Discovery UK RP 24/7 Server [Official Thread] [Updated 06/10/09]

[Discovery UK]

Its cause they are backstabbers mate dont ever try it.

Sanctioning those who continually insult others, swear, cheat and break rules isn't "backstabbing" - it's justice. Now, keep it off these forums please. It's got nothing to do with GC, so don't waste their time and forum space. If you have a problem, you come see me;)

New Discovery UK Server

Well, at long last I did finally accomplish what I set out to do in the first place. With outstanding support from the community on the UK server, together, we managed to fund a far better server than we were previously using (primarily the connection in use). Changes to the server include:
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• 100mb/s dedicated connection
  
• Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.5Ghz, 2GB RAM
  
• Increase to 100 slots (capable of ~160)
  
• Situated in a brand new datacenter in London (Centro - Gyron/ENTA)
  
• Super-stable, low ping network
  

We have had our fair share of troublemakers recently, as you've undoubtedly noticed, but I'm not willing to stand back and let that spoil the Freelancer community, and what has been achieved here, by a combination of hard work from everyone involved with the mod and the various FL communities around the net. My deepest thanks and gratitude go out to everyone who was involved in any way whatsoever.

The server is extremely stable now the initial configurations are sorted, and players around the UK and Europe have been reporting pings as low as 12ms in some places. I had a friend run [color=#66FFFF]"ping" from Virginia, on a 1mb connection, and he got an average ping of 62ms.

I would like to invite anyone who is interested to sign in for a while and get a feel for the place - you never know, you might like it! The majority of our players frequent both the GC and USA servers too, so it's not like you're tied down:)

Looks good. (I await with baited breath on a possible Discovery UK:rolleyes:)

Also, remember that we have full forums to support the server, and they're beginning to get rather busy as we reach our 10,000 post mark in only 4 months!

We are also going to get working on an RP-based broadcasting service (like internet radio) for Sirius! We might get it running just to see how it works out:P

As I said a few months back, we were looking into the idea of an RP-based broadcasting service. It's not just an idea anymore - its been going for the last couple of weeks and it seems to be stable. The listener cap is low for now as its just to trial the idea, but if it turns out to be even remotely popular, there is a space for it on one of the dedicated servers in Centro. Its currently based on UK RP, but I can't see any reason that it can't be expanded to accommodate the other servers too. Just let me know of your interest;)

If you want to check out Sirius Radio, click the big funny icon above:)

So, even if you think you're not interested, just keep in mind that the more servers that stick around, the longer Discovery, and indeed Freelancer, will be around for you and everyone else to enjoy.

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