Re: Support TG in the New Year!

**Stupid** · 01-03-2007, 01:40 PM

To paraphrase Wyz and answer Kero's question - give because you like TG and more SMs never hurts.

**Kerostasis** · 01-03-2007, 02:14 PM

Well yeah, thats why I give anyway, I'm just always curious about these types of things. I am training to be an accountant after all.

But I understand if they don't want to share their financial information. Private info and such like.

**Apophis** · 01-03-2007, 02:16 PM

Honestly, we don't have a very accurate way of tracking SMs for any particular game. The methods I have only provide very rough estimates. I do tend to track membership growth per game though. When a new SM signs up I normally search their user ID in the forums to see where they are active, the same thing happens when an SM cancels.

I'm working behind the scenes with Poker now to get NS a new box to play on that doesn't jeopardize the future of NS due to outrageous costs. Although, SM growth is always important and helps the community as a whole.

**Wyzcrak** · 01-03-2007, 02:18 PM

I hereby authorize you to SLASH Poker's admin salary in HALF. Anything to protect TGNS.

**Apophis** · 01-03-2007, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Wyzcrak

I hereby authorize you to SLASH Poker's admin salary in HALF. Anything to protect TGNS.

Well, the best thing I can think of to continue to grow and support NS would be to proactively work to encourage the players to become SMs. Down the road a new NS will be out, be it NS2, NS:Source, whatever. Some players will migrate, some will stay with the original NS. This is the point in time when strong SM numbers make a HUGE difference. It's easy to end up in a position where BOTH titles fail either through the lack of a player base or the lack of resources to support both titles.

**Apophis** · 01-03-2007, 02:22 PM

BTW: What i've been looking at for a new box is a dual core 3.4GHz w/ 2GB memory and 250GB HD.

**blu.knight** · 01-03-2007, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by Apophis

BTW: What i've been looking at for a new box is a dual core 3.4GHz w/ 2GB memory and 250GB HD.

I know HDs of that size are relatively cheap, but why such a large HD?

Originally Posted by ----paranoid----

Get access to private servers, downloads, e-mail address, web space and more!

How do I access this webspace and such?

**Eternaly_Lost** · 01-03-2007, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by blu.knight

I know HDs of that size are relatively cheap, but why such a large HD?

How do I access this webspace and such?

I would think Demos, and other stuff.
Some demos of rounds are over 100Mbs.
Also it is not a lot. That is around average for today, (I think), my last HD I bought was a 500 GB(i really needed the space storing school related files), so I would not know what the average would be.

**blu.knight** · 01-03-2007, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by Eternaly_Lost

I would think Demos, and other stuff.
Some demos of rounds are over 100Mbs.
Also it is not a lot. That is around average for today, (I think), my last HD I bought was a 500 GB(i really needed the space storing school related files), so I would not know what the average would be.

Most "school related files" are text files. So I'm going to go and assume that you mean buckets of porn. :P

A NS server takes up less than a gig. 250 gigs seemed like quite a lot for an NS server. You understand now, Lost?
'Tis not a personal computer we're talking about.

I also know 250 gigs is about average, and costs somewhere between 80 and 100 bucks. My question was why a server would need that much space, because it is a hell of a lot of space. Demos is a good answer... but 250 gigs still seems quite excessive.

**Pokerface** · 01-03-2007, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by blu.knight

Most "school related files" are text files. So I'm going to go and assume that you mean buckets of porn. :P

A NS server takes up less than a gig. 250 gigs seemed like quite a lot for an NS server. You understand now, Lost?
'Tis not a personal computer we're talking about.

I also know 250 gigs is about average, and costs somewhere between 80 and 100 bucks. My question was why a server would need that much space, because it is a hell of a lot of space. Demos is a good answer... but 250 gigs still seems quite excessive.

It's less a matter of need and more a matter of offered configurations.

**aeroripper** · 01-03-2007, 03:51 PM

I'd imagine NS would be smokin' on a box like that. Would it still be the sole title running on it?

**Apophis** · 01-03-2007, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by Pokerface

It's less a matter of need and more a matter of offered configurations.

Bingo. It's what's in the box so it's what we get.

**Apophis** · 01-03-2007, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by aeroripper

I'd imagine NS would be smokin' on a box like that. Would it still be the sole title running on it?

Correct. It would be solely for NS.

**blu.knight** · 01-03-2007, 04:23 PM

Wouldn't it be less expensive to buy all the parts yourself? Thus giving yourself whatever configuration you want? Or do you have to get a server from a certain hosting company?

**Pokerface** · 01-03-2007, 04:32 PM

Specs come cheap. What doesn't is world-class bandwidth.

Trust in Apophis. Really.

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