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SteamCMD and app IDs: installing a dedicated server
The game and its dedicated server are different products with different IDs. What validate does, why betas empty a fleet, and how much disk to keep free.
· 6 min read
Game Server Guides
Practical game server guides: set up and configure a server, pick the right plugins and mods, cut lag, and grow a community that keeps coming back.
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Ping, Interpolation and Rubber-Banding: Netcode for Players
Why you get shot behind a wall, why you rubber-band, and why a steady 60ms connection beats a jumpy 30ms one. The client side of netcode, explained.
· 8 min read
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Growing a Game Server: From Empty to Regulars
An empty server stays empty because nobody joins an empty server. How to break that loop honestly, why fake player counts backfire, and what wins regulars.
· 15 min read
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The First 10 Minutes: Why New Players Leave Immediately
Players are finding your server and leaving inside a minute. Here is the friction in the join, the spawn and the first session, in the order it hits them.
· 7 min read
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Server Events That Bring Players Back
A launch party spikes your player count for one night. A repeating weekly event moves the floor. How to choose the night, the hour and the format.
· 7 min read
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Routing, GRE Tunnels and Why Ping Isn't Distance
A player 300km away pings worse than one 2,000km away. The cause is BGP, hot-potato peering and a tunnel nobody told you about, not your hardware.
· 10 min read
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Game Server Backups: What to Save and How
What actually needs backing up, why copying files from a running server can corrupt them, how often to back up, and the restore test almost nobody runs.
· 14 min read
Guides · FiveM
FiveM: ESX vs QBCore
ESX Legacy, QBCore and the Qbox fork compared on schema, script availability and migration cost, with a straight recommendation for each kind of owner.
· 8 min read
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Moderating a Game Server Community
What admins really spend their time on, how to recruit staff without promoting the wrong player, why appeals protect staff too, and how to survive burnout.
· 17 min read
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How to Connect to a Game Server by IP Address
Direct connect, game by game: what a server address is made of, why the port is not optional, and why an address can work for a friend but not for you.
· 15 min read
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TeamSpeak, Mumble or Discord: Voice Chat for a Game Community
Three tools with genuinely different trade-offs around cost, control and latency, and which kind of community each one actually suits.
· 7 min read
Guides · Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source Servers in 2026: Complete Guide
Counter-Strike: Source still runs hundreds of community servers. Zombie escape, surf, bhop and KZ explained, plus how to install it and find a good server.
· 16 min read