There is a known (and hopefully temporary) issue with our new Community Server #1 and Bell DSL customers. Below is the response from our new Game Server Provider:

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Rogers customers normally ping 5-10ms as im on Rogers myself I noticed today its abit higher than usual.

I will investigate the Rogers pings now.

As for Bell. Our Bell customers use to ping 20ms up to 1 month ago. Bell made some routing changes which affected routing to our servers.
I currently have a ticket open with my transit provider to fix the Bell issue.

You can see on our forums we are actively pursuing this issue as its affecting all our customers.

http://forums.xpservers.net/showthread.php?t=2384

PS: what was the IP of your old GSP

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If your on Bell DSL, please consider visiting our forum thread on the issue to help us collect as much information as possible on the issue.

http://www.odr66.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1624

Thanks

Guys & Gals,

As you may, or may not have heard by now, our server provider for ODR66 #1 is closing its Toronto operations on October 15th.

As a result we have been forced to source a new provider, and were able to find one located within the same data center. This new server is an upgrade over what we had previously, and is now configured and ready to go. Thanks to a completely rebuilt architecture, you will also find it much more stable then the one it is replacing.

The HLstatsX haven’t been transferred yet, but rest assured, they will be soon, and your stats will be preserved.

Our current plan is to keep the old server active until October 1st, but feel free to use the new server starting now. Please help us get the word out about the move, and check out the new home of ODR66.

See below for the new IP

Dear Team & Community,

I have completed the transition of moving odr66.com and all its web services, over to a new hosting provider.
My benchmarks have shown a 500% improvement to the speed, but it has lead to Database migration problems.
The Database is a MySQL file that contains all of your posts, messages, and accounts.

Everything is intact, but a glitch had kept me from being able to export and import the database myself properly (hence the downtime the last few days).
To get this to work I needed to post a ticket to my old provider to get the dump, then log a ticket with my new provider to get it imported. Between those two events, you guys had done some posting which wasn’t included in the prior dump. I’m doing everything I possibly can to import just those items, but it may take time, and I don’t want to risk corrupting the database that now seems to be working.

I have signed a 2 year hosting plan so this will NEVER be a problem again, and I apologize for the problem.
You can now post away without hesitation.
This upgrade will make all of our web services faster, and more scalable in the future.

Please don’t hate me

It is with great pleasure that I welcome Sev to the ODR66 admin team. Sev has been a long standing member of our community, and commands the respect of everybody he meets.

Losing RealKilla to his studies was a blow to us all, but with recent additions to the team such as Canadian, Sev, and Foilking, its clear our community is stronger than ever.

Please make sure you add them to your friends list.

Sev

Foilking

Canadian Eh Team

It turns out many of you weren’t so happy with the results of the last map vote, so here is your opportunity to set things right.

From now until Sunday September 6th, cast your vote in the forums and tell us what three maps you would like to see join Dustbowl, Goldrush, and Badwater.

Speak now, or forever hold your piece.

One of the most common questions team members field is “How Do I Join ODR66?”
It was a bit of a run around while you bounced them between admins, but today that changes.

Interested members should be directed to
http://www.odr66.com/join-odr66/

The application will be sent to Deanna, Socialized, and myself for review.

I hope this will make the recruiting process a bit easier, and make the question a bit easier for our members to answer

As many of you already know, we have had a second server for quite some time now, but it lacked that ODR66 touch. It was generally used for matches, or for custom game nights, but the map rotation was generally stock, and it didn’t get used much.

Since it’s launch the following changes have been made.

1.) The server is fully unlocked

2.) Player Limit has been raised form 18 to 24

3.) HLStatsX has been linked between server #1 and server #2

4.) Admin priviliages are cloned between the two servers.

5.) The map rotation is currently dustbowl, goldrush, and badwater.

The server is now a 100% clone of #1, all except for the map rotation which is listed above, and we are eager to get the community using it as an alternative.

I would ask that all members of the ODR66 team try to use the secondary server when #1 has a steady population going, and lets work on growing this community via server #2!

Click the banner to view the server’s stats, or click the link below to see all our servers:
http://www.odr66.com/our-game-servers/

The results of the map vote are in, and the results are surprising.

The usual suspects are back, but two brand new maps will be making a debut on both Server #1 & #2

Current Lineup For September 2009

cp_dustbowl
pl_goldrush
pl_badwater
koth_sawmill
cp_yukon_final
ctf_sawmill

The next vote will be held in a months time, and I hope everyone is happy with the selections

Let us know what you think in the comments!

ODR66 has been around a long time now, how long, I’m not quite sure, but thats something I intend to find out one of these days

Our roster on the other hand has changed quite a bit over the years, many members have joined, some have left, but we are, and always will be here.

For those of you looking for the current clan roster, look no further than the top tool bar for a link to our current lineup – with updated status.

Deanna, Socialized, and Acid will all keep this document up to date.

So if you see a new face around on the ODR66 server, make sure to check for new members!

Now is your chance to have a say on which maps you’d like to play on the ODR66 Servers.

We are a community driven team, and look forward to seeing which of the new maps you love, and which once should be kicked to the curb.

Surf on over to the forums to cast your vote!