New Server Host Needed Soon

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  Well, it appears that we are going to have to look for a new server host after all . I received the following email from Tommy at Clan Solutions this morning:

As of April 15, 2009 Clan Solutions, LLC. will no longer be in the game hosting business.

We no longer are going to support AAHonor and the outrageous license fees just to host a free game. With the ever increasing cut-throat kids that want to be game host providers we have made a business decision to just do web hosting.

What this means to our clients? Those that have web hosting will continue to have sites. We are by no means closing shop. We are just backing out of the game server hosting business to focus on web hosting which has been our long standing forte. We also understand that this may mean that we may loose some clients that have web hosting, game hosting and voice server hosting and this is understandable.

On April 15, 2009, we will cease all game hosting and the Free TeamSpeak Hosting. We will continue to do Web Hosting, Ventrilo Voice Server hosting, and TeamSpeak Servers. Any monies paid by our clients before April 15, 2009 that have not received a full 30 days of game hosting will be refunded a pro-rated rate.

I know that this will inconvenience a lot of our long standing clients that have been with us for 2, 3 or 4+ years, but again, we are still here. We are just changing the business model to web hosting plus Ventrilo hosting.

Again, as of April 15, 2009, we are shutting down all our game servers.

Thanks
Tommy B.
Clan-Solutions.com

  We'll probably stick with Clan-Solutions for the Vent server, as it's a pain to set those up anyway , and it'll be easier to find a decent host for just the game servers. At least we've got a month to get something together ... I'll work on that next week (the rest of this week will be very busy for me ).

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  So, I had a little spare time tonight, with getting an extra night off of work to start my "weekend" ... and I've already got us set up with a new host, Primary Target. I've been in contact with Ryan Feltz (their representative at AASA) for a couple of weeks anyway, so I figured I'd see what kind of deal he could provide for us.
  I'm pleased to report that PT will honor the price that CS was charging us, and drop a buck off it for good measure -- the cost for continuing with three servers as we currently have will be only $110/month, plus $10/month to CS for the Ventrilo server (with CS, we were paying $121/month for all four servers including Vent).
  The new servers will start up shortly before the 8th of April (when our current monthly contract with CS expires), so that there will be no "lag time" between the close of the current servers and the opening of the new servers. I'll provide more information about the servers (IP addresses, geographic locations, etc.) as it becomes available, which should be some time shortly after the first of the month.
    ~ Jeff

[Shout-=Of-God=- (Ryan)]

Hallelujah!!!
He will provide!


You rock Jeff!!!
HOOAH!!!

[Reaper-=Of-God=-(Sam)†]

Mar 17, 2009 21:59:40 GMT -5 Peace-=Of-God=- said:

  So, I had a little spare time tonight, with getting an extra night off of work to start my "weekend" ... and I've already got us set up with a new host, Primary Target. I've been in contact with Ryan Feltz (their representative at AASA) for a couple of weeks anyway, so I figured I'd see what kind of deal he could provide for us.
  I'm pleased to report that PT will honor the price that CS was charging us, and drop a buck off it for good measure -- the cost for continuing with three servers as we currently have will be only $110/month, plus $10/month to CS for the Ventrilo server (with CS, we were paying $121/month for all four servers including Vent).
  The new servers will start up shortly before the 8th of April (when our current monthly contract with CS expires), so that there will be no "lag time" between the close of the current servers and the opening of the new servers. I'll provide more information about the servers (IP addresses, geographic locations, etc.) as it becomes available, which should be some time shortly after the first of the month.
    ~ Jeff

I for one am constantly amazed at the amount of work you - Jeff - are willing to put into this clan to keep it running, to make sure the needs are being met, to respond to Biblical questions with well thought out, lengthy , and well reasoned answers. I do not say thank you enough Jeff for your dedication and willingness to be the servant leader we all should strive to become. So let me say it now - thanks for all you do to make this clan more than just a bunch of guys and gals that play games on the internet. And may God bless your efforts and this clan...

Sam

Edit - I realize that this is only visible to the LC so I'm copying it to a more visible portion of the site...

[Endurance-=Of-God=- (Ben)]

Yes Jeff, thank you for all the time and dedication you put into this clan; you're the one who makes things run! ;D (with God allowing you to do so, of-course)

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  Well, here it is April 8th (at least, on the East Coast, it's the 8th already ) -- and we have three nice new servers running in Chicago, courtesy of Primary Target and financed by the faithful donations of our members . I've updated the monitors at the top of the main forum, but I'll list the IP's here anyway:

• #1 House-=Of-God=- ... 66.102.113.45 ... currently on MOUT McKenna
  
• #2 House-=Of-God=- ... 66.102.113.113 ... currently on ES2 Border
  
• #3 House-=Of-God=- ... 66.102.113.114 ... currently on Sledgehammer SE

  Please bear in mind that it'll probably take a day or two to work out the kinks and get all the settings (time limits, FF limits/penalties, etc.) back to our normal levels ... if you do notice something strange in the settings, let me know here so that I can correct it.

  Also, one final note: #1 and #2 are currently showing as non-Honor; they should automatically switch over to Honor status once PT completes the process of getting the servers listed with Pragmatic, which should take place later today (4/8/09).

  Thank you all for your patience with this process. Here's to many more rounds of doing "God's work through our play" on the new House-=Of-God=- servers! ;D
    ~ Jeff / Peace

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  FYI -- according to AAOTracker, #1 House-=Of-God=- and #2 House-=Of-God=- are now showing as Honor servers!

  Also, I didn't mention this above ... but the $1 less per month that we're spending is actually buying us four slots more than we were getting from Clan Solutions, because #2 and #3 are 12-slot servers instead of 10-slot. (Of course, we still can only use 9 slots on a co-op map, so we won't get much benefit out of the change to #2 -- but #3 gets the advantage of having 12 slots available when we run multiplayer maps like MOUT McKenna XE or SF Hotel on it.

  Again, if you notice any problems with the server settings, let me know. I went on all three last night and made most of the corrections that are usually needed, but I may have missed some (after all, I'm not perfect ... I know, I can detect your shock at that statement, but it's true -- just ask Princess ).
    ~ Jeff

[Hillbilly-=Of-God=- (Steve)]

I was just on server 2 with {FC}-tears (around 11 AM central) and when dead you can view the AI all around the map. Thats the only thing i noticed besides everyone having 49 honor today, but i think thats AA authorization having problems

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  Yep, AUTH decided to go down for "periodic maintenance" -- no idea when it's supposed to come back up .
  As for the AI -- I set #2 and #3 to be able to view from all players (which includes the AI bots and the civilians ); it's a good way to learn how the AI reacts in certain situations, and "ghosting" isn't really a potential problem on those servers anyway.

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  Okay, after yesterday's 16-hour AUTH downtime , our servers are once again showing up on the monitors. They are not showing as Honor now, however; I'm awaiting a response from Mr. Feltz regarding that -- I'll post more details when they become available.

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  Honor has returned to #1 and #2 -- enjoy the new servers, don't forget to make your monthly server donations , and let me know if there are any more problems with these servers.
    ~ Jeff