Files eh?

[WhiteZero]

I see that under the "Features" section you guys have added a Files section that isnt opened yet.

Do you plan on this site becomming a good alternative to FileFront?
I dig the idea though.

 

[joule]

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=91171

 

[Vegeta897]

Do you plan on this site becomming a good alternative to FileFront?

What do you mean good alternative to FileFront? FileFront is the best there is! Any alternative certainly wouldn't be 'good' in comparison.

 

[Chris D]

We wouldn't ever match Fileplanet or FileFront... at the end of the day, we're a Half-Life 2 website, and they're a generic website for games, utilities and mods... something that Halflife2.net specifically won't ever cover unless it is related to Valve games... and of course there's already sub-sites like halflife2.filefront.com.

So, why don't we have any Half-Life 2 files on there yet? Simply because just running the website and forum uses up nearly 200GB of bandwidth a month and any additional load by offering downloads would dramatically decrease the performance of the website, which really isn't worth it.

Now we could get someone to sponsor us for a file server, but we want our own. Especially as the game-server sponsorships didn't work out very well. But to do that we need money and the Google-Ads don't bring that kind of money in. The text-ads may have done so, but that would have been to the dismay of most visitors to the site.

At the moment, until we find a better solution, there won't be any files.

 

[Beerdude26]

How much does the site cost monthly?

 

[Insano]

How much does the site cost monthly?

It costs Munro & co: $0

That's €0, if you were wondering.

 

[ríomhaire]

It costs Munro & co: $0

That's €0, if you were wondering.

That's only because google adds pays the bills.

 

[Insano]

That's only because google adds pays the bills.

As far as I know, it's because there servers are hosted by limelight/Valve