Rather than paying hundreds of dollars for leasing a server, why can't you host your own server thats ranked? I don't understand this... If one has a dedicated server with 100MBit connectivity, why cant they host their own ranked server?
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Re: Getting your own server ranked
Yeah... I have... but its not only EA...
EA selects 3rd party hosts to host ranked servers... obviously they are capable of letting others host ranked servers.
(for example... Clanservers.com is a cheap 3rd party host... 5 dollars less per slot than ea themselves...)
Why select these hosts, while not giving this option to the public?
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Re: Getting your own server ranked
Because the company's that host the ranked servers have to pay for the "ranked" information for said server hosts. The means that EA just dosn't make money per unit sold, its also per server setup sold, they are a coorperation that has the same goal as everyone else, to stay out of the red and put a little coin in their pocket. Can ya' really blame them? This is just like "honor" servers in America's Army or any other game with a ranking system that makes you pay. (I'm unsure on other games that I have not played)
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Re: Getting your own server ranked
Originally posted by QuikSilverYeah... I have... but its not only EA...
EA selects 3rd party hosts to host ranked servers... obviously they are capable of letting others host ranked servers.
(for example... Clanservers.com is a cheap 3rd party host... 5 dollars less per slot than ea themselves...)
Why select these hosts, while not giving this option to the public?
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Re: Getting your own server ranked
Originally posted by Lightning20Because the company's that host the ranked servers have to pay for the "ranked" information for said server hosts. The means that EA just dosn't make money per unit sold, its also per server setup sold, they are a coorperation that has the same goal as everyone else, to stay out of the red and put a little coin in their pocket. Can ya' really blame them? This is just like "honor" servers in America's Army or any other game with a ranking system that makes you pay. (I'm unsure on other games that I have not played)
(/sarcasm)
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Re: Getting your own server ranked
Originally posted by [ak]NutsI heard somewhere and I'm sure to be corrected, providers that host private ranked servers must host official public ranked servers as well. That way EA doesn't have to house all the servers themselves.
Is this true?
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