srcds.com official css server

[cryotek]

I have talked this over with SirTiger slightly but never got a yes or no as he has been busy working on the forums. So I figured i'd start a poll to find out something before I go and get the ball running.

If srcds.com were to have its own server, would you people play on it? We want to make this community grow, to not just be a support forum, but a community forum. The server will be controlled by the users content wise, but will be admin'd by a few select users.

We will try to get 2 servers online, 1 from the US, and another located for UK based forumers. eventually we could get more servers online.

On another note, would you people be willing to participate in keeping the gaming community free of hackers by helping us if we start up a steambans.com team? let me know and we'll get things rolling.

[Drocona]

Since I'm participating these forums alot, helping people etc. I would love to play on the servers.
Because I live in Holland I won't be able to go USA so a Europe server would be great. I will ofcourse offer my support both technical and aimed at users for the community.

I think it's a great idea.

PS: If you are looking for a location for Europeans I would choose for Germany, it's like the big centre of hosting there, but it's just a suggestion if this idea will work

[Hollanda]

I can host a Dutch/EU server @ xs4all/KPN datacenter.

I've just opened a srcds.com steambans.com team: http://4u.steambans.com/team.php?teamid=10517 which any moderator here can apply for as an admin member.

[cryotek]

Sweet, i've aplied, im going to work, back around 9 or so.

EDIT: I'll also work on the us server as well, post a list of maps and options you all want on there and i'll see what I can do for it.

[candy-man]

I can do a server in the Netherlands or US (West).  If you're interested, contact me via PM for further details.

[Drocona]

Sweet so much stuff already.

Hollanda, it says the team hasn't been validated or sumthing:
Join application failed, that team does not exist or has not been validated yet.

[Hollanda]

Still has to be validated by steambans.com staff, have some patients.

[cryotek]

Yeah, i think before we can be validated we need a server up, so i guess i'll start working on it now.

[cryotek]

Ok, im working on the server as we speak, the current server.cfg is this:

Quote:// server name
hostname "srcds.com Counter-Strike Server"

// rcon passsword
rcon_password "xxxxxxxxxx"

// server cvars
mp_friendlyfire 0
mp_footsteps 1
mp_autoteambalance 1
mp_autokick 0
mp_flashlight 0
mp_tkpunish 0
mp_forcecamera 0
sv_alltalk 0
sv_pausable 0
sv_cheats 0
sv_consistency 1
sv_allowupload 1
sv_allowdownload 1
sv_maxspeed 320
mp_limitteams 2
mp_hostagepenalty 5
sv_voiceenable 1
mp_allowspectators 1
mp_timelimit 25
mp_chattime 10
sv_timeout 65

// round specific cvars
mp_freezetime 0
mp_roundtime 5
mp_startmoney 800
mp_c4timer 45
mp_fraglimit 0
mp_maxrounds 0
mp_winlimit 0
mp_playerid 0
mp_spawnprotectiontime 5

// bandwidth rates/settings
sv_minrate 10000
sv_maxrate 25000
decalfrequency 60
sv_maxupdaterate 120
sv_minupdaterate 70

// server logging
log on
sv_logbans 1
sv_logecho 1
sv_logfile 1
sv_log_onefile 0

// operation
sv_lan 0
sv_region 0

// execute ban files
exec banned_user.cfg
exec banned_ip.cfg
//misc
fps_max 601

Feel free to post adjustsments, also i'll need a mapcycle as well. remember, this is a community driven project.

Hollanda you can handle the EU server, Candy-man You the US west since my server would be east since its in chicago.

I was thinking we could also add different mods and try to centralize the stats. I could possibly make my server a 24/7 CSS: DM server.

Also keep in mind it doesn't HAVE to be counter-strike: Source.

Don't focus on the rates, i'll be installing rate tweak to give players the best possible rate, rate tweak also controls the cl_* rates

[Drocona]

oh that's cool.

and yeah CSSDM works fine, it gets alot of players and is loads of fun, I used to play days in DM servers. Tho I think we need a normal server too, just for "the base".

[Hollanda]

cryotek Wrote:Yeah, i think before we can be validated we need a server up, so i guess i'll start working on it now.

Team is validated and we got a 50 servers license, giving us a steambans.com relay bot @ irc.

I have to waith till I got my 2 new Opteron 270's delivered for the server to setup.

[Rouge12]

I think its great i would play on the on the UK server alot... and if you want i would help with the steam bans team..

It would be very good for me as all my mates servers have gone down at the mo and i need a server to play on.

I like to play surf alot so if you had some surfs map on please...