Reasons for removing BF4 server(s) from GameTracker

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Reasons for removing BF4 server(s) from GameTracker

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Hey there,

dyno (dyn00mite) founder of http://www.CMWgaming.com here... I've been encouraging all admins to remove remove their servers from GameTracker. Here's why I suggest doing it:

1: What good does it do for my community?
In BF3 my group had the #1 server (for a time), 2 in the top 25 and then some more in the top 150 and was actually pretty proud of it. But you know what that got us? Not a damn thing. Players don't care if you're #1 or #500... the only thing they care about is population and rules. Remove your servers from GameTracker so you can sleep a bit better. From conversations with other group leaders it seemed like many of us were putting too much work in keeping that ranking up. Some where saying that "we gotta wake up early to put people in that server. Don't want ranking to go down!". Just asinine.

2: What harm does it cause my community?
There was a time when nearly all servers in the BF3 top 25 were empty or nearly empty. For those that remember it you will recall there was some easily exploitable bug which required less than (according to NFO) 1mbps of traffic to crash the entire server! It seemed like an attacker was just going down the top servers clearing them out one at a time.

3: Who actually uses GameTracker?
Server admins. I can count on one hand the number of players we've had join our group that found us on GameTracker, even when we were at the top..... Even with our web address in the title we just never received referrals from GameTracker. Not only that but it's these same admins who can quickly "check out the competition" to see what's working and what's not. I know I do... thanks for the quick info. :lol: :lol:

Server auto added and you can't remove it? Follow these steps:

Many of you might have fallen victim to GameTracker's automatic server adding (we did) which will then prevent admins from removing servers from GT at all. There is a solution to this, block all GameTracker IPs.

In your GameServer or Managed Firewall panel add the following IP addresses and BLOCK all traffic:

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208.167.241.190
208.167.241.185
208.167.241.186
108.61.78.147
108.61.78.148
108.61.78.149
108.61.78.150
Note: These gametracker IPs come from GameTracker forums. Not going to link there since that might be against policy here. To see the post you can search "gametracker could not scan the server firewall".


I did bring this up in another section and the reasons for keeping GT enabled was to enable the community to see what works / what doesn't in regards to maps. Solution for that: There is the BF map stats, and GameMe available to keep track of that stuff.

For the admins who keep their servers added to GameTracker: What value does it bring to your community?
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Re: Reasons for removing BF4 server(s) from GameTracker

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I been using GameTracker for few years, but the main reason of me adding it it wasn't for the ranking, but a system where I could use to show my server banner on my website front page.
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Re: Reasons for removing BF4 server(s) from GameTracker

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IcEWoLF wrote:a system where I could use to show my server banner on my website front page.
That is one important area I overlooked! Actually, thank you for the reminder... There are probably old server banners that haven't worked in months. :X

There are other banners out there for BF3/4 atleast. Not sure about the other games you host since my group doesn't do those. As an example:

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Source: http://bf4stats.com/s/pc/3f576883-5d6b- ... e/graphics
Not a lot of prebuilt ones yet. But like BF3 they will come.
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Re: Reasons for removing BF4 server(s) from GameTracker

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dyno wrote:
IcEWoLF wrote:a system where I could use to show my server banner on my website front page.
That is one important area I overlooked! Actually, thank you for the reminder... There are probably old server banners that haven't worked in months. :X

There are other banners out there for BF3/4 atleast. Not sure about the other games you host since my group doesn't do those. As an example:

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Source: http://bf4stats.com/s/pc/3f576883-5d6b- ... e/graphics
Not a lot of prebuilt ones yet. But like BF3 they will come.
http://www.47r-squad.com/ (CS:S,CS:GO,L4D2)

I actually do like the banner you just linked, it looks really nice.
Trying to keep my banners to all look like, because If I use different style/designs then it will look awkward. :P
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