Magikarp wrote:

Are the servers back up yet?

They are not back online yet, however we are incredibly close to finishing the partitioning and are on our way to release our server for Server Hosting again very soon! Expect your server(s) to be online within 48 hours.

Juunee wrote:

Dwellingdragon wrote:

Juunee wrote:

This thread is CRAZY

I agree about the craziness of this thread, I'd really appreciate if it were just based on EmberCore and the Services of Embercore, rather than myself. But the image definitely brings up something a lot of people are concerned about. It's definitely not a scam, or whatever that image implies, if it were a scam, I'd have spent over $500 so far just licensing and renting the servers.

Hey man I don't fault you for trying to run a business, I just posted that gif because I've been looking for an excuse to post it somewhere.

No problem at all, I was actually told of the image by somebody saying something along the lines of "I agree with this guy, you are giving things out for free it must be a scam". I just got worried that this was the general impression. Hopefully I was worried over nothing.

When our servers are out, the truth will be told ;).

dopewolf wrote:

Don't know if the servers are any good, if I had to guess I would say they are... What I know for sure however, is that this picture makes me laugh every time.

Holy shit lol

Just a quick update for everybody, we are going to be testing out a location in Kansas City, Missouri, and a location in Ridgeway, Pennsylvania. We will see which location is favored, and we will most likely keep them both. We are polling a lot of people who have been on our forum and who have contacted us via email. We will get back to everybody when we agree on a location!

Our Servers should be live within 48 hours in the location choosen by the mass of people who ordered a server already. Thank you for your patience!

Put up a test location for both locations.

Also it is not a smart business practice to delay everything by "48 hours" constantly. You are making people lose interest and making yourself seem more of a scam. Get the servers online for people that ordered them.

Dwellingdragon wrote:

---TF2 Servers: $10.00 Per Month---
-Your choice of slots at no additional cost
-Located in Chicago

Dwellingdragon wrote:

Yeah, here is a Demo Server with 24 slots:

IP/Hostname: 199.115.228.21:27015
Location: Chicago
FPS: 500

Dwellingdragon wrote:

meb wrote:

Yesterday, I noticed I ping 50 to your "Chicago" test server from WI (I normally ping sub 20 to chi), so I did an iplookup and saw that the server may be located in PA. Where are your servers located?

All our Gamesservers will be running off the Dedicated Server that we have purchased for the job. The actual stats are listed on the original post on the first page.

Dwellingdragon wrote:

Just a quick update for everybody, we are going to be testing out a location in Kansas City, Missouri, and a location in Ridgeway, Pennsylvania. We will see which location is favored, and we will most likely keep them both. We are polling a lot of people who have been on our forum and who have contacted us via email. We will get back to everybody when we agree on a location!

Our Servers should be live within 48 hours in the location choosen by the mass of people who ordered a server already. Thank you for your patience!

#97 and #98 Another potential customer and I talked to him 2 days ago about buying a server but we wanted to test the quality also, he said that because of some guy who threatened to DDoS his servers was the reason, and the guy did go through with it. He said something about his servers having to upgrade/update during 48 hrs and then it should be up and running again. I asked him does this happen alot? he said "of course not or else we'd be the worst server hoster ever haha". But that was just an experience we had with him, now that it's been 2 days(48hrs) since his post to me the real test is to finally get a chance to test the server. Is it up DwellingDragon?

youre a really unconvincing liar

If I was lying then Dexel(the server guy) would be lying. He told us that exactly to me and a friend and I'm putting that here since he also told us about the 48hr wait. All that's left to see is if the servers are any good now, I'm not trying to start any conflict in a thread like this.

DAFUQ IS THIS? Recently made 1 post accounts.

Tragic's servers are the best.

talking about dex

verto_- wrote:

Put up a test location for both locations.

Also it is not a smart business practice to delay everything by "48 hours" constantly. You are making people lose interest and making yourself seem more of a scam. Get the servers online for people that ordered them.

Sadly it's not my choice when software fails, but it was my fault I was unprepared for it. We do have one of our Dedicated Servers, the Ridgeway, PA lcoated one, up and online now. I'm going to create a Test Server right now and post it's information here.

meb wrote:

Dwellingdragon wrote:

---TF2 Servers: $10.00 Per Month---
-Your choice of slots at no additional cost
-Located in Chicago

Dwellingdragon wrote:

Yeah, here is a Demo Server with 24 slots:

IP/Hostname: 199.115.228.21:27015
Location: Chicago
FPS: 500

Dwellingdragon wrote:

meb wrote:

Yesterday, I noticed I ping 50 to your "Chicago" test server from WI (I normally ping sub 20 to chi), so I did an iplookup and saw that the server may be located in PA. Where are your servers located?

All our Gamesservers will be running off the Dedicated Server that we have purchased for the job. The actual stats are listed on the original post on the first page.

Dwellingdragon wrote:

Just a quick update for everybody, we are going to be testing out a location in Kansas City, Missouri, and a location in Ridgeway, Pennsylvania. We will see which location is favored, and we will most likely keep them both. We are polling a lot of people who have been on our forum and who have contacted us via email. We will get back to everybody when we agree on a location!

Our Servers should be live within 48 hours in the location choosen by the mass of people who ordered a server already. Thank you for your patience!

Did the "Chicago" server you had ready six days ago -- the one people already paid money to run their TF2 server on -- run away? What is going on?

We had to locate to a place where we could actually receive Dos Protection and 24/7 support. As you may have heard we were dos attacked and Equinox wouldn't be supply support or solutions to our issue. We are located safely now.

fksld wrote:

talking about dex

I haven't lied at all Fksld, I'm not quite sure if you have read the entire thread, or just read one post and replied. Read up though, I have a few important announcements and such sprinkled in when it was "update" worthy at the time.

i think embercore would be a great fit to work with this gaming organization called blight gaming. you should contact them asap. i don't know how you used logic's testimony on the front page of your website when it clearly says that he is yet to actually use a server, not to mention you cut the entire first part out. imo, you've done a bad job communicating your product and service and you haven't been completely upfront with the community. businesses generally fail miserably when they try to release products that aren't ready.

Current Test Server (I can't promise what map it'll be on but I'm working to get it on a rotation of DM maps with Soap_DM enabled):

EmberCore Test Server | Pennsylvania:
74.118.192.166:27015

I went to the test server 66 ping from Ohio to PA should not happen.

this thread reeks of shady business and an inexperienced young admin that relies on public services to do almost all of his work for him and doesn't have the skills to live up to his promises

You should not be running servers for other people if you don't have a seasoned sysadmin with a decade of experience or an academic degree in security.

60 ms to PA from Maryland shouldn't happen, either.

IP:74.118.192.166
Hostname:siemreap.khmerwebhost.com

http://khmerwebhost.com/

nowaday we had 50 clients and two resellers account which are believe in our services. They are very happy to do biz with us because of:

sick host dude

You can't just take people's money for chicago servers and then switch to shitty PA ones because you can't afford a host in chicago that isn't shit. If you can't afford to do a server business right then don't try do it at all.

^

WeYes, KHmer is who hosts our Dedicated Server located in Clark's Summit, Pennsylvania. We are also having a look at where we can place a server in Chicago with the benefits we require.

I'll tell you right now that I didn't switch form Chicago to Pennsylvania due to pricing, I moved due to benefits that I could receive, mainly a stronger network.

To those wondering why the ping was off, I've been uploading Mods and Map Packs and have been doing a lot of work behind the server. I put the server up because you were all pushing for it. Check out where it is geologically located, and consider that it is being updated and worked on like crazy for the next few hours at most. This server is going to be the template of others, so I am updating and configuring this.

*We have a location in Clarks Summit, PA right now setting up servers to those who purchased a server and agreed to move there for now, we are configuring our location in Kansas City, MO as we speak.

I'm really confused as to why people who haven't purchased the servers are more worried about them than the people who purchased our servers already. Before this downtime, everything was running smooth with 3 customer's servers up for about 12 hours before hitting this issue.

I have said this before and I suppose I'll restate myself. We are going through a downtime that was unexpected. We are adjusting to it as best we can and will have a location in Chicago as soon as we can. I am shipping off my servers to various locations so we can have some other areas of the US covered. Chicago is a huge game-server location point, many love it, I know. I am planning to have a Dedicated Server set up and hosting Game Servers there within this month. For now, and all my customers received emails on this, we are going to have servers hosted elsewhere.

conductor wrote:

IP:74.118.192.166
Hostname:siemreap.khmerwebhost.com

http://khmerwebhost.com/

nowaday we had 50 clients and two resellers account which are believe in our services. They are very happy to do biz with us because of:

sick host dude

You can't just take people's money for chicago servers and then switch to shitty PA ones because you can't afford a host in chicago that isn't shit. If you can't afford to do a server business right then don't try do it at all.

I can run Geo-Tracks on your ISP and say the same :P.

There was a choice for the customers as well, I run a business. I emailed everybody who purchased a server at the start of the downtime informing them of what had happened, why and how. I told them that I would refund their money now, or give them $10.00 credit towards next month and I'd allow them to move their server wherever they wanted among our locations for free, for ever. Obviously nobody was happy with this, especially myself, but I never took money and transferred unwillingly.

i honestly think you should just refund everyone's money as of now, let this thread die (stop trying to throw promotions for your servers lack of functionality), and maybe..maybe come back when you have a stable AND complete product to offer.

Dwellingdragon wrote:

I can run Geo-Tracks on your ISP and say the same :P

I'm not trying to run servers off of my shitty home internet, so I don't see where you're going with this?

Having a box that you report to own hosted by some random company which can't even manage a sentence hardly seems worth anyone's money. If money isn't the issue I don't see why you wouldn't be renting a real server from a real hosting company.

I hate to break it to you Dwellingdragon, but this "business" of yours is not going to last.

Apparently, you are 17 years old. Sure, it's summer right now and you have a lot of free time, but what happens when school starts again? You'll be a high school senior taking a bunch of classes and (hopefully) applying for colleges. I doubt you'll have the time to setup new servers, fix broken ones, and answer support tickets. This summer project may be fun for you, but you need to think about the future and the time you'll have to manage a fully functional business.

Also, the marketing strategy of "your choice of slots at no additional cost"? Please, how long is that going to last?

Anyone can buy a domain for and setup a WHCMS install in 10 minutes. If you want a successful company, you need time and dedication.

Also, the fact that you provide orangebox TF2 servers and don't fully understand fpx_max/tickrate scares me.

Originally Posted by Henry Goffin <henryg@valvesoftware.com>
Hi all, a heads up to TF2 and CS:S server operators -

A near-future update (not necessarily the next one) will change the way that framerate is handled in the dedicated server. All users, especially those with very low pings, should receive a smoother gameplay experience with less jitter and more consistent-feeling latency.

Another effect of these changes is that all Orange Box (TF2, CS:S, etc) dedicated servers will run with a locked framerate, similar to L4D/L4D2. The fps_max convar will not have any effect on servers. (It remains as a client option since limiting your FPS can reduce GPU heat and overall power consumption.)

Although we don't normally give notice before updates, this is a potentially disruptive change for the server rental market, so those who currently charge premiums for "higher framerates" should probably start considering their options now.

tl;dr be cool stay in school

Downtime is now over! All of our servers are now online in the location of: Pennsylvania!

We are working on setting up camp in Chicago and in Los Angeles! We will have servers available in those locations by the end of June! (If you have a server with us now and it is not located where you want, we will transfer it for you and give you credit based on the time we wasted while you weren't where you were promised)

Be sure to check out our Steam Group, that is where everything will be from now on, no more using up all of NATF2's valuable time ;).

[We have a 25% off promo code on our Steam Group right now, go check it out before it expires on June 24th, 2012]

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/embercore

frailbod wrote:

I hate to break it to you Dwellingdragon, but this "business" of yours is not going to last.

Apparently, you are 17 years old. Sure, it's summer right now and you have a lot of free time, but what happens when school starts again? You'll be a high school senior taking a bunch of classes and (hopefully) applying for colleges. I doubt you'll have the time to setup new servers, fix broken ones, and answer support tickets. This summer project may be fun for you, but you need to think about the future and the time you'll have to manage a fully functional business.

Also, the marketing strategy of "your choice of slots at no additional cost"? Please, how long is that going to last?

Anyone can buy a domain for and setup a WHCMS install in 10 minutes. If you want a successful company, you need time and dedication.

Also, the fact that you provide orangebox TF2 servers and don't fully understand fpx_max/tickrate scares me.

Originally Posted by Henry Goffin <henryg@valvesoftware.com>
Hi all, a heads up to TF2 and CS:S server operators -

A near-future update (not necessarily the next one) will change the way that framerate is handled in the dedicated server. All users, especially those with very low pings, should receive a smoother gameplay experience with less jitter and more consistent-feeling latency.

Another effect of these changes is that all Orange Box (TF2, CS:S, etc) dedicated servers will run with a locked framerate, similar to L4D/L4D2. The fps_max convar will not have any effect on servers. (It remains as a client option since limiting your FPS can reduce GPU heat and overall power consumption.)

Although we don't normally give notice before updates, this is a potentially disruptive change for the server rental market, so those who currently charge premiums for "higher framerates" should probably start considering their options now.

tl;dr be cool stay in school

I admire your courage to try to look good by blindingly predicting the future.

Let's keep this thread on the reality and current news and events of EmberCore though. If at all.