In recent light of the FU incident
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In recent light of the FU incident
How opposed would people be to a small google (or other text based) add at the top/side of the main spring site? It would have to be fairly unobtrusive, but it would hopefully be able to fund a seperate server for spring data or atleast help with FU.
So long as FU sticks to the "Clean" advertising, i really don't mind it. But if their potential advertisers end up putting Spyware on the site, thats when i'll be opposed to the idea. But in all honesty, sites with advertising don't bother me at all.
I ussually just block them out of my mind subconsciously as i browse, i really don't notice them.
I ussually just block them out of my mind subconsciously as i browse, i really don't notice them.
- SwiftSpear
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I really don't see what's the point though, I know of at least 2 guys who offered 100 mbit servers for free to host anything Spring related, Cheetah is also pretty much unused, and now that Fnordia has a 100 mbit dedicated server as well, I don't see the point in sticking with fileuniverse which is not free and could require (as suggested) Spring site to become infestated with ads? I don't think so.
I think seeding of torrents with relevant files would be a good idea. I just registered 2day on this site and downloaded spring for a LAN, however i am now unable to get any maps. If someone could create a torrent seed it and post it on the forum of say 5+ good maps for up to 10 players that would be much appreciated
- DarkOppressor
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Thread for torrents.
I just started it, I know the tracker isn't the best. Also try http://www.ta-spring.com/maps/
I'm in the prosses of adding more maps as I type.
I just started it, I know the tracker isn't the best. Also try http://www.ta-spring.com/maps/
I'm in the prosses of adding more maps as I type.
- Forboding Angel
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Running a tracker in FU such that FU is a seeder for every torrent would work well - it's how Blizzard works with WoW. That way the torrents don't take FU out of the loop, but they help lighten the load.Forboding Angel wrote:torrents for maps is not a good solution, there are never any seeders for them, so hell no.
- SwiftSpear
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FU is free, and any other server we put the load on will sooner or later have the same problems FU does. Now's as good a time as any to look into a distributed filetransfer system.Betalord wrote:I really don't see what's the point though, I know of at least 2 guys who offered 100 mbit servers for free to host anything Spring related, Cheetah is also pretty much unused, and now that Fnordia has a 100 mbit dedicated server as well, I don't see the point in sticking with fileuniverse which is not free and could require (as suggested) Spring site to become infestated with ads? I don't think so.
Edit: might as well make this it's own topic...
http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5684
http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5684
Agreed. In my opinion I think the best solution would be to incorporate a distributed filetransfer system (something akin to bittorrent, or even utilizing it) into the lobby client. Users could set the amount of bandwidth dedicated to seeding map files (and whether or not to only upload only when the connection is idle).SwiftSpear wrote: FU is free, and any other server we put the load on will sooner or later have the same problems FU does. Now's as good a time as any to look into a distributed filetransfer system.