Switched from Branzone

Drake · Post by **Drake** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:14 am

I was a Branzone customer for a year and a half until they dropped the ball with a TF2 server. Ok they didn't just drop it, they threw it down a well.

One of my clanmates had dealt with NFO in the past and suggested them. I have been nothing but impressed. My server was up 45 minutes after I ordered it. The "Easy Setup" in the control panel is awesome, even for people experienced in server configs. I would have killed for that feature the first few times I tired setting up a Far Cry, BF or HF server. Live Support is incredible. Instead of wasting time sending emails back and forth for days, you can resolve any issues you might have in a matter of minutes. And of course, the server. It runs flawlessly.

I switched from a "top" company to NFO and wish I had done it long ago. Hat's off fellas, awesome organization you have here.

Post by **Edge100x** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:52 pm

The guy who runs that company was once a customer of ours, if you're curious

. That was a few years ago, of course.

It is a good company and I would recommend it for BF2 ranked servers (it probably wouldn't be around if it weren't for somehow making it into the BF2 ranked program, but that's another story..). I would not say it has quite the reputation that we do for Steam-based games, though

BnD|Sleeper · Post by **BnD|Sleeper** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:15 pm

Funny someone should mention Branzone because I scrimmed in a Seattle Branzone today and thankfully I live in Pullman, WA (middle of NOWHERE - Washington State University) and our OC-12 line goes into Seattle so I was looking at about 10ms ping, however even with such ping, the registry was about as accurate as the Heavy Weapons Guy in TF2 - only 1/20 shots actually hit where intended...

NFo owes it's success to the two dedicated founders/owners/kickassers
John & Tom

What a coincidence, John lives in Seattle where the company started and Tom in LA where the company thrives tremendously... hmmm...

They are active in server support, flaming rebuttal and acclaiming to the throne of power over NFo. Although pricey, NFo is a key component to success in the gaming world because they provide everything necessary for server popularity and more; from powerful equipment to dedicated staff, to the automation of a swiss watch, the company aesthetically/externally is run very intricately with all the cogs working towards 1 goal: Customer satisfaction (and of course profit

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Sleeper

Drake · Post by **Drake** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:25 pm

Well, I have no wish to bash on BZ, they treated me well all the way to the end. They do need to catch up a bit in the service dept. though. I could not get our TF2 server to run without massive lag spikes. I got a bit irritated with the fact that they expected me to figure out what the problem was. Anyway, Brandon and crew are a good bunch and I wish them the best. Meanwhile, I will gladly pay a slightly higher fee and not have to babysit their system.