[JimMorrison]

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They could get people to PayPal 1$ for every hosting? And if someone had to flip a switch to start larger games, such as all of the volunteer hosts already do, then they'd know if there were real people playing them or not.

I think what would help the most, from what I've seen, is if there could be a script running on the servers (private hosted, or company managed) that ran a backup of the game files on each turn. Then if the main system did crash, there might be a brief delay, but the game could get restarted elsewhere with minimal complications.


I'm basically just theorizing, that broken games are likely one of the primary reasons that people stop playing Dom3. The more people give up the game, the smaller the community gets. The smaller the community, the less games going at any given time. The less games up, the less likely someone will stumble on it and get into it. I mean, take SE5 for example, there is 1 thread from this year in their matchmaking forum. Who is going to buy the game when they see that?

At a certain point all of the reasoning in the world can't take the place of action. And on that note, we are honored by your efforts Llama, but what happens when life changes, and you also move on? We're losing a well respected host as we speak, no? We can count on you today, and we're more than grateful, but tomorrow, the only server we can count on, won't be privately operated. Well, maybe day after tomorrow, or next month, but someday for sure! <3