Guides · Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2 Servers: Community and Dedicated Guide
Left 4 Dead 2 still has dedicated community servers. Campaigns, versus, custom maps, how to join one by IP and what to check before you commit an evening.
· 12 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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Naming a Game Server: What Attracts Players
The name is the only thing most players read. Why tag-stuffed names look untrustworthy, what to put first since browsers truncate, and what not to promise.
· 13 min read
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Ping and Latency Explained for Online Gaming
What ping actually measures, why jitter is often worse than a higher steady ping, why bandwidth will not fix it, and which parts are in your control.
· 15 min read
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Port Forwarding for Game Servers: Complete Guide
Why a server hosted at home is unreachable from outside, what NAT does, the game port versus the query port, and how to test whether a port is open.
· 15 min read
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RCON Explained: Remote Console for Game Servers
What remote console does, how it differs from in-game admin, what people actually use it for, and why a weak RCON password hands over the whole server.
· 14 min read
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In-Game Server Browser vs External Server List
How each one gets its information, what a browser does better, what a list does better, and why the player counts they show do not always agree.
· 13 min read
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Server-Side vs Client-Side Mods: The Difference
The distinction that decides whether you install anything to join a server, why versions must match, and how to tell which kind a listing is describing.
· 13 min read
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SourceMod vs AMX Mod X vs Oxide: Compared
The server-side modding frameworks behind community servers, why players install nothing, which fits which engine, and how to tell if one is maintained.
· 15 min read
Guides · Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 Community Servers: Complete Guide
TF2 is free and half of it lives on community servers. Trade, jailbreak, surf, dodgeball and MvM explained, plus how to find a server and become a regular.
· 16 min read
Guides · Zombie Panic! Source
How to Install Zombie Panic! Source and Join a Server
About twenty seconds into a round of Zombie Panic! Source, one of the people next to you stops being a person. The game picks them and tells nobody else.
· 10 min read
Guides · Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
How to Install Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Join a Server
On Goldrush one team escorts a tank up a hill to blow open a bank, then carries two crates of gold down to a truck. It takes twelve minutes when it works.
· 9 min read
Guides · Vintage Story
How to Install Vintage Story and Join a Server
Your first ten minutes in Vintage Story are spent hitting a rock with another rock, and if you get the pattern wrong you have wasted the stone.
· 9 min read