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Due to stability issues Persistence is currently unavailable. We're working with Bohemia to resolve some core problems that have arisen.

No. There is a difference between the two and poor wordings in various discussions and sites is causing it to be quite misunderstood. There are hosts allowed to provide DayZ servers with direct permission and there is a single "official DayZ server host" that host Bohemia's official servers. That's what we do. The wording present on the site there actually only says that the game itself is official, but this has a particularly high reading level and is quite confusing for a proportion of people, it's rather entertaining as it's actually neither of the things mentioned by either of us.

Multiplay are the only official DayZ server host. They have some interesting website wording, it's rather misleading for native English speakers let alone non-native.

There is nothing that prevents a GSP from providing the option to ban a user for racism, hacking, etc. Hypothetically a GSP may be deciding not to provide that option to their users either because they do not wish to deal with the hassle of people abusing the ban function or because they do not have the functionality built into their systems to provide the option. Obviously I'm just speculating of course. At Multiplay we are in the right by allowing admins to ban their users for such behaviour/issues. :)

This is a little misleading. It isn't a setup issue, if there's a setup issue the HIVE will reject the server outright just as it does with those listed in the original post you've linked there. A server already connected to the HIVE isn't setup incorrectly, a crash, reset, or disconnect is caused by networking issues. These can manifest themselves in many different ways, the most common is a DDoS of that individual server causing it to be unable to connect to the HIVE network while users are still able to get onto it. These are often temporary issues until attack mitigation processes kick in after the logic recognises that the server is being attacked. If anyone has any particular instances of Multiplay servers experiencing this issue please provide server names/IPs so we can look into it. :)

Hello! I'm the community manager at Multiplay. I figure I'd drop some information here. It is not a problem at Multiplay's side, it is a problem at Bohemia's side. Our team tested for all problems that MIGHT have been our end - it isn't any of them. Huntsman - The team can't learn to fix a problem if Multiplay didn't cause it :) There is a contact form for Bohemia on their support pages. It is extremely unlikely that you'll get a response from them here due to the high volume of discussion. http://faq.bistudio.com/dayz Click alpha feedback/support Click Contact Form. A good rule of thumb - forums are discussion, support pages are for support. The sooner you contact them directly the sooner the bandits can invade your server :)

Hello gents. Multiplay community manager here :) I'm not sure where/how this server was reported but I couldn't find any reports anywhere. If there are reports for Multiplay servers in future please make sure they're sent to http://support.multiplay.co.uk Based on this thread the process for this server owner has begun, he has a received a stern warning and will be monitored for future abuse. Further future offences can and will result in loss of services. If there are any further problems please let me know!

Hi Caboose, I'm the Multiplay community manager! Issues? Not unusual? Please elaborate! I'd be very happy to hear what issues you have :)

We allow 2 hours, we're also looking at implementation of a large number of other problems suggested by the reddit community here: http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1z6g90/multiplay_servers_official_feedback_thread/

I'd love to see what criticism the gentry here have so I can go show it to higher ups here at Multiplay. Hi, I'm the community manager. :)