PBW Down? - Back up!

Ed Kolis · #1 August 8th, 2003, 04:22 AM

Wait... if it's a residential account and people across the country start complaining, they might sue Geo for breach of contract and put PBW out of business for good... don't they kind of dislike it when you run a major server without paying for commercial access?

Atrocities · #2 August 8th, 2003, 04:54 AM

Would shrapnel consider running the server?

geoschmo · #3 August 8th, 2003, 04:58 AM

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Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Wait... if it's a residential account and people across the country start complaining, they might sue Geo for breach of contract and put PBW out of business for good... don't they kind of dislike it when you run a major server without paying for commercial access?

Nothing we are doing is a breach of contract with my ISP. The type of service I have allows for this sort of server to be run on it. And calling PBW a "major server" is a bit of a stretch.

Emailing the ISP isn't going to help, because the problem is the phone line. Emailing the phone company isn't going to help. It won't get me in trouble, but they aren't going to care that you guys can't reach your favorite website either.

We looked into Shrapnel hosting the site Last year when we ended up moving it to Ohio. It wasn't a good fit with their business plan. I don't mind, I prefer it the way it is rather then having Shrapnel run it.

Just got to get the stinking phone line fixed.

[ August 08, 2003, 04:02: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

tbontob · #4 August 8th, 2003, 05:18 AM

Geo, maybe your local phone company is the exception, but most companies do care about publicity, even monopolies or oligopolies.

Especially bad publicity.

I have managed a number of companies, big and small, and from experience, I know they care about bad publicity.

They may give non-committal replies to inquiries, but the squeeky wheel does get the grease and is given priority!

Perrin · #5 August 9th, 2003, 01:49 AM

Also many states have a government agency that regulates Utility and phone companies. If your state has one you will be able to file a complaint against the phone company.

Atrocities · #6 August 9th, 2003, 01:57 AM

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We looked into Shrapnel hosting the site Last year when we ended up moving it to Ohio. It wasn't a good fit with their business plan. I don't mind, I prefer it the way it is rather then having Shrapnel run it.

There will come a time when Shrapnel will want to consider running game servers as a part of thier business plan. The industry will demand it as more and more game move toward Multiplayer and such.

You could always manage the server Geo, regardless where it is located. Shrapnel could use the fact that they host it as another selling feature for their games.

Sooner or later all, and I do mean all, games will be driven by the demand for multiplayer and Shrapenl as well as other game manufactures will have to wake up and smell the coffee. Why not get an earily jump on the trend and start supporting the genra now?

tbontob · #7 August 8th, 2003, 04:38 PM

Atrocities is probably right in that game designers/owners will move to hosting multiplayer games and in particular games played over the internet.

However, my feeling is that it will probably be driven by the need to give consistent and dedicated service to the purchasers of their games who are demanding it.

IMO, we already have that dedication through the efforts of those who are currently involved with the day-to-day operations of the SE4 Forum and PBW.

I, for one, appreciate the time and effort they expend to ensure that PBW will operate efficiently.

But other Shrapnel games which have multiplayer capability to play over the internet may not function as well as SE4.

There may come a time when Shrapnel will decide to host all the games played over the internet (including SE4), no matter how well they may be run.

But that hasn't happened yet, and I have no problems about the personal preferences of the administrators as to the site of the server etc.