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Who 0wnz the Server?
September 26th 2002, 09:18 CEST by HiredGoons

Who pays for the bandwidth for all the servers that are displayed in All Seeing Eye?

Are they all provided by philanthropically minded gamers?

Maybe I'm too jaded, but that doesn't seem likely.

More likely scenario: A lot of these servers use corporation or university networks.  Corporations and universities are like blind liquor store owners.  If they knew what was going on underneath their noses, they wouldn't fund it.

And if my experience with blind liquor store owners has taught me anything, it is that for every blind liquor store owner there is always a "helpful" assistant manager who offers to take inventory at the end of the night.

That's what's happening isn't it?

Isn't this freeloading?

Possible interesting twist:  Are publishers/devs freeloading too?  Valve or whoever benefits from this too, don't they?

Thousands of servers running CS, and it doesn't cost Valve a cent -- that isn't exactly bad for Valve is it?

I'll stop now and wait for the PC regulars to show me the error of my ways.  Or kill me in my sleep.

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#50 by Stralutia
2002-09-26 20:54:29

Yesterday gay vampire, today gay zombie. MAKE UP YOUR MIND!

Not until you change pictures.

The Golden Rule of Flaming:
May your flames be witty, insulting, interesting, paradoxical, funny, illogical, caustic, sarcastic, even inconsistent - but never, ever, let them be boring.

#51 by Stralutia
2002-09-26 20:55:15

Deadlock:

They aren't run-on sentences, they're Kipling-esque!

The Golden Rule of Flaming:
May your flames be witty, insulting, interesting, paradoxical, funny, illogical, caustic, sarcastic, even inconsistent - but never, ever, let them be boring.

#52 by Fugazi(werking)
2002-09-26 20:55:48

I am quite impressed with EA's servers for BF1942. OC192. Rock.

"Good health" is merely the slowest rate at which one can die.

#53 by Ashiran
2002-09-26 20:57:42

Not until you change pictures.

Humm, See I thought this was a thread crafted as a place for discussion and debate.

Forums are pain, get over it.

Also, you fight like a girl.

#54 by NetDisruptor
2002-09-26 21:01:20

So I misspelled and forgot some letters and or words.
I thought I did well for only having one arm.
I’m still trying to get used to it and I’m sure it will take a little more time.
Once again I’m sorry

#55 by Marsh Davies
2002-09-26 21:02:57

groan

- sometimes it's hard to be a squirrel -

#56 by Stralutia
2002-09-26 21:02:59

Chobo.

The Golden Rule of Flaming:
May your flames be witty, insulting, interesting, paradoxical, funny, illogical, caustic, sarcastic, even inconsistent - but never, ever, let them be boring.

#57 by Stralutia
2002-09-26 21:03:18

Damn, missed.

Ashiran, that was for you, B3y0tch!

The Golden Rule of Flaming:
May your flames be witty, insulting, interesting, paradoxical, funny, illogical, caustic, sarcastic, even inconsistent - but never, ever, let them be boring.

#58 by BobJustBob
2002-09-26 21:03:47

It's a joke. It has to be a joke, right?

So there.

#59 by Stralutia
2002-09-26 21:04:42

In the words of the immortal jjz: GIF! GIF!

The Golden Rule of Flaming:
May your flames be witty, insulting, interesting, paradoxical, funny, illogical, caustic, sarcastic, even inconsistent - but never, ever, let them be boring.

#60 by NetDisruptor
2002-09-26 21:11:16

Yes it is a joke and I’ll probably loose a limb for saying that but now you can see that flaming some one for some grammar is a little much.
In my case I was just to busy multitasking to stop and read it.
Besides in school I spent most of my time sitting in the hall so missed out on allot.

#61 by Stralutia
2002-09-26 21:12:35

Someone else can field this one.

The Golden Rule of Flaming:
May your flames be witty, insulting, interesting, paradoxical, funny, illogical, caustic, sarcastic, even inconsistent - but never, ever, let them be boring.

#62 by zimbardo_ugly
2002-09-26 21:13:20

In Croatia, we have a pretty good deal. Good servers are hosted by Internet providers. We have 5-6 of such "national" Counter-Strike servers, 4 Quake 3 servers, a few Battlefield 1942, etc. Providers are, of course, aware of the fact. They actually promote those servers through their portals/web sites. If a server is down or hiccups, some poor night shift guy gets a shitload of complaints.

And we have a a habit of putting passwords on "our" servers if when there are so many foreigners that our people can't join. Bit of a "cosa nostra" - and nobody steals anything.

.i lu doi ringos.star. xu do puku'aroroi dunli dopecaku leni virnu li'u
.i lu go'i co'i le pamoi se morji be mi li'u

#63 by LPMiller
2002-09-26 21:18:54

Except the occasional Arm.

I believe I can fly......urk.

#64 by MCorleone
2002-09-26 21:22:12

Yes it is a joke and I’ll probably loose a limb for saying that but now you can see that flaming some one for some grammar is a little much.

ARrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh! LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE FUCKING ONE O LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE YOU LOOSE MOTHERFUCKER LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE TELL YOUR FUCKING FRIENDS

Phew.

<m0nty> ZTSDSTOP LAUGHIN U FIXX0rs

#65 by MCorleone
2002-09-26 21:23:07

Net Disruptor indeed. Good nick.

<m0nty> ZTSDSTOP LAUGHIN U FIXX0rs

#66 by NetDisruptor
2002-09-26 21:26:19

Why do these noise spikes have to mention me? ;)

#67 by Stralutia
2002-09-26 21:29:22

ARrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh! LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE FUCKING ONE O LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE YOU LOOSE MOTHERFUCKER LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE TELL YOUR FUCKING FRIENDS

Phew.

*Thinking about what occurs approximately five minutes and fifty-seven seconds into Ticks and Leeches*

That is Maynard Keenan in your avatar is it not?

The Golden Rule of Flaming:
May your flames be witty, insulting, interesting, paradoxical, funny, illogical, caustic, sarcastic, even inconsistent - but never, ever, let them be boring.

#68 by MCorleone
2002-09-26 21:39:16

Heheh. 'tis.

<m0nty> ZTSDSTOP LAUGHIN U FIXX0rs

#69 by Shadarr
2002-09-26 21:45:51

Ritalin? Couldn't hurt, might slow him down enough so he doesn't hit space in the middle of words.

#70 by NetDisruptor
2002-09-26 21:53:55

Methylphenidate you mean if we are to set high grammar standards here you should use the correct scientific name for things.

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

#71 by Stralutia
2002-09-26 22:12:57

I will not feed the trolls...I will not feed the trolls...I will not feed the trolls...I will not feed the trolls...

The Golden Rule of Flaming:
May your flames be witty, insulting, interesting, paradoxical, funny, illogical, caustic, sarcastic, even inconsistent - but never, ever, let them be boring.

#72 by PHroot
2002-09-26 22:31:00

I will not continue playing Daikatana...I will not continue playing Daikatana...I will not continue playing Daikatana...

#73 by Shadarr
2002-09-26 22:39:33

Netdisruptor,

Correct grammar can be used with all sorts of words, from scientific to common to slang. Proper sentence structure and spelling is important in conveying meaning, even when calling someone a camporing faggot. Although in that case "correct spelling and grammar" is more loosely defined.

#74 by UncleJeet
2002-09-26 22:47:19

I'm so pleased with myself. The new happy hippie Jeet is calm and collected and was in no way tempted to say anything unpleasent or rude or crass to the latest assfaced zit-encrusted monkey butt everyone is so admirably being civil to.

Back in the olden times, before I was a reformed and productive member of society, I would probably have asked him if he somehow managed to save his severed limb so that I name it and beat him with Mister Stumpy Fuck.

However, the new happy hippie Jeet doesn't do things like that anymore. I don't wish to offend anyone, no matter how repulsively stupid they may come across as being. Instead, I merely wish to spread a message of love and peace, and of cosmic harmony.

So please, take this flower:
@-->->----

Blessings be upon your lives.

I'm fighting terrorism by playing violent video games!

#75 by Charles
2002-09-26 22:49:31

YOU ARE SAYING IMPUDENCE TO ME!

FUCK TO YOU!

"There is a huge difference between disliking somebody - maybe even disliking them a lot - and actually shooting them, strangling them, dragging them through the fields and setting their house on fire. It was a difference which kept the vast majority of the population alive from day to day."
-Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

#76 by UncleJeet
2002-09-26 22:50:29

ASSFACE!

Hrmmm, maybe I still have a few bugs to work out....I have a strange impulse to make suggestive hand motions accompanied by various verbal taunts.

If the milk's gone sour, I'm not the type of pussycat to drink it....

I'm fighting terrorism by playing violent video games!

#77 by Max
2002-09-26 22:55:17

Jeet, are you becoming the new old polite Your Friend?

We have enough youth. How about a Fountain of Smart?

#78 by Darkseid-D
2002-09-26 22:55:47

Jeet, you rock :)

Ds

Never argue with an idiot, theyll drag you down onto their level, then beat you with experience.

#79 by Shadarr
2002-09-26 22:59:04

Too bad the new Jeet who doesn't post obtuse song lyrics in bold only lasted for one post.

#80 by NetDisruptor
2002-09-26 23:02:04

Shadarr camporing? This is a term I am unfamiliar with.

Jeet You can shove that flower up your ass :D

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

#81 by UncleJeet
2002-09-26 23:02:26

That was clearly a movie quote, not a song quote!

It's all about the baby steps.  You need to ENcourage, not DIScourage!

You.  Shook me all.  Night.  Long.  Yeah, you....

Ah fuckhell, now I've gone and started reverting.  THANKS A LOT!

I'm fighting terrorism by playing violent video games!

#82 by MCorleone
2002-09-26 23:04:18

Look at that. Jeet sent out his emissaries in good faith, only to have them riding back headless and assraped. That is so uncool.

<m0nty> ZTSDSTOP LAUGHIN U FIXX0rs

#83 by MCorleone
2002-09-26 23:05:36

Well, technically jeet, the quote was used on the CD before a song, so...

<m0nty> ZTSDSTOP LAUGHIN U FIXX0rs

#84 by UncleJeet
2002-09-26 23:08:59

No, Max....I just watched the Travel Channel the other night, it mentioned Seattle, and all of a sudden strange hippie ideas crept into my head, and I needed to let them out.

It was either that or grow a stupid shitspot under my bottom lip, grab a beret, and hang out in lame coffee houses all day long snapping my fingers at lame Queensryche homage poetry....

....but I really didn't want to change my name to Pasha and get beat up on the playground by a swarm of giggling six year old girls, so I opted to vent it all out of my system here. At Planetcrap. Amongst my friends. That loathe me. Um. Fuck.

How about advertising slogans? Yay!

Does she........or doesn't she??!!

I'm fighting terrorism by playing violent video games!

#85 by Ergo
2002-09-26 23:12:30

Seattle=hippie?

WTF?

Sum Ergo Cogito

DVDs

#86 by NetDisruptor
2002-09-26 23:13:42

I was thinking the same thing..
Must be the newage hippies or somthing.

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

#87 by UncleJeet
2002-09-26 23:14:34

Yeah, Mcorleone - but technically, I'm deeply stupid so it's not my fault.

I blame the chemtrails and the complete failure of my tinfoil helmet's protection system against Japanese cavity-filling-mind alteration techniques. Oh, and Canada.

Look Ma! No cavities!

I'm fighting terrorism by playing violent video games!

#88 by UncleJeet
2002-09-26 23:16:46

Ok yeah, technically Seattle is entirely populated with beatniks and smelly people that haven't caught on yet that grunge is dead.

Still, Max is an extreme hippie.  From North Dakota.  With a dark and mysterious past that he likes to hide.

Oh, and he used to filter all your porn!  HE is the enemy here, not me!

Yah, don'tcha know!  Okey dokey, now!

I'm fighting terrorism by playing violent video games!

#89 by bago
2002-09-26 23:19:31

Crap, I'm a hippie now? Well fuck me gently and call me Susan, I've gotta get back to fagging the place up.

iamelectro

#90 by MCorleone
2002-09-26 23:21:22

Bago I thought you were a brit.

<m0nty> ZTSDSTOP LAUGHIN U FIXX0rs

#91 by UncleJeet
2002-09-26 23:23:36

Also, please understand that to a Texan, anyone not from Texas is a "hippie."

It's a commonly known fact.

Someone's crying, Lord! Kumbaya!

I'm fighting terrorism by playing violent video games!

#92 by Chunkstyle
2002-09-26 23:25:03

Not us Chicagoans. We're known for our hippie beating.

#93 by BobJustBob
2002-09-26 23:25:45

newage? Is that like sewage?

Ship my balls.

#94 by Squeaky
2002-09-26 23:26:43

newage is more like newegg.

Understand? Good. Play! -- Hatsumi-Sensei
Pitiful DVD Collection

#95 by Ergo
2002-09-26 23:29:33

That's true, Jeet. I forgot about the Texassan mindset.

Sum Ergo Cogito

DVDs

#96 by Ashiran
2002-09-26 23:29:50

Newegg is the new sewage?

Also, you fight like a girl.

#97 by NetDisruptor
2002-09-26 23:41:13

Yes grunge is dead.
Newegg, sewage, and new-age all stink.

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

#98 by NetDisruptor
2002-09-26 23:43:01

OK so now that's all cleared up should we get back to the topic or just forget it?

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

#99 by jjohnsen
2002-09-26 23:45:34

Bago I thought you were a brit.

I thought he worked at MS.

I am trying to catch up to Ergo's Dvd collection.

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