So I decided to ping some of the more common results of sv_masterX

[eezstreet]

Here's what I found:

 

JA Master Server: 128 servers

JA Master Server (IP address): 128 servers

JKHub (master.jkhub.org): Alive, 3 servers.

master.qtracker.com - DEAD

204.97.248.90 - DEAD

clanservers.net - DEAD

master0.gamespy.com - DEAD

 

If anyone wants me to check if any other master servers are working, let me know.

 

EDIT: That means for you server hosts...

Those sv_master2-5? Toss them. They're not needed unless a new master server pops up because those URLs are dead (and gamespy has been dead for at least 3 years now).

sv_master6 and upwards do not exist.

[Mysterious Stranger]

>.< is that why less and less servers showed up over the years lol

 

but thanks for the info.

[eezstreet]

No. Well, maybe. Depends on how Raven's Master Server works, but I'm willing to bet that that is kinda unrelated.

BTW, found out that JKHub has their own master server. Adding that.

[Mysterious Stranger]

tell me more about the JKH master server. As in, what happens if i add that to my server :s?

[MUG]

tell me more about the JKH master server. As in, what happens if i add that to my server :s?

Atm nothing. It's just a backup master server. I suspect it also has a future place in Caelum's not-so-secret project too.

[eezstreet]

tell me more about the JKH master server. As in, what happens if i add that to my server :s?

It will show up in my super-not-secret master server switcher.

JKHub's master server is lightyears more stable and reliable than what Raven offers also, so if more people added it, it would be shown.

[2MT350]

master.qtracker.com - 63.144.111.10

240 sevrers

 

i pinged the gamespy url too, its not dead.

[eezstreet]

Down according to JA.

[2MT350]

mmm, how do you ping thru jka?

 

i used windows command prompt.

and my qtracker client lists around 240-260 servers, lol. so its not dead

[eezstreet]

I'm using my master server setup which allows me to actually ping servers and test their master server functionality, NOT their actual existence (try pinging master0.gamespy.com, it shows up but the actual master server is non functional). This is regardless of what QTracker lists because it's similar to All Seeing Eye, not a JA master server.

[2MT350]

ah, so whether i have my server tx'in to master.qtracker.com or not, it'll still show up in the qtracker client?

[eezstreet]

It shows up in QTracker, correct, just not to JA's server list. It's a one way master server in a sense.

[2MT350]

ah, kk, if i can ever get one of my vps'es runnin, i'll put a master server on it, lol

[eezstreet]

That's not too hard to do actually. There's one running on this site. It's just a matter of using an executable such as jampded on it.

If you get a server though, I suggest people point to master.jkhub.org. It's a lot more reliable than ravensoft's stuff, and can be put over those crappy gamespy things.

[CaptainChar]

and I thought I was bored