Gamers Diner upgrade

Hey all, have'nt been around in awhile as I am working on a low budget horror film in Sacramento. Gonna be gone another three weeks or so, but I came home this weekend to relax. Anywho, the Gamers Diner has been upgraded to a full blown T1 line and the speeds are screamin. I ping at around 19 in the server. It's hosted by barant.com in Orange County, Ca.

New IP is:65.115.120.193:27015

current mapcycle:

dm_runoff
dm_resistance
dm_powerhouse

dm_prisonriot_b1

dm_tertre
dm_np_refinery
dm_avalon_b1
dm_diesel_redux
dm_scorpius_b1
dm_fallout
assimilation
dm_forsaken
dm_underpass
dm_democracy
dm_groupfour
dm_farpoint_b1
dm_mayan_sanctuary
dm_rebar_b6
dm_motel
dm_7hour
dm_abyss
dm_clocks
dm_depot_rc2
dm_gasworksinc_beta2
dm_Inevitableconflict
dm_six
dm_steamlab
dm_darkmatter_b2
dm_corrodeb5
dm_carousel
dm_resident
dm_swamplight_final
dm_sullen_final
dm_gunshotbeta2
dm_hydro_b2
dm_lambda_bunker
dm_outpost_final
dm_pit2
dm_bounce
dm_zeta_prefinal
dm_island17
dm_torque
dm_lockdown
dm_overwatch

Hope all is well with everyone.

Wow that's a crazy amount of maps.

Spartan said:
Wow that's a crazy amount of maps.

Personally, I disagree.. The more the merrier, as long as... they are worth it.. (hint,hint)

/Me was worried Juim, your server was down so long. Tis one of my favored ones too..

/me hopes ping is better now,not that it was bad before.

BTW, if you would learn to show up more often... I was in L.A. twice in the past two weeks.

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Whahooooo, double digits pingtimes.. :eek:

/me likes.

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I'll have to check this out sometime :wink:

(and also, hellzkitchen server for sven-coop runs 1000+ maps :razz: )

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Breaking the laws of mapping since 2003 and doing a damn fine job at it

I will be in Juims server for a while if anyone wants to increase their kill totals.. :biggrin:

[EDIT] A full 30 minutes and no one shows.

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I will be in Juims server for a while if anyone wants to increase their kill totals.. :biggrin:
[EDIT] A full 30 minutes and no one shows.

I saw you in there but my computer broke and I was unable to join.

DrGlass said:
I saw you in there but my computer broke and I was unable to join.

Is it fixed now?

I can let you kill me a few dozen times if you like.

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Dammit, I've been playing CS:Source for the last 2 hours, would have
fragged with you Orph had I known. Anyway, I'm somewhat free at the
moment, and I think Hydro's playing on the diner.

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Agent Smith said:
Dammit, I've been playing CS:Source for the last 2 hours, would have fragged with you Orph had I known. Anyway, I'm somewhat free at the moment, and I think Hydro's playing on the diner.

Meet me in the diner folks..

/me is on my way.

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Someone was dloading map and drove pings up a bit, but we had a good frag none the less.

Thanx Master Smith.

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/Me is going back into the Diner Server if anyone wants to join?????????

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no-one there?

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Signature? What signature!?

ugh at that map... I'll play later or something :/

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Signature? What signature!?

Fjorn said:
ugh at that map... I'll play later or something :/

Which map? and did you really expect me to hang around for 1 hour and 12 minutes twiddling my thumbs?

I dunno.. this is a great server and still I cannot entice people to play.

me is beginning to wonder if.... its not the server, but the company you'd be fragging with. :

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Someone was dloading map and drove pings up a bit, but we had a good frag none the less.
Thanx Master Smith.

Glad to be of assisstance. Rarely is it me getting worked over in a game :smile: .

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Agent Smith said:
Rarely is it me getting worked over in a game :smile: .

You are much to kind methinks. :smile:

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Wow, a server in Los Angeles, right in my own neighborhood. I'll join the game if it's not too late tonight when I get back from work.

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Fjorn said:
ugh at that map... I'll play later or something :/

Which map? and did you really expect me to hang around for 1 hour and 12 minutes twiddling my thumbs?

I dunno.. this is a great server and still I cannot entice people to play.

me is beginning to wonder if.... its not the server, but the company you'd be fragging with. :

well, I went on, the map (dm_pit2) totally raped ym sstem, so I left and said I'd play later

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Signature? What signature!?

I was just on the server, and it was empty. One stranger did join
the game, but left in less than a minute. We never made contact.

On a related note, when you join a new server, with lots of new maps
that you've never played before, what do you do? How do you get
yourself familiarize with the map's layout? How do you find out
all the spawn locations without just dropping a grenade next to your
foot and kill yourself over and over? Is there a console command
to make the player jump to the next spawn point?

I feel dumb if I just get thrown into a new map and get killed over and over because I don't know where all the powerups are.

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All part of the challenge Satchmo. Playing new maps can be a bit
frustrating, but I usually find the most fun is in mastering the map.

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DM_Pit2 is right here at snarkpit, get a copy and learn its secrets. Its one endless trap to ensnare the other fraggers in.

As far as new maps, copy the list and attempt to locate the maps elsewhere ahead of time. HL2 has a browser option just like hammer. You can filter out all the maps and look at the servers just hosting a single map name.

Afterward, you can roam around the maps by loading a LAN game and learning the nuances of the maps structure and layout.

BTW, what was the pings? mine hovers at 75-85.. I can definitely deal.

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what was the pings?

The server is located in Orange County, California. I happen to live right on the border of Los Angeles County and Orange County, so I got some of the best ping. I think it was 46 last night. It's just as good as if I were running the map from my LAN.

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my ping is around 30...

just too many models for my comp to handle :/

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my ping is around 30

Ping of 30 is great. Are you sure you're not talking about framerates?

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

I've gotten as low as 9 ping on servers (not LAN). On a fast server I usually get upper teens lower twenties.

Wow, those are fast pings. I've never personally seen any pings lower than forty.

I was just wandering around the server tonight, but unfortunately no
one was on. Some random dude joined the game, but we were running
around this huge map and never saw each other. I did hear him (or
her) fire a few Magnum shots, but I don't think they were aimed at me.

It did get my adrenaline flowing though. I was all geared up
(armor charged up to 200) and loaded with weapons and ammo when he (or
she) signed on. It would've been a huge slaughter if I ran into
the other player with my crossbow or combine rifle energy ball.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

If anyone is interested in fragging on this server, we better make some prior agreement so we can all meet at the same time. Otherwise, we'll just keep on missing each other.

Should we pick a time that's convenient for everyone interested? We should pick a standard time (i.e. London time). I will be free on June 11th (Saturday) at 16:00 London time. If anyone is free, meet me at the server.

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my fps was about 10 :razz:

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Fjorn said:
my fps was about 10 :razz:

Tis your computer then, not the maps silly. :/

I have seen pings in the lower 20's but rarely actually connect at such.. My ping at Juims is in the 70's-80's and I can live with that.

Pings got up for many reasons.

1) your upload is to slow. (assuming you have broadband)

2) someone is downloading the map.

3) to many hops between you and them.

Sadly, I have never found a server right here in Arkansas.. I do not think anyone but me plays HL in the whole state. :/

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