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Ark, Rust, Valheim and Conan: Which Server Culture Suits You
Wipe cycle, group cap, rates and raiding rules decide your experience more than the game does. How to read a survival listing, and when to join.
· 7 min read
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Mann vs Machine on Community Servers
Six strangers, waves of robots, and an upgrade system that punishes buying damage. How missions work, what each class is for, and how to pick a server.
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Guides · Left 4 Dead 2
Custom Campaigns Are Why Left 4 Dead 2 Is Still Alive
The community built more campaigns than Valve did and kept building after Valve stopped. What makes a good one, how to install them, and where they run.
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Playing With Friends in Another Region
Someone has to take the ping. Why the midpoint server is usually the worst option, and how much it matters game by game.
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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.
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Guides · Valheim
How to Install Valheim and Join a Server
The first troll that finds your house does not open the door. It swings a tree at the wall, the wall stops being a wall, and then the wooden roof falls in.
· 9 min read
Guides · V Rising
How to Install V Rising and Join a Server
The sun will kill you on your first day. Not slowly, not as a warning, and not in the way that games usually mean when they say an environment is hostile.
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Guides · Unturned
How to Install Unturned and Join a Server
People bounce off Unturned at the store page. It is free, made of blocks, and its characters have no faces, so it looks like a weekend clone for children.
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Guides · Unreal Tournament 2004
How to Install Unreal Tournament 2004 and Join a Server
Unreal Tournament 2004 is faster than you remember, and considerably faster than you are. The movement is why, and it is worth knowing before you join.
· 9 min read
Guides · SWAT 4
How to Install SWAT 4 and Join a Server
In SWAT 4, shooting someone loses you points. Not always. If a man is pointing a rifle at your team, you shoot him and the game agrees with you.
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Guides · Sunkenland
How to Install Sunkenland and Join a Server
There is no ground in Sunkenland, and that reorganises every survival habit you have. You cannot walk somewhere to find wood or dig a hole to hide in.
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Guides · Space Engineers
How to Install Space Engineers and Join a Server
Your first serious ship will come apart. Not in combat, but because of a rotor attached slightly wrong, which turns a docking arm into a cloud of debris.
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