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Game Server Monitoring and Uptime: A Guide
Why a running process is not a joinable server, why to watch the query port instead, alerts that actually reach you, and when automatic restarts do harm.
· 13 min read
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Garry's Mod Servers: The Complete Guide
Garry's Mod is not one game, it is a hundred. What each gamemode actually is, what downloads to expect, and how to find the one you want.
· 7 min read
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Discord and Your Game Server: What Belongs Where
Discord is easier to be in than a game server, which is how communities end up thriving while the server empties.
· 8 min read
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Writing Game Server Rules That Players Follow
Why long rule lists are ignored and short ones are argued about, the problem with banning toxicity, and why consistent enforcement beats severe punishment.
· 15 min read
Guides · Half-Life
Half-Life Deathmatch Servers: The Complete Guide
The original GoldSrc deathmatch still has servers running. Crossbow, gauss jumping and tripmines explained, plus how to install it and find a server.
· 13 min read
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FiveM Servers: The Complete Guide
How FiveM differs from every other server on a list, what a framework decides about how you play, and how to pick from thousands of roleplay servers.
· 7 min read
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Finding Servers for Games Everyone Says Are Dead
The servers are still running; the mechanism that used to show them to you is not. Where the players actually are, and how to reach them.
· 7 min read
Game Updates · FiveM
FiveM ESX Core 1.14.1 Released for RP Server Hosts
FiveM ESX Core 1.14.1 adds default esx_lib loading, centralises AdminGroups, and cleans up character database queries for server hosts.
· 3 min read
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How Game Server Queries Work: A2S and Beyond
How server lists know what they know: query ports, the A2S and Server List Ping protocols, and why a running server can show as offline or lie outright.
· 16 min read
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Updating a Server Without Breaking It
The update that takes a server down is almost never the game's. A staging habit that costs twenty minutes and saves a weekend.
· 8 min read
Game Updates · 7 Days to Die
7 Days to Die 3.2.0 Stable Released for Server Hosts
7 Days to Die 3.2.0 stable delivers client POI syncing, horn-activated trader doors, combine station UI changes, and key stability fixes for hosts.
· 4 min read
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Getting Votes Without Begging For Them
Voting works and nagging does not. Rewards that close the loop without corrupting the game, and why a vote share is a retention signal in disguise.
· 7 min read