Archive for November, 2009

Team Fortress 2 game servers for me?

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Ok, here’s the deal. I’ve been so busy with work recently (read support tickets) that the only time I do get to game, its a session with Fifa 2010. Or Tekken 10. At the weekend, on the horrible Xbox 360 console. Which really isn’t good for the Managing Director of INX-Gaming, a game server provider, is it? :(

There was a time where I would play CS 1.6 for 15 hours a day (and in between answering tickets). We are going back 6,7,8 (I forget) years here. And then came CSS. Then Call of Duty 4. All big FPS games I didn’t half get into and waste some time on.

But then we really grew, and support became rather busy, as did running the company. And as a consequence I just haven’t had the time to devote to online gaming. After a prolonged period of what I call ‘Windows illness’ I lost my rag with the freezes, and blue screens. And I bought a MacBook. The final nail in the coffin. And really, you can’t play games on a Mac. I feel guilty…..dirty even.

So while setting up an office at home, I’ve decided to put aside a nice budget (read Christmas present to oneself) for a PC gaming rig. Woo :)

Now if I’m going to spend £700-£800 on a decent PC setup, I really need to find some decent games and game servers to play on.

COD4 is really over done for me. Lot’s of time spent on that. I’ve spent so much time on Counterstrike source servers that it would be like taking up an old heroin habit. Not a good idea.

There’s also the consideration that with not much time, we are talking 30 mins here and there for a gaming fix. Let’s face it, if you are going to play Call of Duty 4, or CSS, it’s to be competitive. Or maybe that’s just me?

What game fills that void?

And then I thought….Team Fortress 2. TF2 with it’s cartoony exterior. The laid back atmosphere on the servers. I reckon before people play on Team Fortress 2 servers, they *have* to have a crate of lager next to them. It’s the law don’t you know?

It suits me down to the ground. So as of tomorrow, I might just give Team Fortress 2 game servers a go. Well it can’t harm to form another addiction can it?

What do you guys think?

Counterstrike Source game servers – half price

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Here at INX we have a little bit of an offer on this week for CSS Servers. COD6 MW2 might be what a lot of gamers are playing at the moment, but we think that’ll wear off. The lack of mods, the lack of proper servers. The lack of admins and the lack of low ping game servers. Well, the list goes on. We believe we shouldn’t forget the best games. Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty 4 and Counterstrike 1.6. The games you can actually map and mod. The games where the people that make them, listen to those that pay for the game.

Counterstrike Source is still by far the most popular game server sold, and there are more Counterstrike Source servers online than any other game server.

So, in celebrating that fact we’re offering Counterstrike Source Game servers at half price. To take advantage of this offer, please contact our sales department.

This great offer on Counterstrike Source game servers ends on midnight of 30th November- don’t miss out!

Left 4 Dead game server steam update

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

A required update for Left 4 Dead is now available. Please run hldsupdatetool to receive. The specific changes include:

- Fixed a crash related to a Crash Course achievement
- Fixed an issue were bots and computer controlled special infected were being reported via “View Game Info”
- Added Team Versus 4 on 4 competitive matchmaking

Linux:
- Add warning if +map is not specified on the command line
- Steam is located by searching .., . and $PATH
- Added -steambin option to specify location steam, overrides search
- Added -steamverify option to add -verify_all when updating with steam

Jason

Team Fortress 2 game server update

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

A required update for Team Fortress 2 is now available. Please run hldsupdatetool to receive it. The specific issues include:

- Fixed client-side perf problem after changing levels on Koth_Harvest_Event.

Linux:
- Add warning if +map is not specified on the command line
- Steam is located by searching .., . and $PATH
- Added -steambin option to specify location steam, overrides search
- Added -steamverify option to add -verify_all when updating with steam

Jason