Catalyst Gaming
General => Suggestions => Topic started by: Dick on June 20, 2012, 11:18:06 PM
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I think CG should have an Arma 2 server using either Zargabad/Chernanus Life (with stats save) or DayZ mod. There's a way to make Chernasus Life servers joinable with the free version of Arma 2.
If it is considered I'd be willing to help with the funding.
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CG already has enough servers and usually not all of them get populated, I'm not sure if people would be generally interested in Arma 2 here as the main focus is GMod.
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this is more a thing someone should do them selves rather than drag people from CGs admin/owner team in to do it - im sure no owner will have an issue with you semi-advertising an arma 2 server if CG doesnt have it's own official one
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main focus is GMod.
>main focus is GMOD
>focus is GMOD
>GMOD
What about the CS, Minecraft, TF, HALO servers ?
Anyway, I was just suggesting
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The CS, Minecraft TF and Halo servers aren't the main priorty of CG, that's what "focus" means
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I actually think a DayZ server in this mod could go over fairly well. It has a realism factor that the HL2RP players may like but still enough combat to keep OCRP interested. And I can guarantee it will be populated about 90% of the time unless the server has a bug. Overall I think a DayZ server would go over fairly well for Catalyst Gaming.
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I doubt CG has enough players to continue covering our normal servers and then populate an Arma server too
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I doubt CG has enough players to continue covering our normal servers and then populate an Arma server too
Thats what the general DayZ players are for. Most servers have at least 10 people on at all times.
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Isn't it the goal to get more people to join ? A DayZ server will surely get a ton of players interested to join CG
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Isn't it the goal to get more people to join ? A DayZ server will surely get a ton of players interested to join CG
I agree. And with the regular traffic that most servers see thats a lot of people that will see this community.
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Doesn't mean they'll register, most people won't register
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Doesn't mean they'll register, most people won't register
But it does mean that you will have many more people who will see the site. And if people see the site they may ether join the community or may tell someone they know about the community.
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They won't register if they play a DayZ server. I just join the server with free slots on it and honestly nobody gives a crap about the server host unless people are rallying together with friends and they have their own base with vehicles/supplies, but even then they don't care about the community.
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To fill up a ArmA 2 Server you just need : DayZ Mod + Low Ping + No bugs, that's all.
I used to play OCRP everytime I could, now I play DayZ everytime I can, when I get home and have nothing to do: DayZ :3
Its a very good mod, and will not get people bored, so you don't lose users.
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Arma 2 isn't too much of a widely known game and the servers aren't usually played on for extended times. It's more of a game where you play multiple servers all the time and such.
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Yes, people may play it around here, but I doubt anyone else would play it.
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Isn't it the goal to get more people to join ? A DayZ server will surely get a ton of players interested to join CG
Lol, seriously?
So how many communities have you joined so far since you played DayZ? Must be a ton since I bet you joined at least 20 different servers if not more.
Oh yeah that's right. At DayZ you join a random US/Seattle/Whatever server and you don't even know who hosts it.
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Lol, seriously?
So how many communities have you joined so far since you played DayZ? Must be a ton since I bet you joined at least 20 different servers if not more.
Oh yeah that's right. At DayZ you join a random US/Seattle/Whatever server and you don't even know who hosts it.
No, I join servers that has low pings and good set up (Time Zone, Delay, Difficulty etc) I dont join random servers, sorry, but you are wrong there, and If people like your server, they will set up a camp and play there.
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And I'm necroposting.
But its a DAMN good suggestion.
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I think we should assign teams and shit, so that we could organize events such as in CHKilroys videos (If you enjoy Arma I seriously reccomend looking him up on youtube). So yeah, has my support.
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Chernearus life servers almost always suck
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I think this is a great idea!
CG Can place up a Arma 2 server to replace the minecraft server.
The DayZ mod is so great!
More or less. I think this is a good idea to have in CG.
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If we were to even consider ArmaII as a platform for us to host a server, we probably wouldn't do it in Day-Z, and here's why.
Creating a Day-Z server is like a Left 4 Dead server in many ways. People will join, go about their business and pay no mind to what's allowing them to do that. What I'm saying is, there's no room for our community there. You don't join a server because a community you are a part of owns it, you join it because it has good players and a low ping.
On the flip side of that, to run a Day-Z server, you also need to be authorized. This is because of how the gamemode handles player position and items. Their master servers run all item placement and player position.
If we WERE to have a Day-Z server, however, we would probably password it or perhaps find a way to edit to to only allow member from CG. If anyone knows how we can connect it to an SQL server, we would be glad to do it.
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It's not hard to get authorisations for a DayZ server, it's mainly specifications and not passwording the server. Oh also, if CG was to get a DayZ server I'd probably make it my main server to play on, as I'm sure others would; but it wouldn't necessarily draw in new people to the community.
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I would play on the CG DayZ server (If we had one) as like the main server I play on. DayZ is a lot of fun, and even more fun if you have a group of people to run around with.
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Pretty sure you aren't allowed to password and private your DayZ servers or they blacklist it in the master server, just checked the Server Hosting rules here. (http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/1251-want-to-host-a-dayz-server-read-in-here/)
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I would play on the CG DayZ server (If we had one) as like the main server I play on. DayZ is a lot of fun, and even more fun if you have a group of people to run around with.
cow me and you would have the best shit in the server ;D
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DayZ pisses me off. 95% Of the people who bought Arma 2 was only FOR DayZ. Those people don't even know anything about arma.
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DayZ pisses me off. 95% Of the people who bought Arma 2 was only FOR DayZ. Those people don't even know anything about arma.
There is a fair few of us who got ArmA 2 (or had it bought for us in some cases) before DayZ even came out/even heard of it, and played missions and patrols together. I don't personally do the campaign for ArmA 2 and the DLCs, but I like setting up missions via editor and playing them for that sense of immersion, roleplaying-ish (if you can even call it that) and just for fun.
DayZ has already bored the shit out of me now, last time I played was when I went up with Nicknero, TOMASAS and someone else to the NW Airfield and Nick got shot in the face. I still have a gillie suit and M16 with a shit ton of ammo for it, but I don't find it fun anymore. Another thing is that DayZ servers use up a shit ton of CPU and bandwidth so I have no idea if the box can even handle it.
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Not allowed to password DayZ.
Also, the way hive(being the database) is just an addon into the server setup means you cant change anything with it, so making it 'cg member' only won't work in any way, and will get your server blacklisted within about 2 seconds.
And with box specs, arma is mainly for CPU and, you will also need good bandwith, though i expect you guys would have at least 2tb+(which is dayz minimum for about a 30 slot)
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Like I said, we aren't putting up a Day-Z server because we have nothing to benefit from it. Our Garry's Mod servers bring in donations, Day-Z would bring in donations for them.
If you can name one good way that Catalyst-Gaming as a whole can benefit from a Day-Z server, I promise I will put one up that day.
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As soon as I saw this topic, I thought DayZ or some zombie mod. xD
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Like I said, we aren't putting up a Day-Z server because we have nothing to benefit from it. Our Garry's Mod servers bring in donations, Day-Z would bring in donations for them.
If you can name one good way that Catalyst-Gaming as a whole can benefit from a Day-Z server, I promise I will put one up that day.
First, it would advertise the Catalyst-gaming community. Most of them will not own garry's mod, but you don't only have Gmod servers, you have Halo, CS:S and MineCraft, which given enough effort, could bring in more donations.
Secondly, if you advertise frequently about the DayZ server, you can easily keep it up and running. It's really cheap and easy to manage and with enough advertise on CG's website, you can clearly keep it up.
(Its $35 USD on HFBServers.com)
Most of our community already plays the game. Some of them have even donated to other servers. What you'd be doing is, you'd be gathering these people together, giving them a quality server, a server where you know most of the active players, which is REALLY gonna improve their experience making stuff like a trading camp, or bus rides, possible and less likely to be ruined instantly.
So yeah. We'd love it.
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Halo was a server I set up to play around with, it's not an officially CG sponsored server. We don't have a minecraft server anymore and we technically never did. MC1 was hosted by my friend Derk, I decided to advertise it here, it's since been removed from the status bar. MC2 was ran by Adam or Ari or whoever it was and that's gone now too. So no, we only have gmod servers (yes, and css, but no one plays that so I don't really count it).
We wouldn't need to pay a host, we could sufficiently run it ourselves for free.
But what I don't see is how the server would bring donations. It's a gamemode that is not unique to us and would not be administrated by us in any way. Basically, it's like a left 4 dead server. There is no reason to host one aside from advertising and wanting to support THEIR community.
Yea, we know you guys would like one, and like the novelty of playing on a Catalyst-Gaming Day-Z server, but it's just not in our best interest. If waffle thinks different, I guess I'll put it up, but until then, I recommend the Roosterteeth servers. GMT-9 and hosted by a fantastic community of gamers.
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Actually, you would need to administrate it yourselves but you can only ban for racism and hacking or have your server blacklisted. Pretty gay.
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Yeah, you don't get many options for a DayZ server, the staff of the mod are really the only ones who actually control the server's features and etc.
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I don't like the 'life' RPs in arma. they aren't that great. They remind me too much of DarkRP or something like it that's not as smooth of a game.
We should definatley get a dayZ server though, and possibly even a Co-op server or something. mods like ACE, ACRE, and CBA, make for a fun, and very realistic experience.
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As soon as I saw this topic, I thought DayZ or some zombie mod. xD
Yeah me too. but i think a dayZ server would get a lot of attention. But as someone brought up no one really cares about the host So
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Dayz 100% Pisses me off because way to many new CoD players are getting ARMA2 thinking its CoD running around trieing to quick scope(One guy actually tried to do that on me] Ive been playing arma for 4 years and let me to you its not even arma anymore due to dayz.
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DayZ is a horrible mod to start with, not even worth putting on CG. DayZ is horribly scripted, and the zombies are very un-realistic as they could run extremly fast even though there limbs are basicly rotting off their bodies. I hate DayZ. Arma should be played how it was inteneded to be, a military simulator, not a retarded zombie game where the zombies look like fucking monkies on crack. But it would be cool if we had a multiplayer server that wasn't DayZ.