[CannonFodder]

We're nearing the end of our month with our current provider for the ranked server and we've decided to move on...

That being said, we've come up with 2 more that are pretty decent contenders, GameDaemons and ECGN

So, over the course of the next 10 days or so we'll need to get on some of these potential servers and give them a test drive...

Here are some IPs to jump on and check out:

GameDaemons:

GameServer #16296 - VA
69.12.67.123:16567
GameServer #16826 - VA
69.12.71.217:16567
GameServer #17597 - VA
69.12.71.138:16567
The Battlegrounds - NY.US - NY
69.12.99.189:16567
GameServer #17912 - NY
69.12.99.133:16567
GameServer #16656 - NY
69.12.99.182:16567

ECGN (Only located in VA):

205.177.13.164:16567
205.177.13.166:16567
205.177.13.169:16567

The biggest things to take into consideration are playabliity (lack of lag, stuttering, etc) and secondly ping.

Please report back here with your findings, ping and general overview of your experience.

Thanks!

[Bonez]

GameDaemons
53/54/54 10 hops
53/53/54 10 hops
skip same route
40/44/45 11 hops
41/44/41 11 hops
skip same route

ECGN
60/62/61 12 hops
67/61/62 12 hops
skip same route

hope that's helpful.

[Stryker412]

8/8/2005 8:34:24 PM 69.12.67.123 17Bytes 22ms 51
8/8/2005 8:34:26 PM 69.12.71.217 17Bytes 23ms 51
8/8/2005 8:34:28 PM 69.12.71.138 17Bytes 19ms 51
8/8/2005 8:34:30 PM 69.12.99.189 17Bytes 20ms 51
8/8/2005 8:34:32 PM 69.12.99.133 17Bytes 55ms 51
8/8/2005 8:34:34 PM 69.12.99.182 17Bytes 31ms 51
8/8/2005 8:34:37 PM 205.177.13.164 17Bytes 55ms 114
8/8/2005 8:34:39 PM 205.177.13.166 17Bytes 31ms 114
8/8/2005 8:34:41 PM 205.177.13.169 17Bytes 19ms 114

[Stryker412]

Use this program:

http://www.download.com/P-Ping-Tools...ml?tag=lst-4-4

I input all the IPs and just pasted the log. Takes all of 20 seconds.

[Horsepower]

People, we need you to test out some of these servers. get on them and play. the number of hops and lowest pings are secondary to the way the server actually plays for you. afterall, this is what many of you contributed to. we're trying to find the best server that is good for the NinjaServe community as a whole.

if you guys don't give us feedback, selecting a server is that much harder for us.

[GorroXXII]

I played on the ECGN servers, and though my ping was a bit high, I had very little lag, do you want to know which one is better between the 3 servers? I can find out tonight.

[Teichmuller]

8/9/2005 11:09:35 AM 69.12.67.123 17Bytes 39ms 51
8/9/2005 11:09:37 AM 69.12.71.217 17Bytes 35ms 51
8/9/2005 11:09:39 AM 69.12.71.138 17Bytes 33ms 51
8/9/2005 11:09:41 AM 69.12.99.189 17Bytes 28ms 52
8/9/2005 11:09:43 AM 69.12.99.133 17Bytes 39ms 52
8/9/2005 11:09:46 AM 69.12.99.182 17Bytes 30ms 52
8/9/2005 11:09:48 AM 205.177.13.164 17Bytes 43ms 120
8/9/2005 11:09:50 AM 205.177.13.166 17Bytes 43ms 120
8/9/2005 11:09:52 AM 205.177.13.169 17Bytes 43ms 120

[Dvshadow]

hey, online for a few minutes..im going to be on tommorow to test..

[-=TANK=-]

Stryker and I jumped on a server from both providers the game daemon server was unpopulated so it was hard to tell exactly how it played, the ecgn server seemed to play fairly well, there was around 20-25 people on at the time we played and I had a few lag spikes here and there but nothing unusual for me with the internet that I have.

[Stryker412]

I tried some servers again today but still some are either empty or low pop. I would just choose which provider has the better hardware, so we don't have hiccups or slow down.