That right kiddies, Jobu has slapped up a new rant. This 'iss' he takes on the issue of annoying server ops. We can all related to this one, here's a kamabit:
Read!When I first went on my quest to find a decent server for my clan back in beta 2, it ways nearly impossible. Little to few servers were actually kick ass back then and willing to let clans rent from them. I absolutely hate the fact that now, in beta 7.1, there's an abundance of servers, yet, the admins that run the servers are the hardest to get/laziest people in the world. After searching for about 1 month, I came to the conclusion that no server admins would ever open up their hearts and let my clan just rent a measly server. Nevertheless, I found small emerging company, specializing in hosting game servers. At first, my impression was, "SWEET! Counter-Strike servers for sale on an OC-3 line. How bad can it be bad?" As you can probably guess, the servers were complete crap. I emailed the admins and I told them that all the server, even though it was on a "blazing" OC-3 line, pinged in the range of 400-500 ms with most of my clan. After renting a way below average server, the admins emailed me back, stating that, "All @home routers do not connect to your OC-3 line, but the secondary OC-3 which we use for business use and share with several other companies." I was like, "Ok...wtf?!". That was my first experience with crappy admins.