Mod Please Read. (Locked Servers)

[Spikér 136]

As you may or may not be aware, the number of locked servers is on the rise. The server admins try to hide the fact that they are farming loot for themseves/friends/clan members, by putting the words 'testing' in the server info. Using Six launcher, i have been keeping an eye on these servers and have made a list. The following servers have been locked everytime ive checked over a 1 week period.

DE 193

EU 25

US155

DE165

NL16

UK107

DE91

NZ1337

DE197

SE7

UA2

DE199

SE27

ZP1

DE227

US142

FI 1

Please feel free to take alook at the screenshots at the following links.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/ilkim_2008/lockedservers1.png

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/ilkim_2008/lockedservers2.png

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/ilkim_2008/lockedservers3.png

If Server 'Admins' cant even follow the very basic rules then what chance do we have ?

Edited July 11, 2012 by armouredbin

[Stings2pee 106]

BLACKLIST EM!

[DarkEnergy 4]

Little fucking children.

Frankly I would not care if they want to play the game like this, if it where not a presistend world but it is.

[Spikér 136]

Guys, try to keep it civil please.

Yes, i agree it is anoying that they farm the best gear on the locked servers and then PK on un locked servers and think they are gods but more importantly, it is admins like the ones on the servers above that tarnish the rep of admins in general and cause all this ' the admin teleported to me and killed me' crap that is rampant at the moment.

[Aerodith (DayZ) 5]

Hopefully they will do something about these servers ASAP been playing on SE7 b4 it got 24/7 locked had a camp with gear but now unreachable. usually 0-7ppl online on SE7 primetime so probably a clan/community trying to freefarm

[BadCarti 5]

I think the Administrators & Moderators should make a Schedule for a "Weekly Server Checkup" in order to Blacklist/Shutdown or hand over the server to someone who can manage it properly.

That's my opinion, the Players shouldn't be worried about "Overpowered" Players.

[ynefel 38]

So, I'm a co-admin of US295 and I'd like to weigh in here.

I'd like to express just how sick to death I am of these sorts of posts and this attitude. Our server has been locked for several hours last night, and been down for the day, as I work. It's been locked for several hours tonight as well. We have had some serious issues with server stability resulting from 1.7.2, and have been doing testing to try and get it right. It hasn't worked. We've also had to roll it back to 1.7.1.5, and almost lost everything - but luckily we made a backup prior to tinkering and managed to get everything running again. At 1.7.1.5.

We were also got the last Arma 2 beta patch (94444) installed to try and keep the server compliant. We also trialled BEC, and were largely unsuccessful.

What kills me the most is that most server admins do the right thing. Our server has been live for around a month, with pretty solid uptime. We do regular manual reboots, and give people 5 minute warnings before doing so. We enforce ping limits, and kick/ban people for racism, profanity, combat logging and ghosting. We don't kick people to keep the server to ourselves, or ban unfairly. We do the right thing.

None of this comes with a manual. You hire a server, and you have to figure the rest of it out yourself. I work full time, and have a life outside of DayZ, so I can't master it without a little trial and error.

We also provide a service to the community, voluntarily, out of our own pockets - which granted, doesn't entitle us to immunity, but you'd think it would promote some understanding, and god forbid, maybe even a little gratitude. yet time and time again, I come to the forums and see nothing but people dobbing and crying about servers being locked, or admin abuse. It's downright insulting, and more than a little disheartening.

This community at times, frankly disgusts me. I'm actually not sure I want to renew my subscription with HFB for another month, because I've only been at this for a month, and frankly - I'm fucking sick of the ungrateful shits who seem to exist to do nothing but try and shit on the admins.

In summary, try to have a little understanding, and a little respect, instead of getting your panties in a wad at the mere sight of a locked server. Not everyone's out to rort the system, some of us are actually trying to run servers here.

And armouredbin - try and find something better to do with your time, seriously. All you've achieving is delaying progress and pissing off people who care.

EDIT:

I just read your post again, and your statement our server has been locked every time you've checked for a week is an outright lie. Our server has been open and up 24/7 prior to last night's and tonight's failed 1.7.2 testing. Anyone who plays on our server regularly would be able to attest to this. Get your facts right, please.

Edited July 11, 2012 by Horus

[Spikér 136]

ungrateful shits who seem to exist to do nothing but try and shit on the admins

read post #4 and see what i said about admins ( i actualy defend admins to the greater extent)

Our server has been open and up 24/7 prior to last night's and tonight's failed 1.7.2 testing.

If i have put your server in by mistake, then please accept my honest apologise. I have removed it from the list.

And armouredbin - try and find something better to do with your time, seriously. All you've achieving is delaying progress and pissing off people who care.

People who care? You mean players like me who dislike people who cant follow simple rules? And please do tell me, what progress i have hindered in anyway?

Any argument is invalid when it comes to locking servers for 5 minuites or 5 weeks. The rules are perfectly clear No Passwording Servers.

[Izithel 23]

Some people should be set to monitor the server list regularly to check for locked servers or servers with lowerd slot counts.

To many Admins think they can abuse their powers while not thinking about the concequences for other players and admins.

[jskibo 143]

Some people should be set to monitor the server list regularly to check for locked servers or servers with lowerd slot counts.

To many Admins think they can abuse their powers while not thinking about the concequences for other players and admins.

Just pointing out, his list is 17 servers of the 1000+ running now.

While one isn't good and gives Admins a bad name, Its really not TOO MANY admins abusing anything.

The vast majority of us reach in our own pocket to give the community a place to play.

Edited July 11, 2012 by jskibo

[digital0 22]

Its true that most admins are good. But man what you read in certain forums is downright disgusting. Some are disabling battle eye for a short time to use scripts on their servers :\

But anyhow. DayZ guys will have a say about it eventually.

[Legacy (DayZ) 1091]

Moderators can't do anything about it.

[caspercat 4]

This site would be useful for you OP and anyone else who is thinking of reporting or tracking locked servers, so you can actually check whether the server really only ever has the same 3 people on it or not. I've linked straight to the stats for one of the servers you've listed (se27) http://arma2.swec.se/server/data/254195

[ynefel 38]

I'm amused by everyone implying that no one watches or blacklists passworded servers. DayZ devs watch and regularly ban servers for breaching regulations. The fact is, more and more servers are bought online every single day and we get new servers that decide to break the rules in different ways. So if they blacklist 5 servers today, there will be probably be 5 new servers in a few days doing the same thing. Doesn't mean they're not being shut down or warned.

Why is it people feel the need to fill the forums with this same inane, useless crap every single day? Do you think coming here and listing passworded servers will suddenly make the devs (or those responsible for policing the servers) go 'Oh wow! Passworded servers! Thanks, forum poster, we couldn't have done it without you!' They monitor the servers. They police the servers. The fact of the matter is that passworded servers are a severe minority in a server list that's ever-increasing and ever-expanding. Those that password their servers regularly or breach other regulations WILL and DO get blacklisted. Without your help.

Stop gumming up the forums with your self imposed neighbourhood watch and go spend your energy doing something productive.

[caspercat 4]

I'm amused by everyone implying that ...... snip

The link i provided right above your post shows the op that another of the servers in his list hasn't been constantly locked as he claimed, and that was the first and only one i bothered to check. I thought if i phrase it like i did it would be a nice way of pointing out that maybe he was wrong in his assumptions and he and others should make posts like this only after doing some proper checking.

The general tone on this forum is appalling and your response while not offensive is laced with the usual disregard for others that most other people on here seem to be 'infected' with. If some of the people on this forum are truly representative of the playerbase then i wonder what hope there is for this mod.

[ynefel 38]

Burglar: My response was directed at the community at large who have nothing better to do with their time and fill the forums with crying and whinging about locked servers. We all know the rules, and I was clarifying they are actively enforced. We don't need hundreds of topics from people who are having a tantrum because every time they see a locked server they think they're being cheated or denied something they're entitled to.

It's a waste of time, and it's more unnecessary negative pettiness that creates the frustration between players and admins. It's counter productive.

And as for your link which provides a method for tracking the population and behaviour of certain servers - while it sounds like you intended this to be used for good, I'm sure most people will grab such a thing with both hands and spam even more topics about server behaviour. I don't think it's going to help at all.

TL:DR - Leave the policing to the admins, and please stop with 'OMG SERVER locked' topics. It's just a waste of everyone's time. Spend your energy trying to help other people instead - be proactive and positive. Not everything is admins trying to shaft people.

[Sgt Cas 5]

It's a waste of time, and it's more unnecessary negative pettiness that creates the frustration between players and admins. It's counter productive.

And as for your link which provides a method for tracking the population and behaviour of certain servers - while it sounds like you intended this to be used for good, I'm sure most people will grab such a thing with both hands and spam even more topics about server behaviour. I don't think it's going to help at all.

TL:DR - Leave the policing to the admins, and please stop with 'OMG SERVER locked' topics. It's just a waste of everyone's time. Spend your energy trying to help other people instead - be proactive and positive. Not everything is admins trying to shaft people.

Nicely put. Let the Admins/Hosts do whatever they want. The rules will be enforced as the admins/devs see fit. If any server host or admin wants to spend their money just to get their server black listed then so be it. There are plenty more servers to choose from.

[caspercat 4]

Burglar: My response was directed at ...

So you're complaining about people reporting suspected cheaters in a section of the forum which accepts reports about cheating?

If you actually look up some of the servers this guys reported there are actually some which are suspicious so i wouldn't say this is a dud topic, he most certainly could of done some better research first which is why i posted the link.

I'm pretty sure the 'dayz team' doesn't have a 24 hour surveilance team constantly monitoring each individual server and what the owners are doing with it, want to know why i 'know' this, because 3 servers i have been monitoring because they have been locked 8 hours a day with the same 1-4 people on them for 5 weeks haven't been removed from the hive, simply based on my own observations i would say having users reporting is a good thing, no matter what other server owners wish to say on the subject.

But negating all i've just said really, if you want to complain about these sorts of reports you've been barking up the wrong tree. Surely it would be better to complain to the mods of this forum to have a stricter set of guidelines and enforcement of posts in relation to what can and can't be posted when it comes to reporting 'admin abuse'. Then you wouldn't have to waste your time by reading these posts....

[SystemiK 366]

@ Horus.

I've been playing on US295 for a couple of weeks now, I dont recall ever finding it locked in that time. I've been unable to join since upgrading my client to 1.7.2 / B94700 yesterday, but that is a client/server version issue not a locked server.

Not sure why you are being attacked here, but I can say that the time myself and a friend have spent on your server has been a good experience.

I look forward to playing on your server again once our versions are once again compatible. Sorry to see you are taking flack man, my limited experience of your server has been very positive.

SK

[disorder 344]

Not everyone who plays on private servers is a cheater or uses their equipment to hassle others, I wish people would stop assuming that 'everyone' must be the same.

Also you can't do anything to private servers, there isn't any enforcement you can do at all. Just ignore it.

Finally the hive doesn't track servers, the ARMA2 game tracks servers through GAMESPY, The Hive tracks characters which is why your character is persistent over multiple servers. Do your bloody research people.

Edited July 13, 2012 by disorder

[Yamaha (DayZ) 0]

NL16

I am the owner of "NL16" but NOT "NL 16" in teory i could get my server blacklisted for doing nothing my server is allways open so its "NL 16" not NL16

Edited July 25, 2012 by Yamaha