Post by Eorl @ 03:39pm 25/10/13 | 39 Comments
You will be happy to know we have Australia's most experienced game server team, and everyone that works here is a hardcore gamer, so we understand what you want from your dedicated servers. When we go home at night we'll be playing on the servers you rent from us, so they have to be the best servers in Australia.
Because AusGamers has always been about our love for Australian gamers, we are offering Battlefield 4 servers for $1 per slot. Not "from" $1 per slot - there are no extras for "debranding", no charges for public or private, just the lowest price we can do for every server. Highest quality, lowest price, most experienced and most humble: what's not to love?
So to recap because we just know how excited you are, AusGamers Server Rentals are now officially live, with Battlefield 4 on offer as the first game supported. We plan on adding support for more games and services over the coming weeks, with Battlefield 3, Ventrilo and TeamSpeak support being added on Monday 28th October. If you happen to have a game in mind just drop us a line using our contact page and we'll try our best to get it supported.
Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below, we strive on giving back feedback as quick as possible. Also keep an eye out for "Malthius", who is our newest member on the AusGamers team, who will be handling all your server rental questions.
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Posted 03:48pm 25/10/13
Might get a MC server over summer.
Posted 03:52pm 25/10/13
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Posted 04:35pm 25/10/13
If peeps are interested in Mumble, we'll enable it - we were using mumble servers for testing the service (no license fees = win).
Minecraft can't be done per slot, but we'll be competitive.
Posted 04:39pm 25/10/13
Umm your page and Eorl says $1 per slot.. did this not get vetted before being published?
0_o
Posted 04:40pm 25/10/13
Minecraft would be good, are you going to do blocks of 512mb? and got ETA for rental?
Posted 04:40pm 25/10/13
That will be just our price in general for slot-appropriate games. As Malthius said, we'll try to be as competitive as possible for MInecraft because we know how much you guys love it.
Posted 04:40pm 25/10/13
Posted 04:42pm 25/10/13
Secure, handy for clans or communities that pay to one account and want to set up an easy subscription.We'll have more details on Minecraft soon, including pricing plans.
Posted 04:43pm 25/10/13
You have $1 per slot literally on top of the minecraft dude's head!
Get back to me when you have pricing for it (and you really need to fix that graphic its 100% misleading if you are not going to offer $1 per slot Minecraft servers).
Posted 04:43pm 25/10/13
Because my wife doesn't know about it :P
Posted 04:44pm 25/10/13
Are there any server config docs around?
Posted 04:47pm 25/10/13
Yeah you need to fix it. I thought it was $1 per slot. Misleading to the max. I had told a few of my friends it was $1 per slot so you should fix it asap to make it clear that the slot pricing is for games that support it. Definitely remove the minecraft image from that imagine too.
Posted 04:49pm 25/10/13
Nobody does Minecraft per slot...
Anyone who feels deceived, let me know and I'll do something credity when we open up Minecraft. Just because I love everyone, and I'm too tired to consider how bad an idea that is.
Posted 04:52pm 25/10/13
FYI need documentation on your control panel :P
Posted 04:53pm 25/10/13
I have the server config docs in my hands at the moment. I'll get Eorl to upload them to AusGamers tomorrow morning, and there will be a link to them in our BF4 configuration guide that I'll be writing tomorrow.
I'll update this thread when those things are done.
Posted 04:54pm 25/10/13
Of course, drunken documentation writing is always hilarious to read in the morning, so you never know... ;)
Posted 04:57pm 25/10/13
Post here and I am sure we can proof read it.....
Posted 05:00pm 25/10/13
Haha that's awesome
I FEEL INCREDIBLY BETRAYED YOU HAVE RUINED CHRISTMAS THERE IS NO SANTA BECAUSE OF THIS
Seriously though I told some friends that it was $1 per slot and confirmed so I feel like a bit of a d*** now.
Posted 04:57pm 25/10/13
ill keep an eye out on the guide over the weekend.
Enjoy your significant drinking, you deserve it.
Posted 04:58pm 25/10/13
Better off putting a slot game there then, like CSGO or something.
<3 I thought $1 per slot for Minecraft was too good to be true :(
Posted 05:02pm 25/10/13
Posted 05:06pm 25/10/13
Now before you hit things, I feel like I can be a c*** to you because we've met and brofisted and a some jerk guy introduced me as a c*** anyway, so its like my thing now right? :D
Posted 05:08pm 25/10/13
Posted 05:15pm 25/10/13
Now I love you guys, but we've had issues with network there due to DDOS and I'm a little:
A- scared of what happens to my business hosting if its on gaming server infrastructure. We're already offline semi-regularly because of DDOS, and this will ONLY get worse when the kids start to fight because they got banned from l33tc@tz's serva.
B- this is a lesser worry but even if its on a different system altogether, how will you deal with DDOS given that it causes outages on your other platforms.
Is there a wider plan to have better network redundancy that I'm unaware of despite my enquiries?
Posted 05:14pm 25/10/13
Posted 05:17pm 25/10/13
Longer answer:
No, Mammoth VPS is entirely separate - not even in the same building, let alone the same datacentre. We'd never do that for all the reasons you mention. The systems are entirely separate and an attack on one will have no effect on the other.
Posted 05:19pm 25/10/13
Edit: The same thing Hog mentions affected/affects me on a business level too.
Posted 05:22pm 25/10/13
At the end of the day its still got to be better then the two alternatives for BF4 right?
If you dont mind us asking which DC are the game servers located?
Posted 05:22pm 25/10/13
Game servers are a huge DDOS target, which is why most mid range VPS providers prohibit running game servers on their service.
Posted 05:34pm 25/10/13
Posted 05:39pm 25/10/13
Our plan is to have them up on Monday afternoon our time, giving everyone 24 hours to test before the worldwide release. We are going to bill from the Australian release date, just to be kind to those who don't unlock via VPN etc, but we don't want to leave you without servers to play on.
Posted 05:53pm 25/10/13
As soon as the server rental hosts stop DDOSing each other everything will be better for Battlefield.
Posted 07:12pm 25/10/13
The speed of domestic internet is rising way faster than the speed of backbone equipment and typically this problem begins with infested computers found at home. It's certainly going to get worse before it gets better.
I suppose a small 'overall' mitigation would be to have some type of "Server Admin Code of Conduct". While they have the right to ban who they like (as they should of course), if they're found to be doing it for unwarranted reasons, and their server as a result becomes the target of attacks, their service will be forfeit and the target IP closed.
We used to see people making threads about the admins of same 2 to 3 servers on the GA forums. As a host I'd flag them as a possible liability for the network and investigate further, but yeah - each person has their own opinion of what an admin should be able to do. - However once it becomes a problem for the overall service quality, something should be done for the remaining admins who don't abuse the system.
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http://www.ausgamers.com/forums/gsr/index.php