MadMike
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 Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:30 pm Post subject: Al Basrah and the pooling of server resources. |
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Hello, long time no speak 
Im a member on NwA clan Forum and the other day Biscuit, you might know him, goes on battlearena alot posted on the forum somthing about these clans all getting a server together and have al basrah as the main map.
here the post he sent:
| Quote: | Hello guys,
First time poster on your forum but I've played with a few of you on your server. Now, I have a proposal that is either genius or will be shot down immediately. I was playing on the battlearena Al Basrah server the other day with Royal Andy McNab (of the Royal clan, obviously) I'm pretty sure some of you know him. Anyway, we were lamenting over VOIP about the fact that the Royal's Al Basrah 24/7 server had to be shut down (a few months ago now) and the current lack of a 24/7 Basrah server that is consistently well populated. It's clear that this map is a firm favourite among Royal, NWA, and TBA as well as a few other people i've spoken with in game. From reading some of the threads on this forum it's clear that sustaining a good server population is proving difficult, and it's the same with the Royal's server (ProGaming) and the same can also be said about the battlearena. This is generally a symptom of there being way too many PR servers in general and all but a handful of servers are regularly poorly populated. This over abundance of servers was also brought up recently in a thread on the official PR forum.
It's clear that there is a solid 'Al Basrah community' out there, and it's a shame that we don't get to play our beloved map as often as we could. Instead I often find myself server hopping between your server, TBA and T&T when they run the map. What I'm suggesting is that you guys might consider forming a partnership of sorts with other like minded clans, in short, with the Royals and the battlearena, to pool your resources and get a single server between you. McNab has already expressed his enthusiasm for this, however I am yet to mention this idea to the battlearena guys. The fact that most of their players are from the US is doubly advantageous as this means that there is potential for a high server population 24 hours a day.
To conclude, this idea pretty much speaks for itself. It would mean less spending on server rental and more playing, instead of idling around seeding your own servers. The downsides: I realise that it's nice for a clan to have it's own server, so you may be unwilling to share a server with one or two other clans, this is of course understandable. Also some of you may be less enthusiastic about the Basrah map than others. The map rotation is obviously not set in stone, you could maybe run some of the other urban insurgency maps a couple of times a week for example. However I think it's the Basrah map that unites these three clans, and I think there is the potential to set up a f*****g excellent server between the three of you. |
Thats what he said, it seems a very good idea to do, but as i replyed PR 0.9 will be out soon and people will want to play on the new maps etc... so wait for a couple a months after the release to see how it goes.
And if this does happen it wil be good because it will be less money for the clans that do it and the server will be populated 24-7 because you lot are based in america and most of us are based in europe.
I would like to know what you think for the future is this a good idea or bad for u guys? |
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