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@Giggles - those pings are fine. It's not any sort of traffic bottleneck. It's the server hardware itself. No need to collect tracert data. It's not the route.

UPDATE: NFO tells me that our server is overloaded. It's not problems with the route to the server, their routers, the quality of their service, etc. I noticed during an event earlier today that my PingPlotter graph showed absolutely NO lag in the route. Nevertheless, multiple servers were going Timeout. NFO reports that we are over capacity on our server and we are swamping it's CPUs. It's just that we're so darn popular! Don't bother recording TRACERT or PingPlotter times. They don't matter at this point.

I have opened a ticket with NFO noting that we've been experiencing server degradation for upwards of two months now, and in particular that last night the servers were becoming unplayable. Their predictable response was, "We're not seeing any issues... blah, blah, blah..." In another thread, I've pinged Rugger to try to see how we could add some bite to the situation. I don't pay the bills around here, so I have to defer to management on that. But this business of always pushing problems back at the customer because "it must be them, not us" is the most frustrating aspect of technology technical support I know. NFO has provided the instructions for obtaining a traceroute from your computer. I suggest you do as they say and post the information here. I'll try to keep up and update the ticket I have open with them. ONLY REPORT situations where your play is clearly affected by server performance degradation. I will reject any ping report showing "normal" response times. If you want a better utility than the built-in trace route command (tracert) then use this one instead and from the Edit menu select "Copy as text". Do not submit screenshots since NFO does not have a way to attach images to their tickets.

We only got an inch or less, so I'm really sad for Chile's wife now.

When tonight's automatic restart happens, here's the maps you'll love playing for the coming week on DM2: Small Map Rotation mp_agx_shinu, mp_breakout, mp_crate_yard, mp_cw_abandoned, mp_dome, mp_hhk_yokora, mp_killhouse, mp_meatgrinder, mp_radiorelay, mp_snr_kassel, mp_yuko Medium Map Rotation mp_78druglord, mp_agx_burgundy, mp_anbinh, mp_argentan_xmas, mp_bergsnow, mp_byalistok, mp_canal2, mp_crash_day, mp_cw_ship, mp_doc78, mp_dundygrad, mp_frucanal, mp_hunt_xmas, mp_lapatrouille, mp_marsh, mp_mohdm3, mp_newvillers2, mp_pavlov_h, mp_ravine, mp_sabre, mp_tge, mp_wbridge Large Map Rotation mp_78rocket, mp_agx_assault, mp_armory, mp_bastogne, mp_burma, mp_byalistok, mp_city, mp_cw_hurtgen, mp_duong, mp_gtown44, mp_kiev, mp_lost_temple, mp_nighthound, mp_panzerschlacht_02b, mp_river, mp_shallowgrave, mp_storm, mp_trenchtoast, mp_vm_crash, mp_wdocks While you wait for that restart, or whenever you're reading this, enjoy this amazing song from Priest - The Game

We've had a couple of rounds already, but nothing's really stuck for long. Tonight, though, 3 - 5" they say.

A quick thank you to Athena and XXSnoopXX for your help moderating the servers. Some of the logistics of the Moderator position were getting in the way of it being as useful as originally envisioned. Your service as Moderators was greatly appreciated. Congratulations Crunch and Monkie on getting blue. Beers - how long was that for a turnaround? I think that's a record even for you. Welcome back.

Hello Boys, Girls, and Whiners, and Hackers. Y'all know who you are. Here's your map sets for the Rotation Week beginning Saturday November 10, 2018 Small Map Rotation mp_agx_castle, mp_bridge, mp_hgy_c, mp_kauten, mp_little_town, mp_maquina_viet, mp_pmcod, mp_remagen, mp_xi_arena Medium Map Rotation mp_78deadsville, mp_agx_ameland, mp_agx_market, mp_altered, mp_argentan_n, mp_bellicourt, mp_broadcast, mp_byalistok, mp_courtyard, mp_cw_rocket, mp_dinant, mp_dug_in78, mp_frenchvillagen, mp_hunt_winter, mp_lao_cai, mp_mohaa_dv, mp_newvillers, mp_ratskitchen, mp_rostov, mp_tankhuntwaw, mp_waw_burgundy Large Map Rotation 5 mp_78lolv2, mp_agx_algiers, mp_anzio, mp_barracks, mp_bridgefthunt, mp_byalistok, mp_chokepoint, mp_cw_farm, mp_dumont, mp_great_escape, mp_kharkov, mp_lolv2_codwaw, mp_newsicily, mp_panzerfact_winter, mp_rhinevalleygits, mp_sfss_castle, mp_southside, mp_stlo, mp_trainstation, mp_vm_caen, mp_waw_caen, mp_xi_titanic

HA! And as I write this I see Everette and RealEstufa are playing right now. Real is in the lead. A battle for the ages. They are fully 1000 frags away from the 3rd place player.

He is not hacking; I've spec'ed him. He's just good. Not telling him to tone it down. XI does not discourage you or anyone else from being good. Bring your A-Game when he's on the server. You'll need it. That said, I killed him several times last night, and most of you know how shitty I play, so...

Thanks for restarting the servers Labob and Spin. Interestingly, I noticed FT timed out sometime over the weekend and it also took two Start Servers to get it running again.

There will always be a need for new maps. Our COD5 servers are as red-hot as ever. Yes to map types 1 - 5.

Here's your maps for the next week. See you on the server! Be there or be octagonal. 🛑 Small Map Rotation mp_breakout, mp_fritzkrieg, mp_homeroom, mp_iceworld, mp_killhousev2, mp_kwanriver, mp_leningrad, mp_maquina, mp_republic_1, mp_pavlov, mp_villa Medium Map Rotation mp_5nav1, mp_agx_abusimbel, mp_agx_eindhoven, mp_argentan, mp_beertruck, mp_borisovka, mp_byalistok, mp_clum, mp_cw_neuville, mp_die_bruecke, mp_drum, mp_frenchvillage, mp_kokoda, mp_matmata, mp_owatatsumi, mp_railyrd_xmas, mp_ratsbedroom, mp_riverbank, mp_snrcarentanxm, mp_sweat_blood, mp_warsaw, mp_waw_chateau Large Map Rotation mp_78junobeach, mp_aa_vosges_fr, mp_byalistok, mp_ballpark, mp_boulogne, mp_castle, mp_cw_brecourt, mp_downfall, mp_gits_tanks, mp_industrial, mp_lolv2, mp_newhurtgen, mp_panzerfact, mp_renan_bridge, mp_sfrance_nite, mp_southfrance5, mp_stanjel, mp_townville2, mp_vm_brecourt

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Triumphant? Is that like a fart through a French Horn? Good to see you back @Zombiefart.