UKTerrorist

ePlanet Public Servers

Posted by Ripper at 19:30 11/10/2002.

Recently the ePlanet public servers went live, and they are hoping these servers will become a training ground for the countries top players.

Here are the IP's:

• 212.42.10.153:27015 ePlanet-Servers.net | CS #1 - Dust 24/7
  
• 212.42.10.153:27020 ePlanet-Servers.net | CS #2 - Dust2/Aztec 24/7
  
• 212.42.10.153:27030 ePlanet-Servers.net | CS #3 - aim_map + aim_ak-colt 24/7

I caught up with Nick0r from ePlanet and asked him a few questions:

Ripper: Since Barrysworld went pay to play, there has been a distinct lack of servers offering a real challenge (only Blueyonder Dust2/Aztec comes to mind), do you hope your servers can attract the top players?

Nick0r: We hope that by advertising the servers in the correct places we can attract the top players from the UK and abroad. Getting difficult competition on servers nowadays has been a struggle and I think it may be making CS Suffer as a result. So we have decided to launch a variety of servers ( more to come ) that are based on good maps.

Ripper: What was your thinking in offering a 24/7 dust server? Considering dust isn't really popular for clan games nowadays.

Nick0r: Dust has always been a popular map, but as you say it is not very popular for clan wars or PCW's, however as a map to be played on publics it is ideal. It is a well balanced map and so even new players can get a few kills if they know how to use the surroundings.

Ripper: Loads of players complain about the lag on Blueyonder and such, can you promise players that they'll be able to play in a non-lag environment when they come to play on ePlanet servers?

Nick0r: Blueyonder have been in gaming for a while and so have Jolt. However, we feel that their setup is not ideal for the servers so we have decided to be more economical with our Net connections. We aim to keep our able to keep our lag to a minimum. Our bullet registery has been said to be better than top providers such as I-es and also Jolt and this is a great acheivement that will inspire us to improve services better. Even metamod plugins such as Adminmod or Clanmod dont lag the servers and Statsme gives only a minor amount of latency to the player; it is probable that the gamer wouldnt even notice it.

So, what are you waiting for? Get fragging!