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Google, we’re still dead to you. (fear the wrath of Google)
One day, about half way through last month, there was a little tag missing from our sitemap.xml file. Google crawled it and then this happened to our search impressions:
So, be warned… if you ever get your site map wrong and Google crawls it, it will nuke you from the face of the internet. How do [...]
We’re working on free web hosting!
FYI everyone!
We’re working on free web hosting for all current and future customers. This hosting would allow for users to setup their own fast download service or host their own clan website for free!
Each account will eventually have their own sub-domain at hostedd.com. For example, if my account was ‘integrii’, my account would be hosted [...]
We know!
http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/avp3-servers-ordered
We’re waiting on our Windows boxes to come in. We had to wait until the files were released so we knew what kind of hardware to purchase!
It all depends on the data centers putting in our boxes now. It takes anywhere from 24 to 48 hours which means we should have our servers up [...]
Ticket System Deployed!
When you bother us by writing support, you’ll now notice you get a reply with a link to your ticket’s history in our ticket system. We’re moving up in the world, aren’t we?!?!
If you’re used to emailing support@hostedgameservers.com – that will still work; just remember to reply via the ticket system instead of sending [...]
BioShock 2 Added to site. Pre-order coming soon.
We’re proud to announce BioShock 2’s addition to the site. BioShock 2 will not only kick butt, but probably be a mainstream game for a good time to come. With the ability to gain XP and customize yourself with different skills and abilities, I see some real staying power here.
We’ll open up pre-order in a [...]
TF2 Update available!
A required update for Team Fortress 2 is now available. Please restart your server to receive it. The specific changes include:
Additions:
- Various improvements to Spy disguise and feign death:
- Disguise weapons copying weapons with special animation requirements (Sword, FaN) now look correct.
- Spies now play the appropriate death cry on feign death based on the [...]
New rules for sponsored teams.
Up until now we’ve taken the sponsoring thing pretty easy… However, now things need to change.
You see we get a lot of requests for sponsorship… I mean a lot. Like half of our support emails are just people who think they are badass and want a free game server on that context [...]
TF2 Releases Update (It never friggin’ ends!)
So Team Fortress 2 released an update, heres what they said:
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Server Browser (for TF2 and DoD:S)
Added a client-side server blacklist
Supports blacklisting of specific servers, all servers on an IP, and all servers [...]
HLDS for Linux – Steam Outage!
Over the last 48 hours, Steam had some issues with their updating. Every time one of our hlds game servers would start, it would check for updates from steam and end up with a strange error like this:
>>Incorrect price blob version! Update your server!
It looks like its fixed now, but during the outage, if [...]
New Site Launched!
The HostedGameServers.com website has been completely re-written for better SEO and a more streamlined experience. Images are tweaked for speed and the CSS code has been changed to be much more usable. If you spot any oddities in the site, let support know here!