nervousENERGY L4D2 servers available

[frymaster]

we have 3 servers up, all of which are community-only
To get into the reserved ones, the lobby leader has to choose "Steam group servers" in the lobby options, and must be a member of the NE steam group.  When he clicks "start", the NE servers, if they are empty, should appear in the list

[Zofo]

See you later on the server, cheers

[frymaster]

game released!

there are now 16 servers up - 6 of them are private
As before, the lobby leader has to put "sv_search_key nervous" into the console before starting the lobby
(to enable the console, go to options > keyboard)

I've updated the first post with this info

[frymaster]

changed the balance to 12 public / 4 private as the privates aren't getting much use (ahem)

[Zulyar]

i was with some of the HH guys a few days ago, we were 8 ppl and couldn't find a good server, so i looked up if we had one, but we just got 4 campaighn servers, maybe change one to versus aswell? i've also filled our campaighn servers a few times

[Paranoia]

I don't think the servers are locked to a specific game type.

To use our private servers you should set sv_search_key nervous, then create a vs lobby as you normally would. This should work.

[lifeless]

yep, para is correct.  when a server empties it changes map back to campaign 1, map 1.

[frymaster]

if you join via the steamgroup pop-up on the l4d2 main menu, it just connects to what map the server is currently on, and it hibernates on map 1 in coop

if you set your sv_search_key and create a lobby, your lobby settings tell the server what map to change to

[frymaster]

just thought I'd show off the graph eye-candy:

http://www.127001.org/mrtg/graph_93.html

73 players last night

[SexuallyAbusedPanda]

gotta love it when good servers are used, means people are likely to take note

do we have basic advertising on the l4d2 servers?

[Humbug]

yup

[frymaster]

atm using http://games.127001.org/l4d/ for a banner
and http://games.127001.org/l4d/motd2.php for the MOTD
if someone wants to design a better one feel free

[frymaster]

modified top post: only got 12 servers in total now (4 private) - box was near capacity
and as the public ones are only there to "use up" spare resources... no point in straining things

[Zofo]

Few questions

In only see 4-5 servers in the menu, is this correct?

I put the search key into the console but it doesn't choose ne servers, am I missing something?

also is there a way of locking down the server to keep randomers from joining?

also for instance if we wanted to play scavenge, is there a way of playing that on ne servers?


any help would be appreciated as I know very little about this stuff

[Fatality]

*BUMP*

I play a lot of verses and always looking for a good server, but I cannot seem to get my lobby to join, do they all have to be in the steam group to play on the server?