<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services --> <!--X-From-R13: "OD Epuyrvpure" <nefNvnt.arg> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:19:21 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 003b01bf3071$b2119e40$04f9a0cd@qualkids.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 11A17AA2B9EAD111BCEA00A0C9B4179303D6DE79@molach.origin.ea.com --> <!--X-Reference: 3833ad34.345620995@mail.airmail.net --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:ars@iag.net"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00273.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00274.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00419.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00274.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00272">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00272">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00272">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "AR Schleicher" <<A HREF="mailto:ars#iag,net">ars#iag,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:32:25 -0500</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu">mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> From: Dundee <SkeptAck#antisocial,com> >Does anyone know if any mud hosting services are familiar (at all) with the >various UO server-emulators available? Seems like every private shard out >there is running on someone's home PC, but lots more people (I imagine) would >like to run them, if there were a hosting service that could accommodate >them. Origin revised their terms of service quite awhile back to make UO server emulators a violation. While they haven't ever taken action against them to my knowledge (unless you count the attempts at changing the encryption to stop the cheating utilities), this has discouraged a number of people. >And yeah, it takes about 600 MB for the mapfiles and such, but a person could >have multiple shards sharing the same mapfiles, since they are read-only. This wouldn't always work, as there are some people who have worked out the format of the world files, and have changed them to provide a different world. I built a really nice ski slope once. *grins* >The emulators themselves are quite a bit smaller. Our 'worldfile' is quite a >bit smaller than most mud's, I think. And we're running with something like >64 RAM on a P200, 30+ users before there's any noticeable lag (ADSL >connection). I look at most mud hosting service's packages and think their >upper-end packages could EASILY handle a UOemulator. And if they shared the >main, read-only files between multiple shards, their lower-end packages could >do it, too. The problem is you're asking them the service to host a program developed in violation of OSI's ToS. Then there's also the fact that if you're paying to have it hosted, you might want to start asking for donations to help support it. Then you could be making money, which is what many have guessed might be enough to cause Origin to take action against the emulators. In my opinion, Origin's main goal is to make sure people who keep using their client keep paying the $10 a month fee. There's no good way to insure that, in particular when you remember that both server operators and players have no interest in paying Origin if they're playing solely on private servers. Some methods have been tried, but there really isn't a good solution. (For example, UOX had mode where if you weren't logging in locally, the account you used would be verified against the real UO login servers. Good, except the server operator had to turn it on, and then you could only use your UO login and password. In addition, you had to trust the server operator with your login and password to do this, which proved to be a problem in some cases.) AR Schleicher (Jerrith) ars#iag,net _______________________________________________ MUD-Dev maillist - MUD-Dev#kanga,nu <A HREF="http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev">http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00274" HREF="msg00274.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> SkeptAck@antisocial.com (Dundee)</li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00205" HREF="msg00205.html">[MUD-Dev] Neverwinter Nights</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Koster, Raph" <rkoster@origin.ea.com></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00269" HREF="msg00269.html">[MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> SkeptAck@antisocial.com (Dundee)</LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00273.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00274.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00419.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00274.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00272"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00272"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00383" HREF="msg00383.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@cp.net">claw@cp.net</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 22:19 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00400" HREF="msg00400.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></strong>, Ian Macintosh <a href="mailto:iman@issystems.co.nz">iman@issystems.co.nz</a>, Fri 19 Nov 1999, 18:27 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00410" HREF="msg00410.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></strong>, Mik Clarke <a href="mailto:mikclrk@attglobal.net">mikclrk@attglobal.net</a>, Fri 19 Nov 1999, 21:34 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00419" HREF="msg00419.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@cp.net">claw@cp.net</a>, Sat 20 Nov 1999, 01:28 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00272" HREF="msg00272.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></strong>, AR Schleicher <a href="mailto:ars@iag.net">ars@iag.net</a>, Tue 16 Nov 1999, 21:19 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00274" HREF="msg00274.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></strong>, Dundee <a href="mailto:SkeptAck@antisocial.com">SkeptAck@antisocial.com</a>, Tue 16 Nov 1999, 22:31 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00363" HREF="msg00363.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></strong>, AR Schleicher <a href="mailto:ars@iag.net">ars@iag.net</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 17:00 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00371" HREF="msg00371.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></strong>, Dundee <a href="mailto:SkeptAck@antisocial.com">SkeptAck@antisocial.com</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 18:23 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00376" HREF="msg00376.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud hosting services</A></strong>, Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller@classic-games.com">gmiller@classic-games.com</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 19:36 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>