Short Questionnaire

Kalyse · #1 (**permalink**) July 28th, 01:43 PM

If any of you would like to take the time to answer a few questions I would be very grateful. I am interested to know a few things.

Please copy and paste the below and create a new thread here:
http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/for...newthread&f=74

Instructions:
1. Click here: http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/for...newthread&f=74
2. Enter Title: 'Questionnaire'
3. Paste the below and then enter answers

The results aren't going to be used for anything it is purely a curiosity thing which I have developed over the past week.

Questions:
1. Have you ever rented a server before? (How many months have you been a server owner if so)
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2. What do you think a game server actually is? ie. Does one individual game server take up an entire 'computer' or can you get hundreds of game servers onto one 'computer'?
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3. What is an IP and what is a Port. Why do we need them?
[Enter Answer here]

4. What typically would use more resources:
A game server with 10 bots; or
A game server with 10 real people?
[Enter Answer here]

5. What typically would use more resources:
A game server with 64 available slots and 10 connected bots; or
A server with 10 available slots and 10 connected real players.
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6. When you buy a server from Invision Gaming are you allowed to do anything you want on it and load up whatever to consume as much resources as you want (because at the end of the day, you have bought a product so you should be able to do whatever you want with it)?
[Enter Answer Here: Please explain your answer]

7. In what time do you EXPECT to hear a response back from a support query. In what time do you think it is unacceptable?
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8. Is a game server hosted on a shared environment? If so approximately how many other users would you expect to be hosted alongside.
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9. Do you know what pinging is?
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10. Is latency caused by server issues or client issues?
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Do not feel like there are any right or wrong answers (although there are

), this is really just an 'experiment' to try and grasp what people might know about hosting.

There are some trick questions in there, not intended to catch you out, but because it was the only way to phrase the question without giving you the answer.

I thank everyone who does answer and will award them with some credits in anticipation for this: http://www.invision-gaming.co.uk/for...ts-scheme.html
(I expect it to go live very soon, we are waiting for vBCredits.com: The Ultimate Points System to finish developing the VBCommerce module which I think will be very very soon!)

If you do not know the answer to a question. Just move on to the next.

Remember: Post this in the Support Forum as a new thread.