What Is This?
I'm offering free hosting to gaming communities. The free hosting includes:
Why Are You Doing This?
I'm trying to drive traffic to my website and the two game servers im still hosting (one server get's a small amount of traffic and the other one i made a promise to the garrys mod developer that i would keep hosting it). My gaming community was dying so i figured this would be a "think outside of the box" way to drive traffic to the website which might translate into traffic to my remaining game servers. I dont want to charge people for it because then it requires a level of service i may not be able to provide plus i like giving away free stuff. I'm nice like that.
Why Would I Want To Use The Free Hosting?
The free hosting is ideal for groups who cannot afford a game server and/or are looking to save up some money until they can get a game server.
What About Annoying Advertisements?
Advertisements are kept to a minimum. In your game server, your players wont have to wait X seconds to watch motd advertisements because there are none! The only in-game advertisement they will see is a text banner that appears when they join the game and once every 15 minutes. Also the website will have just 2 advertisements; one next to the logo that advertises the contest and the other below the first post.
What Games Are Supported?
Note: Some modifications may not be able to be hosted because they use too much resources. You will be told if a particular mod could be hosted or not. TF2's Mann vs Machine mode is one such game that cannot be hosted.
What's The Location and Latency Of The Server?
The Servers are located near Montreal, Canada (Eastern Canada and to the south is New York State). Players near Toronto, Canada get pings in the 10 to 20 range and NYC in the 30 to 50 range. To test your latency, add the following server to Steam's favorite list: 192.95.30.92:27015
Are There Any Limitations?
You do not get FTP access to the game server or fastDL server. If you want custom content added or removed, then you will need to submit a file change request (you can add/remove admins yourself through sourcebans though). Also, custom sprays are disabled.
While i can't promise i will be able to host you indefinitely it will be for several months at the minimum. There are also some rules you need to follow, see here for the list. Here are the other policies as well: Terms of Service, Disclaimer, Privacy Policy.
How Do I Get The Free Hosting?
This is a limited space deal, so around 6 or so spots will be available to start out with. I will pick and choose who i want to host so you don't have a guarantee of getting the hosting just because you applied. Register an account on FTWGamer.com and create a new thread in this forum to request hosting.
I'm offering free hosting to gaming communities. The free hosting includes:
- Portal page with up to 5 forums on its own subdomain (YourSite.ftwgamer.com). See here for an example. You get moderator access for your forums and your forum get's its own logo visible throughout the entire forum (if you have one already made that you want to use, you can but if you dont i can make one for you).
- 20 Slot Game Server in supported games (see supported games section).
- Your own instance of Sourcebans (yoursite.ftwgamer.com/bans) to manage admins, groups and bans.
- Control panel access to start/stop/restart your server.
- FastDL for your custom content (Maps, Models, etc.)
- Channel in Mumble Voice Server.
Why Are You Doing This?
I'm trying to drive traffic to my website and the two game servers im still hosting (one server get's a small amount of traffic and the other one i made a promise to the garrys mod developer that i would keep hosting it). My gaming community was dying so i figured this would be a "think outside of the box" way to drive traffic to the website which might translate into traffic to my remaining game servers. I dont want to charge people for it because then it requires a level of service i may not be able to provide plus i like giving away free stuff. I'm nice like that.
Why Would I Want To Use The Free Hosting?
The free hosting is ideal for groups who cannot afford a game server and/or are looking to save up some money until they can get a game server.
What About Annoying Advertisements?
Advertisements are kept to a minimum. In your game server, your players wont have to wait X seconds to watch motd advertisements because there are none! The only in-game advertisement they will see is a text banner that appears when they join the game and once every 15 minutes. Also the website will have just 2 advertisements; one next to the logo that advertises the contest and the other below the first post.
What Games Are Supported?
- Team Fortress 2
- Counter-Strike: Source
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Half-Life 1 Mods (TFC, Sven Coop, Natural Selection, etc.)
- Source Mods (Pirates Vikings Knights II, Zombie Panic, etc.)
Note: Some modifications may not be able to be hosted because they use too much resources. You will be told if a particular mod could be hosted or not. TF2's Mann vs Machine mode is one such game that cannot be hosted.
What's The Location and Latency Of The Server?
The Servers are located near Montreal, Canada (Eastern Canada and to the south is New York State). Players near Toronto, Canada get pings in the 10 to 20 range and NYC in the 30 to 50 range. To test your latency, add the following server to Steam's favorite list: 192.95.30.92:27015
Are There Any Limitations?
You do not get FTP access to the game server or fastDL server. If you want custom content added or removed, then you will need to submit a file change request (you can add/remove admins yourself through sourcebans though). Also, custom sprays are disabled.
While i can't promise i will be able to host you indefinitely it will be for several months at the minimum. There are also some rules you need to follow, see here for the list. Here are the other policies as well: Terms of Service, Disclaimer, Privacy Policy.
How Do I Get The Free Hosting?
This is a limited space deal, so around 6 or so spots will be available to start out with. I will pick and choose who i want to host so you don't have a guarantee of getting the hosting just because you applied. Register an account on FTWGamer.com and create a new thread in this forum to request hosting.