The new web site is online.

I've been working on setting up the new web site for a while.  The biggest reason was the old site was very difficult to manage and not too many tools for it.  This new site is much more manageable and I can do a bit more customization.  The biggest hurdle was moving the forum and account data from the old server.  It had to be converted to the new format.  Some of the articles might not be visible yet but as I work on it, they will be back.

The bottom line is, the site is still a work in progress but I didn't want to keep it down too much longer.  In the next few weeks as I get time, I'll be finishing it.  So if you see graphics or things that don't look right, it's not done yet.

Recycler

Servers News   

6/2/11
I have been in the process of upgrading my business servers to larger faster servers.  That has been completed and EGC has been able to reap the benefits.  By moving the game servers over to the new hardware, I'm happy to say, I have eliminated the glitch problems.  In the process of troubleshooting, I turned off the say sounds and admin sounds.  They are back on and the server is running in full swing!!

4/12
You may have noticed the HL2 server has changed IP address.  The old provider was problematic and didn't seem to really care about their gaming customers.  The new server is an exact copy of the old server so nothing was lost.  I have been tuning it and will continue to do so.  It started out having periodic glitches that would last less than a second but were a pain.  I have been working on several tuning items and have reduced the glitches.  I will be working on that for a bit until I get it totally smoothed out. During the workday when I have the time, I'll be pulling the server down every once in a while to make adjustments.  I won't be doing anything to the server during the evening playtimes.

Jethro has given us a copy of his map store.  He gave us about 1500 maps totaling 18G. Thanks Jethro!!  Between working on the web site, game server and real paying work, I've been compressing the maps for the fast download server and moving them into the server.  I'll post a list of the maps in the forums and the admins will be able to change to them if you request them.  PLEASE give one one of the admins feedback about the maps if you don't like one or if you know of one that we don't have.  Try to remember the name of the map.  We now have almost unlimited space for maps.

4/12
SERVER- Ever since the server move, we have been experiencing random lag problems. I have been working continuously on this.  I have been and will continue to troubleshoot this until it's resolved.  I have been trying something different just about every day.  I know it's frustrating to play when you get random lags.  It's more frustrating when you can't figure out why it happens.
MAPS- We continue to go through more maps and weed out the bad ones.  We do a few each night and Chaos and Geezer have been going through some each day as well.  Thanks guys.  We have some pretty cool maps now and have barely scratched the surface.  For the admins, I'll try to find a way to be able to drive to maps in the pick list quicker.  For those who weren't aware, when we pick a new map, we have a menu that only show 6 at a time.  We have 1300+ maps right now.  To get to a maps in the end of the list means clicking 200+ times to get there.

See you in game,
Recycler