Last updated 2023-07-04
"onFOSS Lite" lets someone run their own mini onFOSS event without setting up servers. The trade off is that organizers give up game control to pre-existing public servers.
Why?
- Running a server might be out of reach of some people.
- May not have knowledge, budget, or access to run game servers.
- Less setup time
- Allows less allotted game time
- "onFOSS Lite" can serve as a gateway to a onFOSS full event.
- Can bring players to otherwise idle servers
Why Not?
- Less control of servers - Servers are not private
- may not be able to kick problem users
- non-participating users can join
- probably a plus!
- Tell user about event and chat/VOIP server in chat if no in-game VOIP
- some non-participating users maybe better players than "onFOSS Lite" attendees and win most matches
- probably a plus!
- may not be able to vote for new map/option depending on server settings
- No common server address - example: play.example.com
- Need to list servers' address/name on website or on Mumble/Chat
- Ping & Lag can vary per server for participants
- Servers could have geolocation blocks
- Not all games have online servers available
- May dilute onFOSS name??
"Setup"
- Pick a day and Timezone
- 3-6 hours
- 2-4 games
- use public pre-existing servers
- central Mumble VOIP server (who's?)
- Discord is not FOSS!!! Stay away!!
- Single page static site (or Git Repo/GH-Pages/Gist/PasteBin/etc) with info
- Post Details in onFOSS Chat with enough advanced notification of start time
Possible issues versus normal self-hosted servers
- Less control over servers (no Admin rights)
- vs Less Setup and no server required
- can bring more players to current servers
- Maybe partner with existing Server Admins/Groups/Clans
- Have a option for secondary servers
- Less map/level options (FPSes, etc)
- Servers can be shutdown or crash anytime without option to restart
- Unknown Downtime
- Requires investigation of existing servers
- Modes supported
- Voting options
- Use In-game Voting to pick maps and modes
- Max Players
- Might not be any public servers, depending on game
Create a List of "Good" Servers & list of games
- Options & Modes
- Average Ping
- Max players
- Maps/Levels
- Uptime
Create a list of servers "Not to Use" for future reference
- Bad Ping/Lag
- Problem players/admins
- No vote access
- Bad uptime/unreliable
- Broken maps/servers/configs
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