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CHEDDA CHEESE's Recruit Application Game Division Counter-Strike Global Offensive In-Game Name In-Game Name Location Washington How old are you? 13 Which games (servers) do you play on? hg jb servers How long have you been playing on our servers? 3-2 months What is your Steam ID? (This is NOT your Steam name!) STEAM_0:0:516497110 Why do you want to join HG? I think i could help out a bit since im active a lot of the time. All members are required to be on our TeamSpeak3 Server whenever playing on our servers. Will you agree with this rule? Yes Do you have any current VAC bans? No Who (if anyone) referred you to apply? Any other information you want to include?

Facepunch don't give a fuuuuuuck anymore about A2S_INFO caching... they used to; not anymore now that all of the biggest communities do it, also they never had a problem with "Anycast" they had a problem with "A2S_INFO caching"... I'll touch on that a little bit later (because it annoys me when people talk as if they are one in the same). As for other publishers, Valve never gave a fuck, when have they about community servers? There's an incredibly, incredibly low chance that HG will become blacklisted because it would mean also blacklisting (almost) every large community out there (there's some exceptions like creator-owned/backed servers that are huge but do not use caching). "Anycast" and "A2S_INFO caching" are not exactly synonyms... No, Anycast does not inherently introduce "fake ping" in the server browser, A2S_INFO caching does. In this context, "fake ping" refers to a mismatch between server browser "ping" and latency to the game server when you are connected and playing due to the PoP from which A2S_INFO is received being located far away from the game server. The document quoted below explains this in far greater detail. Yep... it's scummy - but it's basically necessary nowadays. I'm sure HG higherups hold reservations about using this technology, as did we. Heck, GFL was one of the main proponents of getting servers who use A2S_INFO caching as a form of "legitimate ping spoofing" blacklisted off the face off the earth by Valve back in the day (https://gflclan.com/work/projects/misc/contact-facepunch-and-valve-regarding-anycast-in-garrys-mod-r24/). In short: an anycast network with many PoPs in different locations with A2S_INFO caching enabled is, with very few exceptions, a necessary evil right now. Edit: What is the specs of this (quoted below) machine? I'm curious what you got donated as a dual processor machine haha.

you say its not faking ping, but in the original post you talk about how people far away from the server still get low ping. isn't showing the incorrect amount of ping in someone's browser literally the definition of faking ping? sorry if i came off as a bit aggressive, I am just trying to learn more about anycast and the ping issue, and it kind of grinds my gears since hg is possibly abusing this. if the ping was relative to the physical server, then there really wouldn't be a moral issue, but from my POV it seems like hg will be using anycast just for the low pings. here is a good read i found for anyone interested: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-5f_TlJEki_qJYvZvlZ37QdsDambYIpEgPOUMP2RK9A/edit gfl has been blacklisted by facepunch for ping spoofing before according to this thread https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/59681-anycast-expansion-plansapproaches/ hopefully i am just wrong about everything and hg will have normal ping from the physical server. not like i can really test it myself lol

1. It doesn't fake ping 2. Anyone NA will not notice any difference between the ping they see and their experience in the server 3. I'd strongly argue the issues with the 2fort server were due to other things that we didn't do right 4. Yes, our goal is to be at the top of the server list. There's a huge number of game server (especially in rust) that do this. My secondary purpose in this post is to talk about how we plan to stick to high-quality servers our players love - and that will make players stay for the content, even if the ping might be slightly higher than they hoped. We have some control over where we are shown with low ping by selecting where we put Anycast servers, and as we move to our own servers, we plan to look at where we would like to target most. We have no plans on moving away from Anycast at this time, so please try to keep the conversation fact-based and constructive.

Are you ready kids? Let's see what went down in July! Welcome to our newest -hg- Recruits: -hg- 90Angles -hg- Bennyeo -hg- bhoplvl10 kxi -hg- Birdie -hg- cuckling -hg- Knoxtane -hg- RedZone -hg- Rise Above -hg- SBear -hg- stips -hg- ToxicTurd -hg- Woogie Congratulations to the newest [HG] Members: [HG] froggies093 [HG] milkish CS:S Division News Crackhouse Deathmatch has seen a growth in players on recently. If you haven't played in a bit, or at all, you're missing out! Join us for some fun - 185.141.204.1:27015 We have some updates coming to our server lineup very soon, including the launch of Gungame DM and relaunch of Classic Rotation! Watch out for announcements on their releases. CS:S is looking for some new Mods to help out! Are you willing to step up to the plate? Send us your mod application if so. Speaking of Mods, two new ones were promoted recently. Congratulations to Imperial Knight and RedZone on the promotions! CS:GO Division News Are you ready for some new Mods? Congratulations to ColinKrengel, Froggies, Gudetama, and Kenji on becoming Jailbreak Mods! And of course we can't forget King Lime and Sqnch on their promotions to Global Mod! Congratulations guys! Sources tell me there will be a new wave of Trial Mods announced very soon. Stay tuned for that! Last, but certainly not least, congratulations to the newest CS:GO Staff member logster004! GMod Division News Wanna become a zombie and eat brains? Maybe you want to avoid the zombies at all cost. Either way, there's a place for you on Zombie Survival! Stop by and play for a while! Connect using zs.hellsgamers.com Rust Division News Rust has introduced a new 5x server! It wipes weekly like our 2x server, except on Monday afternoon. Join up and try it for yourself: 185.141.204.24:28015 Are you looking to help out in Rust? We're looking for Mods to help keep order in the server. Apply here if you're interested. TF2 Division News TF2 is shaking things up with their servers soon. What's happening? 2Fort is making a return soon! Be on the lookout for more on that soon. Want to get more involved and help out? TF2 is looking for Mods! Submit an application if interested. Community Engagement News Suburban has joined the Social Media team! Lookout for new videos on our YouTube channel as he creates some bangers for it. Many events for multiple games are in the works and coming soon. Keep an eye on the calendar so you don't miss out! Want to be more involved with the HG? HGCE is looking for members! We offer positions in Social Media, Community Events, and Partnerships. Apply today if interested! Development Community News Two newcomers have joined DC as Server Managers. Congratulations and welcome BravoMan (CS:GO) and sqnch (Rust)! The Server Managers are looking for more members on the team. Apply for it or any other HGDC team by going here. The former lead of the SM Dev team took a leap of faith to help run HGDC. Congratulations to Malice on getting Associate Director! Gaming Divisions News Are you passionate about helping your division grow? Joining divisional leadership is a great way to do just that! Submit a staff application to let us know you are interested. General Community News The 2021 nominations for the HG Elections are going on from August 1 through August 14! Read more about them in this post if interested. Let's address the elephant in the room: the forum change. As stated in Discord and the password reset email you received, our forums fell victim to an attack. Because of this, you are advised to change your passwords where it is the same as the one used here. There is a silver lining to the incident. Obviously our website received a facelift with a new theme and noticeable changes including EMOJIS ! Some features, such as donations, are currently unavailable and will return in the near future. On behalf of everyone working hard to get things fixed and adjusted, thank you for your patience and sticking with us. Shifting our focus, have you seen EddieCam's new PC build? Check out his insane new HeLLsGamers-inspired gaming PC! As always, we'd like to thank these generous donors from July: Ambassador Spock EddieCam irishmang Klarinet We appreciate each and every donation to the community! If you'd like to help out, you can do so by going here: https://hellsgamers.com/donate/ Did you know HG doesn't just exist on the forums? Check out our platforms at the link below! https://hellsgamers.com/forums/topic/135157-hellsgamers-social-media-more/ Check out our HG Discord Servers: https://hellsgamers.com/discord/ We have more than just the few servers you currently play on! Check out our full list here: https://hellsgamers.com/servers/ Thank you for reading this month's edition of the newsletter. We'll see you next month! View full article