Wow, ran a HL2DM (Team) server as a community-resource thing with an old box. The PC is a beatup old 966 W/ 512MB RAM. I put a Trial Win 2003 server on it and installed Steam Dedicated Server on it. Downloaded maps, went thru some trial and error on setting stuff up. But it has been running pretty good for the last week off my cable modem. I hid the damn thing in the basement with no LEDs lit (What the Wife doesn't know...) You would not even know it was there unless you were standing next to it and heard the fan.
Any rate, I have it set up for 10 players running the Tower map most of the time. And you know what I get????
A Torrent of Abuse from a bunch of A$$h0le$. After a few days of hearing: Turn off the Gravity! WTF! LAG. Why do I have to leave if I am on Dialup (ping800) Oh, So I'm off the map in Tower hacking people so what! @#$@# I'm not spawn camping! (after headshotting the admin at spawn 4x in a row) ETC ETC
So I shut my server down. Are any other small server admins getting the same Sht][t from players?
I already have a ban list of 50 players!
Absolutely no appreciation.
Major Hazard
Any rate, I have it set up for 10 players running the Tower map most of the time. And you know what I get????
A Torrent of Abuse from a bunch of A$$h0le$. After a few days of hearing: Turn off the Gravity! WTF! LAG. Why do I have to leave if I am on Dialup (ping800) Oh, So I'm off the map in Tower hacking people so what! @#$@# I'm not spawn camping! (after headshotting the admin at spawn 4x in a row) ETC ETC
So I shut my server down. Are any other small server admins getting the same Sht][t from players?
I already have a ban list of 50 players!
Absolutely no appreciation.
Major Hazard