons before doing this; However I would rather have shut > the server down if it was that much trouble. I in fact had decided to > shut it down when the new rules were applied to the first metaserver, > however due to multiple user requests I decided to bring it back up. > It's a service, and if it gets too much trouble I won't have the time to > cope with it. one shouldn't have to read the code to run a server. I for one am very thankful that we're getting a playable bronco bot server. Thank You. > The twinky Sundays (with super GA and SB ships) appear to be appreciated Yeah. I don't usually remember to play, but I'm glad twink sundays are there. One other question: if your server is a bot server, would it make sense to have it also be a base-practice server? IE, could you drop the minimum rank for a base to Ensign, and cut down the base recycle time? More General Stuff: > As for my server, if the metaserver comment field really worked, then I > think that my server could probably remain listed at all times and be > marked "practice borg server", as it's all it really is. How hard would this be to make work? Is it a client issue, metaserver, or both? The metaserver rewrite stuff sounds great in principle, but this one change sounds like it would have a notable benefit. > now are a few visitors per day). If a client upgrade allows to easily > have access to multiple metaservers, wouldn't it make the restrictions > system totally useless however? I think i asked this question here, too, but I don't think I saw an answer... anyone? And how close are the clients to doing this? >... Also, since my server's traffic was > mainly off-peak, I'm unsure about the efficiency of the current > restriction rule placed on it, since it now only gets listed when > continuum is full (when there is the least chances of someone wanting to > play against robots :). Yeah, the bot server should be listed at all times. Do we know who runs www.allbinary.com and godfather.mob.net? They're both in the metaserver, but I can't connect to either... --akb